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US urged to respect Turkey’s judicial independence
[ARABNEWS] The front man for President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...has slammed what he said was the US disregard for ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s legal process, adding Washington had made arbitrary comments and demands in the case of a detained pastor. In a statement to Rooters, Ibrahim Kalin called on the US to respect Turkey’s judicial independence, one of Ankara’s most pointed responses yet to criticism over its detention of evangelical Christian pastor Andrew Brunson. "There is rule of law in Turkey and the Andrew Brunson case is a legal issue. There is an ongoing legal process related to this individual," Kalin said. "It goes without saying that we find unacceptable the disregard of the legal process by the United States, which has been making certain demands." His comments came after President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ’s National Security Adviser John Bolton earlier said that Turkey made a "big mistake" in not releasing Brunson. Brunson, who has lived in Turkey for two decades, has been detained for 21 months on terrorism charges, which he denies, and is now under house arrest. Trump, who counts evangelical Christians among his core supporters, has become a vocal champion of the pastor’s case, making him an unwitting flashpoint in the tension between two NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... allies. "Every day that goes by that mistake continues, this crisis could be over instantly if they did the right thing as a NATO ally, part of the West, and release (him) ... without condition," Bolton said. Kalin, dismissed those statement as "arbitrary" comments and demands. He also hit back against the US over an investigation into state-owned lender Halkbank for potential Iran-sanctions busting. Turkey wants the US Treasury to halt the investigation. Halkbank has said all of its transactions were legal. A US court this year sentenced one of its executives to 32 months in prison for involvement in a scheme to avoid Iran sanctions. Posted by: Fred 2018-08-24 |
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