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Turkey hopes for progress with US on Gulen, terrorism

12 November 2016 19:36 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Turkey - U.S. relations are more important than any individual American president, Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister said Saturday, APA reports quoting Anadolu.

Numan Kurtulmus told reporters in Istanbul the election of Donald Trump was a major development for the region and the world.

"This is the American people's choice," he said.

Kurtulmus said Turkey hoped the partnership with the U.S. in Syria and Iraq would become results-based. He said Ankara wanted to see the U.S. end its backing for PKK-linked forces in Syria and work with its NATO allies in the region.

The minister also said Ankara hoped the extradition process of Fetullah Gulen from the U.S. would accelerate.

Kurtulmus said these moves would contribute to regional peace and also serve the national interests of the U.S.