拜登 美將傾聽土要引渡居倫的每一件證據

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says the White House is determined to listen to "every scrap of evidence" Turkey provides before deciding if it will extradite Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen.

美國副總統拜登說，白宮決心在決定是否引渡穆斯林教士居倫之前，傾聽土耳其提供的“每一丁點證據”。

Gulen lives in the eastern state of Pennsylvania, and Turkey is demanding his immediate extradition, accusing him of organizing last month's failed military coup -- a charge he denies.

居倫現居美國東部的賓夕法尼亞州。土耳其要求美國立即將其引渡回國，指責他組織了上個月的未遂政變，對此居倫予以否認。

Biden met in Ankara Wednesday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He tried to head off Erdogan's impatience by explaining that American courts require firm evidence before a suspect is surrendered to another country.

拜登星期三在安卡拉會晤了土耳其總統埃爾多安。他設法避開埃爾多安急不可待的要求，解釋說美國法庭要求在將一名嫌疑人送交另外一個國家之前必須有確鑿的證據。

"You can't go into the court and say, 'This is a bad guy'... you have to say 'this is a guy or woman who committed the following explicit crime,'" Biden said.

拜登說：“你不能到法庭上說：這是一個‘壞傢伙’，你必須說：‘這個男人或女人從事瞭如下明確的犯罪活動’。”

He said prosecutors need to show a judge probable cause, and that sometimes courts move slowly. Biden noted that President Barack Obama could be impeached if he orders a foreign national extradited without a proper hearing.

拜登說，檢察官需要向法官表明這麼做有合理的理由，有時法庭進展非常緩慢。拜登指出，奧巴馬總統如果未經恰當聽審，就擅自下令引渡一名外國公民，有可能會受到彈劾。

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said any delay in sending Gulen back to Turkey could harm U.S.-Turkish relations.

土耳其總理耶伊爾德勒姆說，任何拖延送交居倫的行爲，都有可能損害美土關係。

Biden said he understands Turkey's anger, and said the U.S. has no interest in protecting anyone who has done anything to hurt one of its allies.

拜登說，他理解土耳其的憤怒，但表示美國無意保護任何一個從事過傷害其盟國的人。

Turkey has arrested or fired 80,000 government workers, judges and academics it believes are Gulen supporters or were involved in the coup attempt launched by a group of renegade military officers.

土耳其逮捕或解僱了8萬名政府僱員、法官和學者。它認爲，這些人或是居倫的支持者，或參與了由一些反叛軍官發動的未遂政變。