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The US president said in a tweet on Twitter that Washington "will impose tough sanctions on Turkey for its long detention of Reverend Andrew Branson, a wonderful Christian and head of the family, he is suffering so much, this innocent believer should be released at once."
Last week, it was "shameful" that a Turkish court decided to keep Pastor Branson in custody pending the end of his trial.
US Vice President Mike Bens said at a State Department conference on freedom of religion, "There is no credible evidence against Pastor Branson", he said, adding that his release was "a welcome first step but not good enough."
"If Turkey does not take immediate steps to release him Important sanctions against Turkey until the liberation of Branson."
In contrast, Turkish Foreign Minister Mouloud Gawishoglu said that It was impossible to accept what he calls Washington's threatening rhetoric against Turkey, a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and emphasized that no one could tolerate this threat. 19659004] The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the US administration to abandon as soon as possible what it called the falsely threatening speech and to return to constructive dialogue. In the same vein, the Turkish presidency said that the United States should reassess its positions as soon as possible and return to constructive ground without harming its interests and alliance relations with Turkey. The presidential statement stressed that "America must know that it will not get any results in a case of independent Turkish judiciary".
and The arrest of Reverend Branson is one of the reasons for tense relations between Washington and Ankara The priest travels to Turkey for the network of Turkish preacher Fathullah Gulen, who Ankara accuses of being behind the failed coup of summer 2016 and the PKK
Turkey class Gulen and the Workers Party in the category of organizations terrorists
. The American priest was arrested on December 9, 2016 and charged with 
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