Turkey seeks to push Islamic State from 90 km stretch of Syria
ANKARA, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Turkey's week-long incursion into northern Syria aims to clear Islamic State fighters from a 90 km (56-mile) stretch of territory along the Turkish border, President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman said on Wednesday.
Ibrahim Kalin also told a news conference that Erdogan was expected to hold talks with U.S. President Barack Obama at a G20 meeting in September about a Turkish request to extradite U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara says masterminded last month's failed coup.
(Reporting by Ercan Gurses and Asli Kandemir; Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Nick Tattersall)
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