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'Good Chance' Turkey will release American pastor tomorrow
Yahoo! Finance ^ | October 11, 2018 | Shawn Carrié, Yahoo! News

Posted on 10/11/2018 4:08:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

ISTANBUL – American Pastor Andrew Brunson, whose detention in Turkey has sparked a tense standoff between Ankara and Washington, will likely be released following a hearing scheduled for Friday, according to his lawyer.

“There is a good chance he could walk free,” Brunson’s lawyer, Ismail Cem Haravut told Yahoo News.

Brunson, a Christian preacher from North Carolina, became the center a diplomatic row between Ankara and Washington after Turkey jailed on terrorism charges. Ankara accuses Brunson of having links to groups guilty of orchestrating a failed coup attempt in 2016, through the small evangelical he has run in the coastal resort city of Izmir for the past 20 years. Washington says the charges are fabricated.

The United States responded with sanctions against Turkey, worsening an economic crisis that has seen the Turkish lira lose nearly 40 per cent of its value this year, and brought relations between the two NATO allies to an all-time low.

Bruson’s possible release is part of a breakthrough deal between US and Turkish officials to drop charges against him, NBC reported Thursday, citing two senior White House officials....

(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: andrewbrunson; andrewcraigbrunson; brunson; epc; erdogan; kurdistan; northcarolina; receptayyiperdogan; religion; trump; turkey

1 posted on 10/11/2018 4:08:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Praying for this.


2 posted on 10/11/2018 4:10:46 PM PDT by ealgeone (SCRIPTURE DOES NOT CHANGE!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

More winning. Obama would have let him rot.


3 posted on 10/11/2018 4:11:57 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Texas Fossil

FYI


4 posted on 10/11/2018 4:12:37 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Everything I need to know about trusting muslims I learned on 9/11.


5 posted on 10/11/2018 4:17:56 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: SaveFerris

Thank you. Also here:

Turkey, US share cautious optimism as high-stakes Brunson trial to resume

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/10/andrew-brunson-appear-court.html

FR Comments: https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3695726/posts

(not holding my breath)


6 posted on 10/11/2018 4:20:06 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Moonman62

Could be Trump had some leverage getting him out what with the presumed murder of the journalist by the Saudis in Turkey. This may be why Trump isn’t pointing fingers right now but waiting to see how things play out. Get the pastor home first.


7 posted on 10/11/2018 4:47:44 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hopefully, our prayers are being answered.


8 posted on 10/11/2018 4:56:11 PM PDT by Southnsoul
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He’s only doing this for politics. Another bitter clinger to vote in North Carolina’s congressional elections. How dare he do this in an election year./sarc


9 posted on 10/11/2018 5:07:26 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Officials believe US on verge of securing release of pastor Andrew Brunson from Turkey

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/11/politics/brunson-turkey-verge-release/index.html


10 posted on 10/11/2018 6:02:11 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
MAGA.

11 posted on 10/11/2018 11:25:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Looks like more winning - Trump gave them time to “save face” but it shows that like/hate/whatever, they respect him...


12 posted on 10/12/2018 3:36:40 AM PDT by trebb (So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
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To: trebb

Breaking news - Pastor Brunson has been freed! Yay!


13 posted on 10/12/2018 6:53:01 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: NohSpinZone

Woo Hoo! More Trump-Effect WINNING!!!


14 posted on 10/12/2018 8:57:18 AM PDT by trebb (So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
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To: trebb

15 posted on 10/12/2018 9:24:43 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: NohSpinZone

Thanks - saw it all over the news when Turkey bent to President Trump’s wishes and did the right thing.


16 posted on 10/13/2018 2:31:37 AM PDT by trebb (So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
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