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Recep Tayyip Erdogan denied Sunday that Turkey had agreed to free a detained American pastor as part of a possible deal with the US and Israel, and warned that Turkey would not be bullied into releasing him by US President Donald Trump.

The Turkish President's comments come after a senior US official told CNN last week that Erdogan and Trump had agreed to a deal that would see Israel release an imprisoned Turkish national in exchange for Turkey freeing Andrew Brunson, who has been held in Turkey since October 2016.
The Turkish national, Ebru Ozkan, was allowed to leave Israel for Turkey in mid-July. Brunson, meanwhile, was released into house arrest on Wednesday but has not been permitted to leave Turkey.

On Thursday, Trump threatened Turkey with retaliation, tweeting: "The United States will impose large sanctions on Turkey for their long time detainment of Pastor Andrew Brunson, a great Christian, family man and wonderful human being. He is suffering greatly. This innocent man of faith should be released immediately!"

Erdogan insisted Sunday that no deal had taken place.

"We told the Americans that they could help us with getting Ebru (Ozkan) ... but we never said 'and in exchange we will give you Brunson,'" Erdogan told state broadcaster TRT. "We never made Brunson a topic of negotiation. Instead of respecting the Turkish judiciary, they are turning this into talk of sanctions."

Erdogan warned the US it risked losing a "strong and sincere partner" if it did not change its attitude.

"You cannot make Turkey take a step back with sanctions," Erdogan added. "They need to know the following: we are not tied with an umbilical cord to the US."


https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/29/politics/turkey-erdogan-us-pastor-intl/index.html
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