We had ‘no foreknowledge of Turkey coup,’ Biden says

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged to do everything to help bring those behind the July 15 coup attempt to justice. Speaking during a day-long visit to the Turkish capital Ankara, he said American officials were working alongside Turkish counterparts on the extradition case of Fetullah Gulen, the U.S.-based head of the Fetullah […]

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged to do everything to help bring those behind the July 15 coup attempt to justice.
Speaking during a day-long visit to the Turkish capital Ankara, he said American officials were working alongside Turkish counterparts on the extradition case of Fetullah Gulen, the U.S.-based head of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization said to be behind the defeated coup.
“Our legal experts are working right now with their Turkish counterparts on the production of an evaluation of material and evidence that needs to be supplied to an American court to meet the requirements under our law in the extradition treaty to extradite Gulen,” Biden said during a news conference with Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.
He had earlier toured parts of the Turkish parliament building damaged by bombs during the coup attempt and addressed deputies in the assembly chamber.
Biden said his country had “no interest whatsoever” in shielding anyone who “has done harm to an ally but we need to meet the legal standard requirement under our law”.