U.S. Embassy in Ankara on Tuesday
issued a statement saying that U.S. mission to Turkey will be closed. According
to the statement, an individual approached the U.S. Embassy Ankara main gate
and discharged a firearm.
There have been no reported injuries
and the individual is in police custody. “Due to this incident, the U.S.
Embassy in Ankara, the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul, and the U.S.
Consulate in Adana will be closed for normal operations on Tuesday,’’ the
statement said.
The U.S. Mission also reminded U.S. citizens to review personal
security plans, ensure communication connectivity and maintain a high level of
vigilance and take appropriate steps to enhance personal security. “I condemn
in the strongest terms the heinous attack on Ambassador Karlov,’’
U.S.
Ambassador to Turkey John Bass twitted on Monday. The Arts and Culture Centre
of the municipality of Ankara’s Cankaya district, where the Russia Amb. Andrei
Karlov was shot dead on Monday, was only 50 metres to the U.S. Embassy.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Consulate in Adana informs U.S. citizens that general
demonstrations are expected to take place between Ataturk Park and Adana’s
Central Train Station on Tuesday afternoon.
The participants were expected to
demonstrate against recent violent terrorist attacks throughout the country and
against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Report says previous such
demonstrations in other cities also included anti-American messages, even
demonstrations intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational and escalate
into violence.
U.S. Embassy in Ankara on Tuesday issued a statement saying that U.S. mission to Turkey will be closed.
According to the statement, an individual approached the U.S. Embassy Ankara main gate and discharged a firearm
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Obama weldone, Putin knows it's your hand work, so stop trying to feign attack on US embassy too. Who does not know Erdogan is ur boy-boy in Syria and all over?
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