The US Vice President Joe Biden said at the meeting with Speaker of the Turkish parliament Ismail Kahraman that only the US Federal Court can make decision to extradite Fethullah Gulen and expressed regret that he is the US and not some other country.
The US understands Turkey’s efforts on Gulen’s extradition, the vice president noted. Biden toured the damage at Turkish parliament in Ankara, where he saw broken windows, buckled columns and charred earth from air strikes during the attempted coup.
After the meeting with the country’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, Biden is expected to have a meeting with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
He noted that the July 15 coup attempt is considered by Turks to be a tragedy akin to the September 11, 2001 for the US.
