Turkey Premier Says Expects Justice in U.S., Not Prisoner Swaps
- Prime Minister Binali Yildirim spoke to Bloomberg in New York
- U.S. visit comes as trials in each country wreak havoc on ties
This article is for subscribers only.
Turkey is expecting justice from the U.S., not a political arrangement to exchange prisoners held by each country, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said after a trip to Washington to meet with Vice President Mike Pence.
“It’s not very ethical to do political bargaining on legal issues," Yildirim said in an interview with Bloomberg at the Turkish consulate in New York, in a rejection of allegations made by U.S. and German authorities that Turkey’s holding their respective citizens captive as political leverage. “What we want isn’t a give-and-take, what we want is for justice to be served.”