Why didn't the United States extradite Fethullah Gülen to Turkey (also known as Türkiye)? Following the failed coup attempt in Turkey, the Turkish government under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan launched a politicized campaign to pressure the U.S. government to disregard existing U.S. law and practice to extradite Turkish cleric and regime critic Fethullah Gülen to Turkey, making unsubstantiated allegations of terrorism and comparisons with Osama bin Laden. Dr. Nicholas Danforth, Senior Non-Resident Fellow at The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, shares his insights on the fraught situation.
This interview is from the FPA archives
