Turkey Is Expected to Release American Pastor on Friday

Turkey's battered lira weakened 4 percent on Friday after a Turkish court rejected an American pastor's appeal for release, drawing a stiff rebuke from President Donald Trump, who said the United States would not take the detention "sitting down"......»»

Turkey's battered lira weakened 3 percent on Friday after a Turkish court rejected an American pastor's appeal for release, drawing a stiff rebuke from President Donald Trump, who said the United States would not take the detention "sitting down"......»»

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U.S. President Donald Trump urged his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to take action for the release of an American pastor who is on trial for terrorism and espionage in Turkey......»»

AP Photo/Emre Tazegul President Donald Trump says the US will hit Turkey with "large sanctions" over a American pastor detained on terror and espionage charges. He called for the pastor's immediate release. Andrew Brunson, 50, an evangelical C.....»»

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met his Turkish counterpart to push for the release of a U.S. pastor detained for two years in Turkey on allegations of aiding a failed effort to topple the country’s government......»»

The Trump administration warned Thursday that it is prepared to impose more penalties on Turkey if it doesn’t release an American pastor facing 35 years in prison on disputed espionage charges......»»

Turkish authorities are sending signals that an American pastor facing terrorism charges could be released next month, raising fresh hopes in the U.S. that the polarizing dispute will soon be resolved......»»

A new report in Middle East Eye says Pastor Andrew Brunson could very soon be released from Turkish detention after months of immense US pressure on Ankara has sent the Turkish lira into a nosedive. In the past weeks the issue has b.....»»

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Turkish media are reporting that a lawyer for an American pastor at the center of a dispute between Turkey and the United States plans to petition Turkey's highest court for his client's release......»»

Update: Well, so much for that. Refuting earlier rumors that a "secret deal" for Pastor Brunson is in the bag, the US State Department said it isn’t aware of any U.S. deal with Turkey on the release of the American pastor. "I am not aware of a.....»»

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President Trump called the timing of Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and American pastor Andrew Brunson’s release from Turkey a coincidence......»»

President Trump spoke with his Turkish counterpart, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a sign of easing tensions between the two countries after the release of an American pastor from Turkey last month......»»

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Asian shares rose on Friday as investors focused on talks between U.S. and Chinese trade officials and solid corporate earnings rather than the looming release of data expected to show the worst U.S. unemployment rate in more than 70 years......»»

American Express is scheduled to release its first-quarter earnings report before the opening bell on Friday......»»

U.S. stock benchmarks opened modestly lower Friday after the release of an employment report that showed bigger-than.....»»