Andrew Brunson's lawyer files appeal seeking release from house arrest: Turk

The lawyer for U.S. evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson filed an appeal to Turkey's constitutional court for his release from house arrest, broadcaster CNN Turk said on Wednesday.

The lawyer, Ismail Cem Halavurt, had said on Tuesday that he would apply to the constitutional court, the country's highest, to seek his client's release.

The case of Andrew Brunson, whose next regular court hearing is on Oct. 12, has become the most divisive issue in a worsening diplomatic row between Ankara and Washington that has triggered a punishing regime of U.S. sanctions and tariffs against Turkey. 

(With inputs from agencies.)