U.S.-based cleric
Fethullah Gulen, whose followers Turkey blames for a failed coup, said
on Sunday that he would obey any extradition ruling from the United
States but said that President Tayyip Erdogan had staged the putsch.
“I
am not really worried about the extradition request,” Gulen told
reporters, speaking through a translator in Pennsylvania where he lives.
Turkey has said it
is putting together an extradition request for the cleric. The U.S.
government has said it would consider any formal request.