Pastor Andrew Brunson’s treatment since his detention on October 7th is also symptomatic of growing Christian persecution in Turkey 
Jan. 3 (AINA).─ Andrew Brunson was elated when Turkey's Interior Ministry summoned him on Oct. 7th in the coastal city of Izmir. The ministry, the American pastor imagined, was granting him and his wife, Norine, permanent-resident status after they'd spent more than two decades preaching the gospel in Turkey. Instead they were arrested and detained for unspecified reasons.
So began a Turkish nightmare the couple is living to this day.
Turkish immigration authorities informed the Brunsons that they would be detained pending deportation from the country. Norine was released after two weeks, but her husband was held in the immigration-detention facility for another two months, including two days in solitary confinement. He was initially denied access to legal counsel, and two U.S. consular visits didn't take place until after he'd already spent a month in the facility.
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