American pastor held for two years by the Turkish court.

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American pastor held for two years by the Turkish court.







A Turkish court freed US pastor Andrew Brunson after two years of detention, according to Turkish state media.



His case had created a deep rupture in relations between the United States. UU And Turkey, and the Trump government made a strong commitment to guarantee their freedom and punish their NATO ally with economic sanctions for not doing so. An evangelical Christian pastor, it had also become a battle cry for defenders of religious freedom in the United States.





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Andrew Craig Brunson is escorted by Turkish police officers, on July 25, 2018, in Izmir, Turkey.

President Donald Trump tweeted On his imminent release on Friday, he said his administration was "working very hard" on his case and added later, "PASTOR BRUNSON JUST RELEASED, WILL BE HOME SOON!"



Brunson, who was detained in a Turkish prison until he was transferred to house arrest in July, was found guilty of charges of terrorism and espionage, which his lawyers have denied as unfounded. The court in Izmir, Turkey, he sentenced him on Friday to three and a half months, but given his time served and that was his first arrest, his house arrest and the travel ban were lifted.



That means he could leave the country, where he worked as a pastor for two decades, as early as Friday.





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US consulate officers escort Norine Brunson, wife of US pastor Andrew Brunson, as she retires to her husband's court hearing on October 12, 2018 in Izmir, Turkey.

Brunson was arrested in October 2016 and formally arrested that December. Turkey was accused of links with two groups. Turkey considers terrorist organizations: a Kurdish separatist group called PKK that the United States also designated as a terrorist organization, and the Gulenistas, a political-religious movement led by the exiled cleric Fetullah Gulen who is the Turkish President Recep Tayyip. Erdogan has accused of encouraging an attempted failed coup d'etat 2016.



Gulen, who is a permanent legal resident of the US UU Who lives in Pennsylvania, has denied that accusation.



Brunson's lawyer, Ismail Halavurt, told ABC News they would go ahead and appeal their case because they reject all charges.



The Trump government sanctioned two senior Turkish officials for the long-term detention of Brunson, Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül and Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, and called them "leaders of Turkish government organizations responsible for implementing the gross rights abuses humans in Turkey, "according to the Treasury Department.



Shortly after, the EE. UU They also imposed steel and aluminum tariffs on Turkey, citing national security. Economic sanctions generated problems in the markets, which led the Turkish currency to sink.



It was not clear on Friday if EE. UU I would lift those sanctions, as the two NATO allies seek to repair the ties.





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President Donald Trump speaks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan when they arrive at the NATO summit in Brussels on July 11, 2018.

"The launch of Brunson is a big business for the relationship between the United States and Turkey: it clears the air in [bilateral] Lazos, restores ties between two powerful presidents, ventures against Turkey in the United States Congress and allows Turkey and the United States to address [bilateral] problems without the emotional dimension of the pastor's detention, "according to Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Program at the Near East Policy Institute in Washington.



Among the remaining thorny issues are the purchase by Turkey of a Russian missile system, the support of the United States to Kurdish groups in Syria and the radical repression of the political opposition by Erdogan.





Ben Gittleson of ABC News contributed to this report.

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