Reuters - Nothing will come of a case against Turkey�s state-owned lender Halkbank �if the law in the United States works�, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday, adding that the case was politically motivated.

U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged Halkbank with taking part in a multi-billion-dollar scheme to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran.

Halkbank said the U.S. charges against it amounted to an escalation of Washington�s sanctions on Ankara over its military incursion in Syria, while President Tayyip Erdogan called them an �unlawful, ugly� step.

Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing by Dale Hudson