THE INTERVIEW: ANDREW BRUNSON TELLS OF “FIGHT FOR MY FAITH” IN TURKEY
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with freed American missionary Andrew Brunson about a new book detailing his final two years in Turkey where he spent months in a cramped cell before he was released following a campaign by US politicians and Christian leaders…
Turkey replaces prosecutor who indicted US pastor Brunson
World Watch Monitor At the outset last week of Turkey’s new judicial year, the Izmir prosecutor who prepared the controversial indictment accusing US pastor Andrew Brunson of terrorism and espionage was reassigned to another bureau. Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul dismissed the transfer simply as a “routine procedure”with no particular significance, referring to Turkey’s common practice of […]
In depth – Hidden agendas cloak Turkish-US feud over jailed pastor
World Watch Monitor On the eve of the week-long Muslim festival of sacrifice, Eid al-Adha, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has accused US President Donald Trump of not wanting to solve his country’s disagreements with the United States over jailed US pastor Andrew Brunson. “It seems that they do not want to solve these problems, […]
Could Brunson’s release ease Turkey’s diplomatic standoff with the US?
World Watch Monitor After the slipping Turkish lira nosedived dramatically on Monday, losing a record five per cent of its value in one day, unnamed Turkish diplomatic sources confirmed to CNNTURK on Tuesday that a government delegation from Ankara is heading to Washington within two days to discuss escalating tensions between Turkey and the United […]
US pastor Andrew Brunson to be moved from prison to house arrest, but can’t leave Turkey
World Watch Monitor The US pastor Andrew Brunson is being moved from Kiriklar prison to house arrest in Turkey after a court ruling on Wednesday, a leader of the Turkish Protestant Church has confirmed direct to World Watch Monitor. The same source confirmed that Brunson’s wife is on her way to the prison to meet […]
US ups the ante over Pastor Brunson’s detention
World Watch Monitor The American Charge d’Affaires in Ankara has said that Turkey’s continued detention of pastor Andrew Brunson on spying and terrorism-related charges is impeding US-Turkish relations. Philip Kosnett said there is a “strong sense of unity in Congress between Republicans and Democrats” on the need for Brunson to be released and “a similar […]
Date set for trial of US pastor Andrew Brunson in Turkey
World Watch Monitor Imprisoned US pastor Andrew Brunson is set to stand trial before a Turkish criminal court on 16 April on espionage and terrorism-related charges that could jail him for up to 35 years. Seventeen months after the pastor’s arrest in the port city of Izmir, a formal indictment accepted by the Izmir 2nd […]
Turkey calls for life imprisonment of US pastor Andrew Brunson
World Watch Monitor Turkish prosecutors demanded life imprisonment for jailed US pastor Andrew Brunson in an official indictment presented to Izmir’s 2nd Criminal Court on Tuesday. Arrested without bail since October 2016, Ps Brunson is accused of being “a member and executive” of the Islamic movement led by self-exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen, accused of orchestrating […]
Jailed US pastor still refused ‘due process’ in Turkey
World Watch Monitor As indicated in his only photograph from his imprisonment, Andrew Brunson has lost more than 20 kilograms, becoming a pale, slender version of himself. PICTURE: World Witness As a high-level US delegation arrived in the Turkish capital on Tuesday, in an effort to resolve high-level tensions between the two NATO allies, discussions […]
Christians in Turkey call for prayer for jailed US pastor
BosNewsLife Christians in Turkey have called for prayer for an imprisoned American pastor after Turkey’s President linked his release to the extradition of Fethullah Gulen, the US-based Muslim cleric accused by Ankara of instigating last year’s failed coup attempt. Pastor Andrew Brunson was detained with his wife in October, 2016, and learned they faced deportation […]