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September 26, 2018

Use of sanctions as ‘weapons’: Turkey cannot remain silent, says Erdogan

UNITED NATIONS: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that his country could not remain silent over the use of sanctions as weapons while it is in a bitter standoff with the United States over the fate of an American evangelical Christian pastor detained by Ankara.Turkey says the United States should respect the legal process for the pastor, Andrew Brunson, whose trial in Turkey on terrorism charges has infuriated US President Donald Trump.In August, Trump authorized a doubling of...