WASHINGTON—Turkey’s economic woes have become inextricably entangled with the fate of one man: Andrew Brunson, an American pastor whose prolonged detention in Turkey on espionage charges has become a top concern for President Trump.
Months of fruitless negotiations over Mr. Brunson’s fate recently compelled the Trump administration to develop options for turning the screws on Turkey, an approach officials dubbed “a bullet a day” until Mr. Brunson was freed, according to people familiar with the discussions.
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