istanbul turkey dismiss say ludicrous report turkish officials may discuss plan seize want u.s.-based muslim cleric hand ankara exchange millions dollars statement turkish embassy washington repeat ankara request extradition cleric fethullah gulen say mastermind last year fail military coup say turkey would operate outside law achieve goal statement follow wall street journal report special counsel robert mueller investigate allege proposal former u.s. national security adviser michael flynn son would receive 15 million seize gulen deliver turkish government nbc also report allege december 2016 meet say mueller team investigate whether flynn meet senior turkish officials president donald trump inauguration possible quid pro quo flynn would pay bid turkey government office turkey turkish people expect immediate extradition fethullah gulen unite state turkey stand trial embassy statement say first official turkish reaction newspaper report state previously ... allegations turkey would resort mean external rule law extradition utterly false ludicrous groundless flynn lawyer say friday allegations make range kidnap bribery outrageous false around 250 people kill attempt military coup president tayyip erdogan july last year turkey say gulen orchestrate fail coup unite state live nearly two decades turkish prime minister binali yildirim say raise gulen issue u.s. vice president mike pence talk washington last week say extradition request handle two countries justice ministries deal michael flynn yildirim tell cnn interview deal government unite state gulen fate one several disagreements turkey unite state turkey anger u.s. support kurdish fighters syria indictment turkish former economy minister allege violations u.s. sanction iran washington complain detention two locally employ staff u.s. consulates turkey month ago suspend issue visa country partly resume visa service last week prompt ankara follow suit 50,000 people include soldier teachers journalists jail pending trial sweep crackdown follow last year coup attempt european ally fear erdogan use investigations stifle opposition undermine judiciary respond say purge necessary maintain stability pivotal nato country border iran iraq syria turkey deny 'ludicrous report plan seize cleric u.s