Turkey, U.S. discussed return of jailed Halkbank executive: Turkey minister 11.21.2018 · Posted in Miscellaneous Articles, News and Media, Press Release Turkey and the United States have discussed returning a jailed executive from state-owned lender Halkbank to Turkey where he can serve the rest of his sentence from an Iran sanctions-busting case, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday.