The Turkish government has filed a formal request demanding the U.S. extradite Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen, whom President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses of masterminding Friday’s failed military coup. Gülen lives in the Poconos Mountains in Pennsylvania. This comes as Turkey continues to purge and arrest thousands of accused coup supporters, ordering more than 1,500 university deans to resign and revoking the licenses of 21,000 teachers.
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