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8 hours agoTrump: Voting to extradite Fettullah Gulen to Turkey
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)US President Donald Trump has said he has no intention of extraditing Muslim cleric Fetullah Gulen as part of an effort to ease Turkey's pressure on Saudi Arabia, over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “
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NBC News reported on Thursday that the Trump administration had considered the possibility of whether it could extradite Gulen, as a way to convince Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan to ease pressure on Saudi Arabia over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Trump has sought closer ties with Saudi Arabia, citing Riyadh's role in opposing Iranian influence in the region and billions of dollars in potential arms deals. /Periscopi/
