{"id":1110666,"date":"2018-08-01T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=1110666"},"modified":"2018-08-02T10:08:20","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T08:08:20","slug":"trump-imposes-sanctions-over-turkeys-detaining-of-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/de\/2018\/08\/trump-imposes-sanctions-over-turkeys-detaining-of-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump imposes sanctions over Turkey's detaining of minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Craig Brunson, an evangelical pastor, was arrested in December 2016 and jailed. He was recently released to home detention.<\/b>
\nWASHINGTON \u2014 The White House is announcing that the Treasury Department is imposing sanctions on two Turkish officials over a detained American pastor who is being tried on espionage and terror-related charges.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the Trump administration will sanction Turkey\u2019s minister of justice and minister of interior over the holding of 50-year-old Andrew Craig Brunson.
The administration says Turkey\u2019s Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gul and Minister of Interior Suleyman Soylu both played leading roles in the organizations responsible for Brunson\u2019s arrest and detention.
Brunson, an evangelical pastor, was arrested in December 2016 and jailed. He was recently released to home detention.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his government won\u2019t back down and may \u201cgo its own way\u201d if the U. S. imposes sanctions.<\/p>\n

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