Washington has said it will only extradite Gulen if Turkey provides evidence of wrongdoing. Labour Minister Suleyman Soylu said a day after the coup bid that it was clear “America is behind it”, though Erdogan’s spokesman later said he had spoken “in the heat of the moment”. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said any country that stands by the cleric would be considered at war with Turkey. A poll on Tuesday showed two thirds of Turks believe Gulen was behind the coup plot, though only 3.8 percent blamed the United States. involvement as absurd.Įrdogan has blamed U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen for masterminding the attempted coup, which killed more than 240 people as rogue soldiers commandeered fighter jets, helicopters and tanks, and has called on Washington to extradite him.Įrdogan accuses Gulen of building a “parallel structure” in the judiciary, education system, media and military in a bid to overthrow him, a charge the 75-year-old cleric denies. Campbell told the Wall Street Journal that the allegations were “absolutely ridiculous” and Washington has dismissed claims of U.S. UBA on Wednesday denied involvement and said the accusations were “clearly false”. It said the failed coup had been financed by the CIA via Nigeria’s United Bank for Africa, and that two Afghan-based Turkish generals detained in Dubai on Tuesday were part of Campbell’s cell of plotters.
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