US, Turkey suspend visa services in tit for tat


The deepening row between the US and Turkey was sparked by the arrest of a Turkish staffer at the American mission in Istanbul. The staffer is accused of links to the group of US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for last year's failed coup against the president. – EPA pic, October 9, 2017.

THE US and Turkey yesterday scaled back visa-issuing services in each other’s countries in a deepening diplomatic row sparked by the arrest of a Turkish staffer at the American mission in Istanbul.

The American embassy in Ankara said “recent events” forced the US government to reassess Turkey’s “commitment” to the security of US mission services and personnel in the country.


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