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Curry says, "Essentially this is a hostage negotiation. This is hostage diplomacy where Turkey, which has slid so far in its international positioning since Erdogan, their president, has tried to position himself as a dictator."
As we've discussed previously, the government is trying to get the United States to extradite Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen, someone Erdogan believes is at least partially responsible for the failed coup in 2016.
"There's an axe to grind. They've imprisoned Andrew..."
