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Djene Rhys
Bajalan (@djenebajalan), Assistant Professor of Middle East History
at Missouri State joins us to discuss the ongoing crisis between
the US and Turkey. Mike Pence's call for release of Pastor Andrew
Brunson. Turkey refusal. US then raised Tariffs; Aluminum will now
be 20% and Steel 50%.
Who is Andrew Brunson?
North Carolina – Evangelical Presbyterian
Arrested after the 2016 Coup
Accused Supporting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and the
Fetullah Gulen Movement
35 years in prison
The US government wants him released/ Turkey wants to exchange
him Fetullah Gulen.
Is there any validity the claims against Brunson?
Nope. But everyone hates missionaries.
Zirve Matalya 2007 Murders 3 employees – Turkish converts and a
German.
So why did this issue become a crisis?
Turkey has not made a case to the US for deporting Fetullah
Gulen – PENN – Extradition process.
Turkey has been playing the same card – judicial process.
Everyone knows. Erdogan wants – the guy is released.
Ebru Ozkan – Realsed accused of planning to fund Hamas – Israel
– However, Turkey did not respond.
Trump seems to have got played. So is reacting. Moreover, this
is an issue out here in the Mid-West. Trumps Jihadi base
Michael provides some context about the 2016 Coup d’etat, the
purge, and Erdogan’s authoritarian turn.
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