Çavuşoğlu says Trump working on extraditing FETO ringleader Gulen
During their meeting in Argentine capital Buenos Aires, where the G20 summit was held, U.S. President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart Erdoğan that his government was working on extraditing FETO ringleader Gulen and senior fugitive figures [were behind the July 15 coup bid in 2016, that left over 250 martyred and nearly 2,200 others injured]," Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu told reporters during a conference in Doha.
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 16 December 2018
- Modified Date: 03:30 | 16 December 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that Washington was working on extraditing a U.S.-based FETO ringleader Fetullah Gulen, who orchestrated the failed coup attempt on July 15 in 2016, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Sunday.
"In Argentina, Trump told Erdoğan they were working on extraditing [U.S. based FETO ringleader] Gülen and other fugitive figures," Çavuşoğlu said at conference in Doha, referring to the G20 summit in Argentina from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1.