Opinion
U.S.-Turkey Tension Over Cleric Explodes After Coup
Erdogan wants Obama to extradite a rival who is living in Pennsylvania. But the State Department insists on evidence that he was involved in the uprising.
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Erdogan's supporters fault the U.S.
Photographer: BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty ImagesTurkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has accused a Muslim cleric in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains of plotting this weekend's military coup, and some Turkish officials accuse the U.S. of playing a role.
The cleric, Fethullah Gulen, denies he was involved, and the State Department denies the U.S. was. Even so, the failed coup and subsequent accusations turn a minor irritant in U.S.-Turkey relations into a crisis.
