Turkey coup attempt: Erdogan demands US arrest exiled cleric Gulen

July 16, 2016 23:45

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan whilst speaking from Istanbul, called on Barack Obama to arrest cleric Fethullah Gulen or deport him to Turkey to face charges related to the coup.

He says that if the US and Turkey are truly strategic allies, then the American president will help Erdoğan with regard to the exiled imam, who lives in central Pennsylvania.

Erdogan then says that the attempted coup was perpetrated by a minority within the army, but not the military in general.

More than 2,800 service members have been arrested so far and there are reports of more arrests around Turkey. Erdoğans government has also removed more than 2,700 judges and prosecutors from duty.

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