- DC sources: U.S. will never extradite Turkish billionaire to Turkey
by Wayne Madsen
WMR's sources in the Washington, DC foreign press and Congress have informed us that the threat by the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to have the United States extradite the self-exiled Pennsylvania-based Turkish billionaire and moderate Islamic religious leader Fethullah Gulen to Turkey is a non-starter.
Although Erdogan intends to have INTERPOL issue an international "Red Notice," or arrest warrant, for Gulen and then seek to have the U.S. Justice Department arrest the Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania resident and extradite him to Turkey, Gulen reportedly has the firm support of "50 members of Congress" who stand ready to fight any attempt by the Obama administration to send the exiled religious and business leader back to Turkey. Among Gulen's chief supporters are Pennsylvania's two Senators, Democrat Bob Casey and Republican Pat Toomey. Also in Gulen's court are Democratic Senators Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Robert Menendez of New Jersey, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Mark Warner of Virginia, and Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Republicans Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Daniel Coats of Indiana. Representatives supporting Gulen include Democrats Debbie Wasserman-Schultz of Florida and Loretta Sanchez of California and Republicans Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida and Dana Rohrabacher of California.
An emphatic U.S. "no" to Erdogan's request for Fethullah Gulen's [above] extradition
Gulen and Erdogan had been political allies of convenience before Gulen-owned newspapers in Turkey, including Zaman, began criticizing Erdogan's authoritarian and fundamentalist Islamist ways.
by Wayne Madsen
WMR's sources in the Washington, DC foreign press and Congress have informed us that the threat by the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to have the United States extradite the self-exiled Pennsylvania-based Turkish billionaire and moderate Islamic religious leader Fethullah Gulen to Turkey is a non-starter.
Although Erdogan intends to have INTERPOL issue an international "Red Notice," or arrest warrant, for Gulen and then seek to have the U.S. Justice Department arrest the Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania resident and extradite him to Turkey, Gulen reportedly has the firm support of "50 members of Congress" who stand ready to fight any attempt by the Obama administration to send the exiled religious and business leader back to Turkey. Among Gulen's chief supporters are Pennsylvania's two Senators, Democrat Bob Casey and Republican Pat Toomey. Also in Gulen's court are Democratic Senators Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Robert Menendez of New Jersey, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Mark Warner of Virginia, and Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Republicans Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Daniel Coats of Indiana. Representatives supporting Gulen include Democrats Debbie Wasserman-Schultz of Florida and Loretta Sanchez of California and Republicans Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida and Dana Rohrabacher of California.
An emphatic U.S. "no" to Erdogan's request for Fethullah Gulen's [above] extradition
Gulen and Erdogan had been political allies of convenience before Gulen-owned newspapers in Turkey, including Zaman, began criticizing Erdogan's authoritarian and fundamentalist Islamist ways.