Turkey slaps sanctions on 2 US officials in retaliation

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press



By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
1 hour ago

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey will freeze the assets of two U.S. officials in retaliation for U.S. sanctions against Turkey’s justice and interior ministers over the detention of an American pastor, Turkey’s president said Saturday in a move that appeared more symbolic than practical.

Speaking in Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey had been “patient” since the U.S. Treasury sanctions were imposed Wednesday, but ordered authorities to “freeze the assets of America’s justice and interior ministers in Turkey, if there are any.”

It is unclear who that would affect, due to differing Cabinet roles in the United States than in Turkey, or if the U.S. officials even have any holdings in Turkey.

Turkey’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu and Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul mocked the sanctions against them this week, saying they have no assets in the U.S, but the deteriorating Turkish-American relations sent the value of Turkey’s national currency — the lira— tumbling.

Read more: https://www.apnews.com/4d47a56373e64669b80a3a14f87c0be2/Turkey-to-freeze-assets-of-2-US-officials-in-retaliation

[Iliyah]

1. Hold on . . . .

I thought t-rump want to be like Erdogan? He loves dictators.

[yallerdawg]

2. Freeze assets?

Doesn't the Dotard have some property in Istanbul?

Or is it Constantinople?

[ChiTownDenny]

4. Byzantium.

Greek.

[mitch96]

3. I'm curious how this is gonna effect our Air Base in Turkey?

will Erdogan slap sanctions on the Base??? And isn't this just a tit for tat thing with the Turkish Imam living in PA? They want their Imam back and they will give us the priest back.
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