Andrew Brunson

Turkish government officials are careful in their public statements regarding the results of the U.S. presidential elections to avoid leaving room for misinterpretations from Washington and to prevent possible shadows on their relations with the new president, whoever that may be.

Andrew Brunson, a U.S. pastor who was at the heart of a diplomatic crisis between Turkey and the U.S., has said he would prefer that Fetullah Gülen, who resides in the U.S. and is accused by Turkey of having masterminded the failed coup attempt in 2016, was extradited to Turkey.

Turkey is a country of rule of law and court decisions are binding for everyone, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said regarding the case of United States Pastor Andrew Brunson, who is on trial in Turkey.

A lawyer for United States pastor Andrew Brunson whose detention in Turkey sparked a crisis with Washington has appealed to the Turkish Constitutional Court for his release from house arrest.

A cleric and a lawyer visited U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson, who is under house arrest in the western Turkish province of İzmir on Sept. 18. 

Turkey's top appeals court judge has said United States pastor Andrew Brunson can only be released by "independent and impartial courts." 

A Turkish prosecutor has issued a permit for United States pastor Andrew Brunson in response to his request to use a treadmill under house arrest. 

Several gunshots from a vehicle by unidentified assailants were fired at the United States Embassy in Ankara early on Aug 20 in an attack that the Turkish government condenmed as "a clear provocation."

AFP - Turkey on Friday threatened to respond if the United States levied further sanctions over the detention of an American pastor which has sparked a diplomatic standoff and battered the Turkish currency.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is deliberately using the ongoing row with the United States over the detention of pastor Andrew Brunson to cover up his big failure in the economy, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said, accusing the president of not taking necessary measures to stop the plunge of the Turkish Lira despite seeing the crisis coming.