Turkey sends document to US seeking cleric's arrest over failed coup

Turkey's justice minister has sent a document to the United States seeking the arrest of cleric Fethullah Gulen, who lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania and whom Ankara accuses of instigating an attempted coup on July 15.

Turkey sends document to US seeking cleric's arrest over failed coup

Turkey's justice minister has sent a document to the United States seeking the arrest of cleric Fethullah Gulen, who lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania and whom Ankara accuses of instigating an attempted coup on July 15.

Bekir Bozdag sent a "second written document" requesting Mr Gulen's arrest, the state-run Anadolu news agency said.

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