IN FIRST POST-COUP ATTEMPT MEETING WITH ERDOGAN, OBAMA SIGNALS EFFORTS TO BRING CULPRIST TO JUSTICE.

Gulen's possible extradition was the subject of much discussion and some visible tension when Biden visited Turkey a few weeks ago.

Obama, speaking at the G20 summit in China, praised the Turkish people who resisted the coup attempt, saying they "affirmed their commitment to democracy” and that they are “the strength and brilliance of democratic institutions."

Gulen's possible extradition was the subject of much discussion and some visible tension when Biden visited Turkey a few weeks ago.

Gulen's possible extradition was the subject of much discussion and some visible tension when Biden visited Turkey a few weeks ago.

Gulen's possible extradition was the subject of much discussion and some visible tension when Biden visited Turkey a few weeks ago.

Obama also made clear his “unequivocal condemnation of these actions” and that he spoke personally to Erdogan when the coup attempt occurred in July to offer U.S. support.

Erdogan believes the effort to topple the Turkish government was orchestrated by an exiled cleric who lives in the U.S.

On Sunday, Erdogan said that "post-coup evidence" indicating Gulen orchestrated the plot from afar is being amassed and will be submitted to U.S. authorities. He also said that officials from both countries are working diligently through the extradition request, according to an English translator.  

Obama also thanked Erdogan and the Turkish people for their efforts to defeat ISIS and their humanitarian efforts in response to the years-long civil war in neighboring Syria.

Erdogan, in turn, called on Obama to fight all terror groups. Turkey opposes U.S. support of Kurdish fighters that it considers to be terrorists.

“There is no good terrorist or bad terrorist; every kind of terrorism is bad,” said Erdogan, according to Politico.