North Carolina Pastor Starts Trial In Turkey. Here’s Why That Matters

A U.S. pastor held in Turkey on dubious terror charges began trial Monday, rejecting accusations of aiding an Islamist movement and spying against Turkey’s government.

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Aykan Erdemir, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and former member of the opposition party in Turkey’s parliament, said in 2017 that he doubted Brunson would receive a fair trial given what he says is Erdogan’s true reason for having Brunson imprisoned.

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