Andrew Brunson

President Donald Trump's administration has rejected Turkey's offer to condition the release of an American pastor on clearing a top Turkish bank of billions of dollars in U.S. fines.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Saturday that his country would not be cowed by the United States.

Turkey threatened to respond if Washington levied further sanctions over the detention of an American pastor.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would boycott U.S. electronic goods in retaliation for punitive sanctions by Washington against Ankara over the detention of an American pastor. 

A Turkish court released U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson, who had been in jail pending trial for 19 months, and placed him under house arrest.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has called on his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to do something for the release of jailed U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson after a court refused to free…

Emboldened and motivated by the release of three American citizens held by the North Korean regime, U.S. signaled that it would work hard on bringing other Americans, including a U.S. pastor…

"I thought I would never say this sentence, but I would like to see Turkey follow the example of North Korea and release American hostages they’re holding," U.S. Senator James Lankford…

A Republican senator has said the U.S. needs to show to Turkey that Washington is “prepared to act in terms of sanctions” and suggested “rethinking relationship” with its NATO ally over the…

Soon after the U.S. State Department released a statement praising latest business agreements between Turkey and the U.S. companies, a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill to block…