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The United States refuses to link the release of an American pastor detained in Turkey to the publication of preacher Fattulah Gullen, accused by Turkey of orchestrating the failed 2016 coup d'etat , two cases that continue to exacerbate Washington, a senior US official said today.
"One of the dimensions of this tension in relations (Ankara-Washington) was when factions, mainly from within the (Turkish) government, directly related" Fetoulah Gullen with Andrew Branson, said at the time 39, a meeting with reporters in Ankara, the US official who did not want to be named
"We do not think it's appropriate to link these cases."
Last September, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: Those of us are telling us to give them the pastor. But you too have a clergyman. Deliver it to us and we will judge (the pastor) and we will give it to you. "
" These are different badumptions involving different legal systems, "continued the top US official." It's not so simple to say "take a religious leader, give a religious leader." [19659002] The trial of Pastor Andrew Branson, head of a Protestant church in Smyrna, which has been held since October 2016, contributed to
On the other hand, Ankara insists on the liberation of Guilen , who lives in the United States since 1999.
The Turkish authorities "have presented a lot of information about the failed coup and the organization of Gullen," continued [19659902] window .fbLoaded = $ .Deferred ()?
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