Turkeys Justice Ministry has sent to the US its first official provisional arrest request for Fetullah Gulen, who is accused of leading the failed July coup that martyred 240 people.

A Justice Ministry sources who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the written official request claimed that the July 15 coup attempt was carried out under his command and control.

The letter stated that the coup attempt was carried out with the instructions of US-based preacher Fetullah Gulen, who has been living in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania since 1999.

This person who ordered the July 15, 2016 bloody coup and committed many other crimes has been sought for arrest, the official request said.

Source : QNA