Evangelicals pulling Trump’s strings in trade spat with Turkey
ŞEYMA NAZLI GÜRBÜZ @SeymNazli
ISTANBUL
Influenced by the evangelicals, U.S. President Donald Trump has sacrificed historic relations with Washington's NATO ally, Turkey The last few weeks have marked a feud between Turkey and the U.S., two countries that have been long-term NATO partners, due to an evangelical pastor detained in Turkey on terrorism-linked charges. Despite the strength of the relationship and the longevity of the partnership, the tension between the two countries escalated quickly and has reached a point where the U.S. levied sanctions on Turkey, causing difficulty for the Turkish economy. As the bonds between the countries are worsening day by day, experts have suggested that U.S. President Donald Trump's decisions are mainly being directed by evangelical concerns rather than the result of rational decision-
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