Pastor Andrew Brunson and his wife Norine arrive at the airport in Izmir, Turkey, on Oct. 12, 2018. Umit Bektas/Reuters
When they arrested Andrew Brunson and his wife, Norine, in 2016, Turkish officials had an order to deport the American pastor, who ran a small Protestant church in the coastal city of Izmir.
Deportations of foreign workers happened occasionally, and the process for Americans, he figured, would be relatively straightforward. Maybe it would take a day.
