(Image source from: The Times of Israel)

An American clergyman freed after about two years of detention in Turkey is expected to meet the United States President Donald Trump at the White House.

Andrew Brunson was due to arrive at the U.S. military base near Washington around noon on Saturday after stopping in Germany for a medical check-up.

Trump told supporters at a campaign rally in Ohio on Friday night that "we'll say hello" to Brunson.

The 50-year-old North Carolina native was accused of terror-related charges and spying, facing up to 35 years in jail. A Turkish court on Friday convicted Brunson of only the terrorism charges, and the government then released the evangelical pastor to return home.

Brunson had rejected the charges and strongly kept up his innocence.

-Sowmya Sangam