Source: Hurriyet Daily
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has warned that the United States is “changing a strategic NATO partner with a pastor” in his latest statement about the ongoing diplomatic row between the two countries over the arrest of Pastor Andrew Brunson.
“We only bow down before God. It is wrong to try to chasten Turkey for a priest here. I am addressing the U.S. once again: It’s a shame. You are changing a strategic NATO partner with a pastor. We will only do whatever justice requires,” Erdoğan said in a rally in the northern province of Ordu during his tour of flood-hit Black Sea towns on Aug. 11.
In the next stop of the tour, Erdoğan spoke in his hometown, Rize. “They want us to release [Brunson] by 6 p.m tomorrow with threats,” he said, referring the U.S. decisions as “missiles in economic warfare.”
Image sourced: Turkiye Newspaper
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