Turkey preparing extradition request for U.S.-based cleric: Erdogan spokesman

Turkey is preparing a formal extradition request for U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen on suspicion that he organized an attempted coup involving several thousand soldiers, President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman said on Tuesday. "If the U.S. insists on keeping him, people will start thinking they are protecting him," Ibrahim Kalin told reporters in Istanbul. "A person can easily be extradited on the basis of suspicion, and on this occasion there is a lot of suspicion that he orchestrated this," he