Baku, Azerbaijan, July 19
Trend:
Turkey will do its best to extradite Fethullah Gulen, who is considered to be organizer of the coup attempt, from the US, the Turkish presidential administration told Trend July 19.
On July 15 evening, Turkish authorities said a military coup attempt took place in the country.
Meanwhile, a group of servicemen announced about transition of power to them.
However, the rebelling servicemen started to surrender July 16 and Turkish authorities said the coup attempt failed.
According to the latest reports, over 200 people have been killed as a result of the coup attempt.
Following the coup attempt, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the US to extradite Gulen, who is considered to be involved in the attempt.
According to the administration, the coup attempt shows that Turkey was facing the threat of a terrorist attack.
"The fight against Gulen’s movement still remains one of Turkey’s main priorities," the administration said.
The administration also stressed that if the US is a strategic partner of Turkey, it must extradite Gulen to Turkey.
"At the US request, Turkey repeatedly extradited terrorists to the US, so that the US must take this into account,” the administration said. “Moreover, there is an agreement on extradition between the US and Turkey, which was signed in June 1979 and entered into force in 1981."
The administration added that the extradition of Gulen will greatly weaken the terrorist organization, which is hostile to the interests of the Turkish people.
“The coup attempt is betraying the state and the people of Turkey,” the presidential administration said.
“The force of the military equipment failed to break the will of people," the administration added.