PM Yıldırım Calls on Trump to Extradite Gülen

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In a speech he held on the opening ceremony of Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academia 2016-2017, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has commented on Republican candidate Donald Trump being elected President of the United States.

Expressing his wishes that the United States took notice of the sensitivity of Turkey's battle against terror, Yıldırım has urged Trump to extradite Fethullah Gülen.

"It turned out as the opposite of many had predicted"

"The election results have turned out as the opposite of what many people had predicted. Donald Trump has been elected the 45th President of the United States. We congratulate Mr. Trump and wish him success", PM Yıldırım said.

"Extradite Gülen"

"I frankly call on the new President to immediately extradite Fethullah Gülen, the head, executor and the initiator of the despicable July 15 coup attempt, who is living in US lands.

"I am sure that this would be a new beginning of a new Turkey-US friendship if you extradite the head of this terrorist organisation harming the friendship between the US and Turkish community. (EKN/DG)

* Photograph: Murat Kaynak / Anadolu Agency (AA)