Court Denies Release For American Pastor Held In Turkey In Latest Hearing
(WorldNews Turkey)

A Turkish court on Wednesday again denied a request for the release from custody of an American pastor based in Turkey who is on trial on charges of aiding terror groups and engaging espionage, ABC News reports. Andrew Craig Brunson, a 50-year-old evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, North Carolina, was arrested in the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt for alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers` Party, or PKK, as well as a network led by U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Turkey blames for the unrest. Brunson, who faces up to 35 years in prison for `committing crimes on behalf of terror groups without being a member` and `espionage,` strongly denies the charges. Gulen...