Ankara to retaliate against US sanctions

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu demanded that the United States reverse its decision to impose sanctions over detention of Pastor Andrew Brunson and threatened to retaliate. 

"The U.S. attempt to impose sanctions will not remain without an answer," he wrote on Twitter.

The U.S. announced sanctions against Turkey's Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul and Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu over the detention of American pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, who is being tried on espionage and terror-related charges. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the ministers’ agencies were responsible for the pastor’s arrest and detention.