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12-03-2017, 03:40 PM
ANKARA: Courts in the United States cannot put Turkey on trial, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, in reference to the case of a Turkish bank executive who has been charged with evading US sanctions on Iran.
Already strained ties between Nato allies Ankara and Washington have deteriorated in recent weeks as Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab, who is cooperating with US prosecutors, detailed in court a scheme to evade US sanctions.
Over three days of testimony, Zarrab has implicated top Turkish politicians, including Erdogan.
Zarrab said on Thursday that Erdogan personally authorized two Turkish banks to join the scheme when he was prime minister.
Ankara has cast the testimony as an attempt to undermine Turkey and its economy, and has previously said it was a "clear plot" by the network of US-based Fethullah Gulen, who it alleges engineered last year?s coup attempt.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/World-TheNewsInternational/~4/sZwjrrgV7EY
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Already strained ties between Nato allies Ankara and Washington have deteriorated in recent weeks as Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab, who is cooperating with US prosecutors, detailed in court a scheme to evade US sanctions.
Over three days of testimony, Zarrab has implicated top Turkish politicians, including Erdogan.
Zarrab said on Thursday that Erdogan personally authorized two Turkish banks to join the scheme when he was prime minister.
Ankara has cast the testimony as an attempt to undermine Turkey and its economy, and has previously said it was a "clear plot" by the network of US-based Fethullah Gulen, who it alleges engineered last year?s coup attempt.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/World-TheNewsInternational/~4/sZwjrrgV7EY
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