UPDATE 1-Trump did not tell Erdogan he would extradite Gulen -White House official
"While meeting with President Erdogan at the G20, the president did not commit to extradite Fethullah Gulen," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Erdogan blames Gulen for a failed coup in 2016, when rogue soldiers commandeered tanks and helicopters, attacked parliament and shot unarmed civilians.
Turkey has long sought the extradition of Gulen, who has lived in self-imposed U.S. exile for nearly two decades.
On Sunday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Trump told Erdogan at their meeting in Buenos Aires that the United States "was working on extraditing Gulen and other people."
Gulen denies any involvement in the failed coup. Trump said last month he was not considering extraditing the preacher as part of efforts to ease Turkish pressure on Saudi Arabia over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul. (Reporting by Jeff Mason; Writing by Eric Beech; Editing by David Alexander and Alistair Bell)
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