Turkey's main opposition leader on Tuesday called for the extradition of Pennsylvania-based preacher Fetullah Gulen, accused of being the mastermind behind the deadly July 15 coup attempt, Russia Today TV channel reported. 

"If Fetullah Gulen says 'I want to be acquitted' he has to come and be prosecuted by the independent courts in Turkey," Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu told reporters after a visit to a police facility in the Golbasi area in Ankara.

Kilicdaroglu said that Turkey's request for extradition and sending ministers to U.S. are positive.

Kilicdaroglu said it was an important move by the Turkish people from across the country to take to the streets in protest against the coup attempt.

Source: MENA