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The US use of a threatening language against Turkey is unacceptable and disrespectful, given the ties between the two allies, a statement issued today by the Security Council Turkish National Association
. and Washington, on the occasion of the trial of the American pastor Andrew Branson, who was imprisoned for 21 months in Turkish jails before being placed under house arrest last week
Appeal against the summons in residence
Appeal The American pastor, Andrew Brunson, accused in Turkey of "terrorism", said today his lawyer to Reuters and to the French Agency, during a press conference on his confinement and his ban on leaving the country.
The Branson affair sparked a crisis in US-US relations with US Vice President Mike Pence, repeating yesterday Washington's threat to impose sanctions on Ankara due to the continued detention of American pastor. Ranson, currently in the 21-month-old prison, is accused by the Turkish authorities of "terrorizing" the action and supporting the Islamist organization that, according to Ankara, was behind the failed coup d'etat. 2016, but also Kurdish Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), banned. The pastor, who denies the charges against him, faces a 35-year prison sentence if he is found guilty.
The appeal states that Branson is still deprived of his liberty and unable to return to his normal life and to perform his religious duties
His lawyer, Chambhart, stated that the Turkish court in Smyrna , where Branson is judged, will rule on the appeal within 3 to 7 days
His next hearing about his trial scheduled for October.
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