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| Trump Calls on Erdogan to Free US Pastor |
| 2018-07-20 |
| [SputnikNews] US President Donald Trump has slammed Turkey for keeping a US pastor in custody on charges of aiding a terrorist group behind the failed coup. "A total disgrace that Turkey will not release a respected U.S. Pastor, Andrew Brunson, from prison," US president tweeted on Wednesday. The US pastor has been held in a Turkish jail since October 2016 for allegedly threatening national security by having ties to the organizers of the July 2016 coup attempt to depose President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. US media reported that Brunson and his wife ran a ministry in the Turkish coastal town of Izmir for nearly 20 years. |
| Posted by:Elmerert Hupens2660 |
| #3 ^ PNG ^ (persona non grata) |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-07-20 17:38 |
| #2 Time to start issuing DNG Notices to Turkish staffers and closing down our embassies in Turkey. It just isn't safe to be there under Erdogan. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-07-20 17:34 |
| #1 Erdogan has publicly declared that Brunson will only be released if Gülen is extradited to Turkey. Brunson is officially a hostage. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2018-07-20 07:27 |