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Lawyer takes US pastor’s case to Turkey’s highest court

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In this July 25, 2018 photo, Andrew Craig Brunson, an evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, North Carolina, arrives at his house in Izmir, Turkey. Brunson, who had been jailed in Turkey for more than one and a half years on terror and espionage charges was released and will be put under house arrest as his trial continues. The White House is announcing that the Treasury Department is imposing sanctions on two Turkish officials over a detained American pastor who is being tried on espionage and terror-related charges. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)

EDITORIAL: Turkey’s vindictive behavior is unworthy of a NATO ‘ally’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

American Christian pastor Andrew Brunson, a North Carolina native who has lived and worked in Turkey for two decades, has been held in a Turkish jail for the past 18 months on charges relating to ties with U.S.-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK. He is also accused of playing a role in the failed 2016 military coup to overthrow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Associated Press/File)

Mike Pompeo presses Turkey on detained U.S. pastor after sanctions

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

In this July 25, 2018 photo, Andrew Craig Brunson, an evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, North Carolina, arrives at his house in Izmir, Turkey. Brunson, who had been jailed in Turkey for more than one and a half years on terror and espionage charges was released and will be put under house arrest as his trial continues. The White House is announcing that the Treasury Department is imposing sanctions on two Turkish officials over a detained American pastor who is being tried on espionage and terror-related charges. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)

The Latest: Turkish minister shrugs off sanctions for pastor

Associated Press

Andrew Craig Brunson, an evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, North Carolina, arrives at his house in Izmir, Turkey, Wednesday, July 25, 2018 An American pastor who had been jailed in Turkey for more than one and a half years on terror and espionage charges was released Wednesday and will be put under house arrest as his trial continues. Andrew Craig Brunson, 50, an evangelical pastor originally from Black Mountain, North Carolina, was let out of jail to serve home detention because of &quot;health problems,&quot; Turkey's official Anadolu news agency said. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)

Turkish court rejects appeal to end US pastor’s house arrest

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Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan attends the last day of the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, July 27, 2018. (Mike Hutchings/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Erdogan: Turkey will not back down due to US sanctions

By CINAR KIPER - Associated Press

Andrew Craig Brunson, an evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, North Carolina, arrives at his house in Izmir, Turkey, Wednesday, July 25, 2018 An American pastor who had been jailed in Turkey for more than one and a half years on terror and espionage charges was released Wednesday and will be put under house arrest as his trial continues. Andrew Craig Brunson, 50, an evangelical pastor originally from Black Mountain, North Carolina, was let out of jail to serve home detention because of &quot;health problems,&quot; Turkey's official Anadolu news agency said. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)

US to hit NATO-ally Turkey over detained pastor, Trump says

By SUSANNAH GEORGE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

Andrew Craig Brunson, an evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, North Carolina, arrives at his house in Izmir, Turkey, Wednesday, July 25, 2018 An American pastor who had been jailed in Turkey for more than one and a half years on terror and espionage charges was released Wednesday and will be put under house arrest as his trial continues. Andrew Craig Brunson, 50, an evangelical pastor originally from Black Mountain, North Carolina, was let out of jail to serve home detention because of &quot;health problems,&quot; Turkey's official Anadolu news agency said. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)

Turkey: American pastor on trial for terror let out of jail

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

A Turkish soldier guards the entrance to the prison complex in Aliaga, Izmir province, western Turkey, where jailed U.S. pastor Andrew Craig Brunson is appearing on his trial at a court inside the complex, Monday, May 7, 2018. The 50-year-old evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, North Carolina, faces up 35-years in prison in Turkey, on charges that he aided terror groups and engaged in espionage. The pastor of the Izmir Resurrection Church denies any wrongdoing. (DHA-Depo Photos via AP)

Secret witness testifies against U.S. pastor in Turkey

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Members of Turkish forces guard the entrance to the prison complex in Aliaga, Izmir province, western Turkey, where jailed US pastor Andrew Craig Brunson is held and is appearing on his trial at a court inside the complex, Monday, April 16, 2018. Brunson, 50, a US evangelical pastor from North Carolina, was arrested in December 2016 for alleged links to both an outlawed Kurdish insurgent group and the network of the U.S.-based Muslim cleric who Turkey blames for masterminding a failed military coup that year. He has denied all allegations. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

U.S. pastor denies terror links, spying in Turkish court

By Mehmet Guzel - Associated Press

FILE - In this undated file photo, Andrew Brunson, an American pastor, stands in Izmir, Turkey. The trial of an American pastor imprisoned in Turkey, whose case is part of the quagmire of tense relations between Washington and Ankara, is set to begin Monday, April 15, 2018 in western Izmir province. Andrew Craig Brunson, an evangelical pastor from North Carolina, is facing 35 years in prison on the charges of “committing crimes on behalf of terror groups without being a member” and “espionage.” (DHA-Depo Photos via AP, File)

US pastor faces terror charges in fraught trial in Turkey

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and MEHMET GUZEL - Associated Press

FILE - In this undated file photo, Andrew Brunson, an American pastor, stands in Izmir, Turkey. Brunson has been charged in Turkey with engaging in espionage and having links to terror groups, crimes that carry a potential sentence of up to 35 years in prison, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported Tuesday, March 20, 2018. (DHA-Depo Photos via AP, File)

Andrew Brunson, U.S. pastor, faces terror, espionage charges in Turkey

By Zeynep Bilginsoy and Mehmet Guzel - Associated Press