Ankara The United States rejects any linking of the case of an American pastor held for almost two years in Turkey with the fate of US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen who Ankara blames for the failed 2016 coup bid, a senior US official said Friday. A Turkish court on Wednesday ruled to keep in jail on terror-linked charges US pastor Andrew Brunson, who ran a protestant church in the city of Izmir and has been held since October 2016. (AFP)
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US rejects linking pastor's release with Gulen extradition
Jul 21, 2018
Ankara The United States rejects any linking of the case of an American pastor held for almost two years in Turkey with the fate of US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen who Ankara blames for the failed 2016 coup bid, a senior US official said Friday. A Turkish court on Wednesday ruled to keep in jail on terror-linked charges US pastor Andrew Brunson, who ran a protestant church in the city of Izmir and has been held since October 2016. (AFP)