Erdoğan calls on Obama to deport Gülen from US
Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan has signalled that he is set to ask U.S. President Barack Obama for the âdeportationâ of Pennsylvania-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen, referring to coup and spying allegations against the Gülen movement.
âPennsylvania is the focal point of these affairs,â he told a group of journalists on board the new presidential plane, registered as TR-TUR, during his official trip from Azerbaijan to Wales for the NATO Summit on Sept. 4.
âOf course, with America, we are strategic partners, we have a model partnership and weâre handing over the terrorists that they want us to hand over, so now weâre telling them the situation: Either deport him [Gülen] or hand him over to us,â added ErdoÄan, who is scheduled to meet Obama in Wales on Sept. 5.
Here are ErdoÄanâs answers to the questions posed on board:
You have announced that you will leave the presidential mansion in Ãankaya to the prime minister. Why? Is it because you want a strong prime minister?
I believe that my friend Mr. DavutoÄlu, who has become prime minister, will do the job strongly and successfully. We can permit the Prime Ministry to use Ãankaya for certain ceremonies and receptions, after weâre moved to the new Presidential Palace in SöÄütözü [an Ankara neighborhood where a new complex has been built]. This is because the Prime Ministry does not have enough space to organize receptions at its current location. Is the prime minister supposed to go to a hotel to organize a reception?
The room where we host guests at the official residence is also not enough. Itâs narrow and itâs not elegant. Turkey is not the old Turkey any more. The New Turkey should show itself in certain ways. The...
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