Arif Erdem fled to Greece with his wife, two children almost a week after 2016 defeated coup in Turkey, later settled in US.
On the run soccar player Arif Erdem, who lives in the USA and has not been seen for a long time, and who has been lost after leaving the country, appeared in Manassas, Virginia.
Turkish authorities have been seeking for Arif Erdem, an ex-footballer, for his links with the FETO terror group.
He is among hundreds of FETO members being wanted by the Turkish authorities over their links to the defeated coup.
FETO and its U.S.-based ringleader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the 2016 defeated coup which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.
Ankara also accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkey’s military, police and judiciary.
