US gives closest attention to Gulen's extradition

The US Justice Department gives the closest attention to Turkey's requests to detain the Turkish Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, the US Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr said.

Turkey has requested that US authorities detain Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish Muslim cleric living in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania whom President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses of masterminding a failed coup that killed at least 271 people in July, according to the state Anadolu news agency.

The US Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr declined to comment on the specific case but added, “We continue to give the closest attention to all filings from the government of Turkey.”