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Will The U.S. Extradite An Elderly Turkish Cleric?

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Turkey is ramping¹ up the pressure on the U.S. to extradite an elderly cleric living in America, a cleric that Turkey insists was behind a failed coup² attempt last month. Several Turkish lawmakers are in Washington, D.C., making that case. Any extradition³ would take time. And, as NPR's Michele Kelemen reports, in the end, it depends on international politics as much as any court ruling.

MICHELE KELEMEN, BYLINE⁴: Turkey's fractious parties seem to be united on one thing - the U.S. should extradite Fethullah Gulen, a cleric who lives in Pennsylvania and whose followers⁵ are being rounded up across Turkey following last month's coup attempt. The chairman of Parliament's commission on foreign affairs, Taha Ozhan, described the aging cleric as a missionary⁶ cult⁷ leader, making a dramatic comparison for American audiences.

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TAHA OZHAN: The importance of bin⁸ Laden⁹, who organized September 11 from cave in Afghanistan was the same as Gulen's importance to Turkey, as he organized the bloody¹⁰ July 15 coup attempt from a small town in United States.

KELEMEN: He and his fellow lawmakers had just met with Justice Department officials about this. And Kamil Aydin of the nationalist MHP party says he got the sense that the U.S. is eager for a solution.

KAMIL AYDIN: I believe that America is going to refuse losing Turkey as a good partnership¹¹ in the region. Of course, they are going to require some documents, which is in the process of being prepared. Now, when we send the rest of documents, it's going to be OK then.

KELEMEN: But it's not that simple. The first step is for Turkey to persuade the Justice Department to bring the case before a U.S. federal judge who will then have to decide if Gulen is extraditable. And the U.S. could slow walk this, says John Parry, a professor at Lewis and Clark Law School.

JOHN PARRY: They could take their time getting the materials presented to the court. Then when the court says the guy's extraditable, it has to go to the secretary of state's office for a review.

KELEMEN: And Parry says, at that point, this becomes a matter of international politics.

PARRY: The extradition process is designed with a diplomatic focus. It's designed to create a process that involves the courts not too much and leaves most of the control in the hands of government officials and diplomatic interests.

KELEMEN: One factor could be whether Gulen would have any chance of a fair trial in a country that's now arresting thousands of his alleged¹² followers. Turkish opposition¹³ lawmaker Oguz Kaan Salici is trying to make sure this crackdown doesn't become a witch hunt.

OGUZ KAAN SALICI: We will support the government's fight against these coup plotters. On the other hand, if they are trying to take some opposition members - let's say from civil society, from opposition parties - they'll be criticizing them.

KELEMEN: Salici is hoping the United States will remind its ally Turkey of the need to return to a normal democracy. He, too, though, wants the U.S. to send Gulen to a Turkish court. Michele Kelemen, NPR News, Washington.

1 ramping   

土堤斜坡( ramp的现在分词 )； 斜道； 斜路； （装车或上下飞机的）活动梯

参考例句：

• The children love ramping about in the garden. 孩子们喜欢在花园里追逐嬉戏，闹着玩。
• Have you ever seen a lion ramping around? 你看到过狮子暴跳吗？

2 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

3 extradition   

n.引渡（逃犯）

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

6 missionary   

adj.教会的，传教(士)的；n.传教士

参考例句：

• She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
• I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。

7 cult   

n.异教，邪教；时尚，狂热的崇拜

参考例句：

• Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书，但有一定的崇拜者。
• The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。

8 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

9 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

10 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

11 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

12 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

13 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。