Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that Turkey expects more support and cooperation from the United States administration on the matter of Gülen's extradition, who is accused of being behind the July 15 failed coup attempt to overthrow Turkey's democratically-elected government.
PM Yıldırım called the Obama administration's support, or lack thereof, 'heartbreaking' in such times, likening the impact of the coup attempt to that of September 11, 2001 attacks that shook the U.S.
"The evidence is crystal clear. We know the terrorist cult responsible for vicious attacks against us and the Turkish people…We simply cannot understand why the U.S. just can't hand over this individual," Yıldırım told WSJ.