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Turkey releases pastor Andrew Brunson!
Washington Examiner ^ | 10/12/2018 | by Joel Gehrke

Posted on 10/12/2018 7:03:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

American pastor Andrew Brunson, who was swept up in a wave of arrests in the wake a failed coup attempt in Turkey, was released on Friday, easing a major controversy between the United States and the NATO ally.

A judge ordered Brunson's release as part of a reported deal in which President Trump will “ease economic pressure” on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s country. Turkey is not dropping the case against Brunson. The prosecutor “demanded up to 10 years in prison for terror charges,” a pro-government outlet reported, but Brunson will be allowed to leave the country.

“The Second High Criminal Court in western Izmir province on Friday ruled for American pastor Andrew Craig Brunson to be sentenced to three years, one month and 15 days in prison, but said he will not spend anymore time in custody because of the time he has already served,” Daily Sabah reported.

Trump tweeted in support of Brunson's release Friday morning.

The Trump administration has made Brunson’s case a top priority for the U.S.-Turkey relationship. Erdogan had hoped to exchange Brunson for Pennsylvania-based cleric Fetullah Gulen, whom he has accused of orchestrating the 2016 coup attempt, but the pastor’s detention instead served to stoke U.S. frustration with Turkey’s lurch toward authoritarian rule.

“There is no credible evidence against him,” Vice President Mike Pence said at a summit on religious freedom in July. "If Turkey does not take immediate action to free this innocent man of faith and send him home to America, the United States will impose significant sanctions on Turkey until Pastor Andrew Brunson is free.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2020election; andrewbrunson; andrewcraigbrunson; christianpersecution; election2018; election2020; erdogan; fetullahgulen; hostages; kurdistan; mikepence; muslimworld; northcarolina; pastors; pennsylvania; receptayyiperdogan; trumpnato; turkey; vppence; winning
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1 posted on 10/12/2018 7:03:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Trump’s fault, again!


2 posted on 10/12/2018 7:06:15 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Dems @ the Kavanaugh lynching, told the world that non gay men of any color have Zero future w/them!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Rev. Andrew Brunson, left, plays the guitar during a service at Resurrection Church in Izmir, Turkey, in 2014.


3 posted on 10/12/2018 7:06:15 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: SeekAndFind

The leftist mob will never give Trump credit for this.


4 posted on 10/12/2018 7:06:45 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Cynicism is the only refuge in a world that is determined to eliminate itself.)
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To: Grampa Dave

Actually, I’d give a lot of credit to VP Pence. He was a stalwart in these negotiations and refused to back down.


5 posted on 10/12/2018 7:07:08 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: SeekAndFind

“No credible evidence against him”.

Gee, I wonder if the Resistance Media will insist Turkey keep the good pastor behind bars. An allegation, after all, is the same as credible evidence in their eyes.


6 posted on 10/12/2018 7:08:04 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m sure it was actually obama working behind the scenes that got him out! /S !!


7 posted on 10/12/2018 7:09:37 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWITR,FACBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlywd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antifa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA)
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To: SeekAndFind

Is he free to leave?


8 posted on 10/12/2018 7:10:19 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: SeekAndFind

Just heard - 9th Circuit injunction prevents his release....


9 posted on 10/12/2018 7:11:42 AM PDT by Principled (No one will conquer America, from within or without, until its citizenry are disarmed.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Thank You 🙏 God 🙏 and President Trump. ergoscam GFYS & KMA !!!
10 posted on 10/12/2018 7:12:22 AM PDT by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wonderful news!


11 posted on 10/12/2018 7:13:34 AM PDT by philippa
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To: SeekAndFind

Thank you Lord Jesus


12 posted on 10/12/2018 7:15:49 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: Right Wing Assault

Kerry packed the cash and delivered it on his paddle board.


13 posted on 10/12/2018 7:18:01 AM PDT by ptsal
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To: SeekAndFind

More winning for President Trump.


14 posted on 10/12/2018 7:19:00 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: ptsal

Prayer of thanks for Brunson’s safe return and for the safety of his local congregation in Turkey.


15 posted on 10/12/2018 7:19:06 AM PDT by ptsal
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To: SeekAndFind

Being a Christian minister in a Muslim (anything) is always a losing preposition.


16 posted on 10/12/2018 7:19:59 AM PDT by ASOC (Having humility really means one is rarely humiliated)
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To: Grampa Dave

Just to win votes in North Carolina, one more Islamophobic bitter clinger walking around loose.


17 posted on 10/12/2018 7:20:10 AM 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: SeekAndFind

Has he left Turkey yet?

Over the past 40 years or so, it’s been given that you cannot trust hostage takers. Only their deeds.

Whether you’re picking up Anatoly Shcharansky on the Glienicke Bridge in Berlin, or cheering only after the 52 American hostages left Iranian airspace in 1981, you cannot be comfortable until it actually happens.


18 posted on 10/12/2018 7:20:54 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Vote GOP this November. Take two friends to vote with you!)
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To: ASOC

Yes, but it is still doing the Lord’s work and will.

Our lives here on Earth mean little; our reward in Heaven is great.

I can’t think of a better place to spread the Word than in the belly of the Beast. I also acknowledge I don’t have the guts to do so like these blessed men.


19 posted on 10/12/2018 7:23:03 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Vote GOP this November. Take two friends to vote with you!)
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To: SeekAndFind

THANKS BE TO GOD!!!!


20 posted on 10/12/2018 7:23:04 AM PDT by ealgeone (SCRIPTURE DOES NOT CHANGE!)
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