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Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül has said there was no obstacle for the extradition of Fethullah Gülen from the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that Washington "would take a look at" the possibility of extraditing FETÖ leader Fethullah Gülen, who Ankara accuses of being behind a 2016 coup attempt, but he made no commitment, the White House has said.

President Donald Trump did not commit during a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the G20 summit two weeks ago to extradite Fethullah Gülen, a senior White House official said on Dec. 17.

United States President Donald Trump has told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that his administration is working on the extradition of Fethullah Gülen, the mastermind of July 2016 coup attempt, the Turkish foreign minister said, informing about an ongoing FBI probe on FETÖ's tax evasion.

Romanian police detained a Turkish journalist, Kamil Demirkaya, on Wednesday and brought him before the Court of Appeal in Bucharest, where he faces extradition to Turkey on the basis of a warrant issued by Ankara authorities.

Turkey has asked Bosnia and Herzegovina to extradite Ozer Ozsaray on suspicion that he is a member of a terrorist organisation aiming to overthrow the state, a hearing at the Bosnian state court in Sarajevo was told on Thursday.

The United States is studying Turkey's demands for the extradition of preacher Fetullah Gülen, who is accused by Ankara of orchestrating a failed 2016 coup attempt, the State Department said Nov. 15.

A Turkish court has begun extradition proceedings for a former football player who is accused of being a member of the Gulen movement, Turkish news site Diken reported on Thursday.

According to the news site, Arif Erdem fled to Greece after Turkish authorities issued a warrant for his arrest in July 2016, shortly after the failed coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Turkey's Parliamentary Speaker Binali Yıldırım has blasted the United States for its lack of action in extraditing Fethullah Gülen, the U.S.-based leader of the illegal FETÖ.

The brother of Fethullah Gülen, who is widely believed to have masterminded the 2016 coup attempt, has been sentenced to 10.5 years in jail, judicial sources said on Oct. 1.