Bagster
Posted on 07/28/2018 11:33:42 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Turkey will stand its ground after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap sanctions on Ankara if it does not free an American pastor.
The United States would be losing a strong and sincere partner if it does not change this attitude, Erdogan said, according to Reuters.
In a tweet on Thursday, Trump threatened to impose economic sanctions on Turkey over its refusal to release American pastor Andrew Brunson who has been detained in the country for more than year.
“The United States will impose large sanctions on Turkey for their long time detainment of Pastor Andrew Brunson, a great Christian, family man and wonderful human being. He is suffering greatly. This innocent man of faith should be released immediately!” he tweeted.
Brunson, who was transferred to house arrest this week after 21 months of detention in a Turkish prison, has worked in Turkey for more than two decades.
Brunson has been accused of supporting the group Ankara says was behind a failed military coup in 2016 and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The pastor, who has denied the charges, faces up to 35 years in jail if found guilty.
Hours after Trump’s tweet, Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu fired back at Trump in a tweet of his own.
“No one dictates [to] Turkey. We will never tolerate threats from anybody. Rule of law is for everyone; no exception,” he stated.
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That's rich coming from this regime. Turkey is no ally of ours.
Bagster
Erdogan is predicting/wanting another Crusade. Unfortunately for him, he is way overconfident on his team’s ability to wage war.
A really loyal and useful ally. Yup.
Enjoy your sanctions camel humper.
Now just a cotton pickin’ minit here. Let’s be fair. Turks are more horsemen than camel men. Somewhere, to some poor mare, Erdogan is her worst nightmare.
Controlled crises is effective tool to change a behavior.
“The United States would be losing a strong and sincere partner...”
Stopped reading right there.
I think the President is on thin ice here. The preacher is very likely guilty of coup participation at some level. The best way to increase his collection take would be to get rid of Erdogan
Really?
Erdogan wants someone we have. The US preacher is but a pawn in this game of chess.
If any religious man is "guilty of coup participation at some level" it is Fethullah Gulen.
With friends like Turkey, we don’t need enemies.
Erdogan hasn’t learned that President Trumps first offer is his BEST offer.
Someone please post the Kim Jong Un “Do it Trumps way” pic.
If the WEST would only treat muzzies the way Christians are treated in muslim countries things would be different.
The “coup” is a load of crap. Fethulleh Gullen had nothing to do with it. It was either staged, or the result of an entrapment of duped officers by Erdogan’s henchmen. He’s been making hay with it ever since. He’s linking freeing the pastor with extraditing Gullen.
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