Turkey believes Trump will not repeat mistakes of last administration - Cavusoglu


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  • Monday, 09 Jan 2017

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday he believes that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will not make the same mistakes as the outgoing administration in relations with Turkey.

Addressing Turkish diplomats gathered in Ankara for an annual ambassadors' conference, Cavusoglu said Turkey expects Washington to extradite U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen and to end its cooperation with the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia.

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