YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said Wednesday that he had “a productive conversation” with his American counterpart, Loretta Lynch, regarding the extradition of Fetullah Gulen, according to Anadolu.

“We discussed Turkey’s requests about extradition as well as his temporary detention,” Bozdag said at a news conference with Turkish press in Washington, Anadolu reports.

Ankara has accused Gulen for plotting a failed coup attempt in Turkey in July.

 “For the first time a Turkish justice minister visits a country for extradition of a criminal residing in that country,” Bozdag said, noting the importance of the case to the Turkish government.

“We have submitted sufficient even more than sufficient, evidences to have him [Gulen] detained,” he said.

Bozdag also shared Turkey’s concerns that Gulen might flee the U.S., adding that Ankara has intelligence that Gulen is in a search for an asylum in a number of countries, including Belgium, Canada and Brazil.