US: Suspended Non-immigrant Visa Service At All Turkish Diplomatic
Facilities.
Turkish embassy in Washington announced it was freezing non-immigrant visa services in Turkey,
"In order to minimize the number of visitors to our Embassy and Consulates while this assessment proceeds, effective immediately.
we have suspended all non-immigrant visa services at all Turkish diplomatic facilities in US.
The Turkish embassy said the measure would apply immediate, to visas in passports, as well as e-Visas and visas acquired at the border.
On Sunday, the US mission in Turkey said that recent events had forced the US government to reassess Ankara's commitment to the security of US facilities and staff.
The Turkish embassy in Washington later offered the same explanation, only replacing the country names.
The escalation in diplomatic tensions comes a few days after the arrest of a US consulate employee in Istanbul for alleged links to Fethullah Gulen, a US-based Muslim leader blamed by Ankara for a failed coup attempt last year.
Washington said it was "deeply disturbed" by the employee's arrest.
Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency identified the consulate employee as a male Turkish citizen.
It said he was arrested late on Wednesday on charges of espionage and attempts to damage the constitutional order and Turkey's government.
The YPG group is considered by Ankara to be an extension of the banned PKK, which has waged an armed campaign for three decades in southeast Turkey.
Facilities.
Turkish embassy in Washington announced it was freezing non-immigrant visa services in Turkey,
"In order to minimize the number of visitors to our Embassy and Consulates while this assessment proceeds, effective immediately.
we have suspended all non-immigrant visa services at all Turkish diplomatic facilities in US.
The Turkish embassy said the measure would apply immediate, to visas in passports, as well as e-Visas and visas acquired at the border.
On Sunday, the US mission in Turkey said that recent events had forced the US government to reassess Ankara's commitment to the security of US facilities and staff.
The Turkish embassy in Washington later offered the same explanation, only replacing the country names.
The escalation in diplomatic tensions comes a few days after the arrest of a US consulate employee in Istanbul for alleged links to Fethullah Gulen, a US-based Muslim leader blamed by Ankara for a failed coup attempt last year.
Washington said it was "deeply disturbed" by the employee's arrest.
Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency identified the consulate employee as a male Turkish citizen.
It said he was arrested late on Wednesday on charges of espionage and attempts to damage the constitutional order and Turkey's government.
The YPG group is considered by Ankara to be an extension of the banned PKK, which has waged an armed campaign for three decades in southeast Turkey.
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