The United State House Intelligence Committee chairman has said it is \u201chard to believe\u201d that U.S.-based Turkish cleric, Fethullah Gulen, is behind the military coup attempt last summer, questioning Turkey as a reliable ally.<\/p>\n
\u201cI find that hard to believe,\u201d David Nunes told Chris Wallace from Fox News when asked if cleric Fethullah Gulen is the architect of the coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey.<\/p>\n
Mr. Nunes added that, the government of Mr. Erdogan is becoming very authoritarian and that Ankara, as a NATO ally, is \u201cbecoming more and more worrisome in terms of actually being a reliable ally.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Nunes noted that, he has not seen the evidence that Mr. Gulen was involved in the coup attempt and that he does not know if the U.S. is going to extradite \u201csomebody like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that if there was any evidence linking Mr. Gulen to the coup attempt in Turkey that would be \u201ca different issue.\u201d<\/p>\n
The GOP intel chairman reminded that relations between the U.S. and Turkey are strained and it is becoming even more complicated as \u201cwe try to get ISIS out of Iraq and Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n
Watch the video of the interview here.
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