A US-Turkish-Saudi deal on the horizon … Gulen for Khashoggi’s case
Turkey is still demanding the United States to extradite the Turkish Islamic preacher Fathullah Gulen, which is the issue that remains one of the major issues between the two countries.
The United States is still considering various options to expel Turkish opposition leader Fathullah Gulen, who Ankara has long demanded from Washington to hand him over, according to NBC channel report on Thursday.
The White House is preparing to take action to ease Turkish demands for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in early October, the US TV channel said, quoting senior US administration officials who didn’t reveal their names.
According to NBC, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the US Department of Justice have received instructions to reopen the Gulen extradition file, while the Department of Homeland Security has been instructed to provide data on the legal status of its residence in the United States.
Ankara has demanded that 83 countries hand over 452 people linked to the activities of the opposition preacher accused by Turkey of involvement in the failed coup attempt in July 2016, although Gulen himself condemned the coup and rejected the charges against him.
After the coup attempt, Turkey witnessed a massive crackdown, in which more than 50,000 people were arrested, as well as the dismissal or dismissal of more than 200,000 government employees, including military personnel, university professors, media personnel, government officials and others.
