Ankara may review its relations with Washington if the United States does not extradite Turkish opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, who has been reportedly linked to a coup attempt, to Turkey, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) � Late on�Friday, Turkish authorities said that an attempted coup took place in�the country.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other officials have blamed Gulen staying in�self-imposed exile in�the United States and his supporters for�the coup attempt and called on�his US counterpart Barack Obama to�extradite the cleric, while speaking to�a crowd of�his supporters.

"I am telling the US leadership � there is a global threat here, an attempt to�oust the lawful government, directions to�destroy the will of�the people in�the country, there is no religion or cultural values here. What other proof do they need? If, despite�this, they will continue demanding evidence, then I apologise but�we shall be very disappointed and the need to�reconsider our relations may enter our agenda," Yildirim told a government session.

Earlier in�the day, US State Secretary John Kerry said that the United States had not received any formal request to�extradite Gulen.

By Sputnik News