FILE PHOTO: U.S.-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen at his home in Pennsylvania, U.S., July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump did not commit during a meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at the G20 summit two weeks ago to extradite a Muslim cleric based in the United States, a White House official said on Monday.
“While meeting with President Erdogan at the G20, the president did not commit to extradite Fethullah Gulen,” a senior White House official said. Erdogan blames Gulen for a failed coup in 2016.
Reporting by Jeff Mason; Writing by Eric Beech; Editing by David Alexander
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