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Turkey has asked Germany to extradite a theology lecturer suspected of playing a major role in last year’s failed coup, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday.
Turkey sent a diplomatic note requesting the extradition of Adil Oksuz, who the government says was the “imam†of air force personnel who last year bombed parliament as part of the attempt to topple the government.
Authorities say Oksuz was detained near an Ankara air base hours after the coup attempt, only to be released by a judge two days later and has been on the run since.
Turkish media have reported that he has been spotted in Frankfurt and Ulm and given a temporary residence permit by Germany’s Baden-Wurttemberg state.
“We sent a diplomatic note to Germany after the news
regarding the presence in
Germany of the FETO suspect Adil Oksuz, who is currently
at large,†Cavusoglu told broadcaster TRT Haber in an interview.
FETO is the government’s label for supporters of the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen who authorities say was behind the coup attempt.