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US pastor denies allegations of coup links as Turkey trial begins

Andrew Brunson, a Christian pastor from North Carolina, US, who has been in jail. [Photo: Courtesy]

An American Christian pastor who has spent the last one and a half years in jail in Turkey strongly rejected terror-related charges on Monday as his trial got underway, in a case that has raised tensions with Washington.

Andrew Brunson, who ran a protestant church in the western city of Izmir, was detained by Turkish authorities in October 2016. If convicted, he risks up to 35 years in jail.

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