US pastor, Andrew Brunson boards private jet to Germany and then US
US Pastor, Andrew Brunson has departed Turkey from airport in Izmir, western Turkey boarding a private jet and headed for Germany.
The court credited his time spent in detention, and ended his house arrest and travel ban.
The pastor was arrested on Dec. 9, 2016 on
charges of being a member of Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO).
On
July 25, citing Brunson’s health problems, an Izmir court ordered him
moved from jail to house arrest.
Brunson’s charges include spying for the
PKK — listed as a terrorist group by both the U.S. and Turkey — and
FETO, the group behind the defeated coup attempt in Turkey of July 2016.