Turkey Warns of Consequences if Extradition Request Not Heeded
Turkey Warns of Consequences if Extradition Request Not Heeded A group of Turkish lawmakers is in Washington to press U.S. officials to honor Ankara's request for the extradition of a former imam accused of orchestrating the Eurasian country's latest coup attempt. "We would like to see America take some serious steps" against Fethullah Gulen and, while mulling Turkey's extradition request, "put him in custody or prevent his activities" on U.S. soil, Kamil Aydin, a law maker from the right-wing Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) told VOA. He and three other Turkish lawmakers met U.S. officials Monday at the Justice Department before proceeding to further talks at the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department. Taha Ozhan, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Commission in Turkey's Grand National Assembly, met with U.S. officials in Washington, D.C., Aug. 1, 2016. (S. Herman/VOA)