Turkish President Erdogan squeezes US to remove affirmed upset plotter Gulen

Turkish President Erdogan squeezes US to remove affirmed upset plotter Gulen

MEXICO CITY: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan squeezed the United States in a TV meeting show Tuesday to remove Fethullah Gulen, saying holding up to get the affirmed overthrow plotter was "excruciating". 

Erdogan grumbled in the meeting with Mexico's Televisa TV that US powers were requesting reports for the removal of Pennsylvania-based Gulen, whom he blames for being behind a month ago's fizzled military putsch. 

"You must be visually impaired and hard of hearing not to comprehend that he is behind every one of this," Erdogan said. 

"In the event that we ask for the removal of a terrorist then you ought to satisfy that," he said. "In the event that you begin requesting reports and so forth, then it's an immense deterrent in our method for battling terrorism." 

"In any case, right now we are running into the trouble of not having the capacity to get a terrorist that we are requesting that be removed," he said. 

Gulen has lived in purposeful outcast in the US since 1999 and has denied any inclusion in the July 15 putsch offer. 

Turkish powers sent another bundle of reports to the American powers for Gulen's removal, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said. 

"Regarding battling against terrorism, we have no opportunity to lose, six months or one year, that is just deplorable," Erdogan said. 

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on July 18 that Turkey must present "authentic confirmation" and "not assertions" against the Muslim priest for his removal. 

Effectively strained ties between North Atlantic Treaty Organization associates Turkey and the US have been exasperated by the fizzled putsch, with some administration serves notwithstanding claiming Washington could have played a part in the plot, which US authorities immovably dismiss. 

Turkish powers have kept about 18,000 individuals in a post-overthrow crackdown.