Brunson, a Christian pastor from North Carolina living in Turkey for 23 years, was been indicted on charges of helping the group that Turkey holds responsible for the failed 2016 coup against President Tayyip Erdogan.
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Explosions were heard as jets swooped over Afrin, and Turkish-backed rebels from the Free Syrian Army began entering the town, according to Anadolu Agency, Turkey’s state-run media outlet.
Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement issued in Abuja said the two leaders spoke at a joint press conference after a closed door meeting.
A delegation from the US is visiting Turkey in an attempt to repair diplomatic ties between the NATO allies after both countries stopped issuing visas to each other’s citizens
Two locally employed US mission staff have been arrested in Turkey
“Journalism is not a crime,” chanted several hundred people gathered outside the central Istanbul court to protest against the prosecution of writers, executives and lawyers of the staunchly secularist Cumhuriyet newspaper.
Detention warrants were issued for the dismissed judges and prosecutors, Turkish TVs said
But the coup attempt crumbled as Erdogan rushed back to Istanbul from a Mediterranean holiday and urged people to take to the streets to support his government against plotters he accused of trying to kill him
“Let me on behalf of myself and on behalf of the Turkey nation extend my condolences to you for the inhuman attacks of January 21 and February 9