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Turkey on Wednesday rejected the U.S.’ appeal for an American pastor’s release from detention, Turkish media reported.
Pastor Andrew Brunson’s lawyer renewed an appeal on Tuesday for Brunson’s release from house arrest and for his travel ban to be lifted.
The article goes on to state the following:
Brunson was arrested in October 2016 during a nation-wide purge of suspected dissidents following the aftermath of a failed coup in July 2016. Brunson was moved to house arrest in July 2018.
FOX NEWS ALERT: Turkey denies appeal for the release of American Pastor Andrew Brunson pic.twitter.com/qVEn6mamCx
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) August 15, 2018
Turkey announces it is increasing tariffs on imports of certain U.S. products as a local court denied an American pastor’s appeal to be released from house arrest: https://t.co/lpHf8VcNL6 pic.twitter.com/1gy2wrhtPl
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 15, 2018
CDA Jeffrey Hovenier’s Statement After Visiting Pastor Brunson pic.twitter.com/9WJsWuJQrs
— US Embassy Turkey (@USEmbassyTurkey) August 14, 2018
Yesterday Turkey targeted U.S. electronics, today it’s coming for their cars, alcohol and tobacco + a Turkish court rejected an appeal for the U.S pastor Andrew Brunson’s release – the row between two NATO allies shows no signs of ending. My update from Istanbul // @ReutersTV pic.twitter.com/MIsKOF3yFJ
— Emily Wither (@ewither) August 15, 2018
US Embassy new deputy chief of mission Jeffrey M. Hovenier pays a visit to American Pastor Andrew Brunson who is still under house arrest in #Turkey‘s western city of Izmir. (The US still has no ambassador in Turkey for a year now). pic.twitter.com/hEIZUUR7Ij
— Abdullah Bozkurt (@abdbozkurt) August 15, 2018
#Erdogan‘s spox Ibrahim Kalin says the US has come to a point of totally destroying ties with Turkey just for a Pastor and accused both @realDonaldTrump and @BarackObama administration of falling short in addressing Turkey’s strategic needs. #AlternativeReality pic.twitter.com/yrtJuQ9a6M
— Abdullah Bozkurt (@abdbozkurt) August 15, 2018
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