content tagged with visa suspension

Claiming that they have received “initial high-level assurances from the Government of Turkey” that there are / will be “no additional local employees of their Mission in Turkey under investigation”, US Mission to Turkey has announced the resumption of limited visa services in Turkey. Turkey denied claims of any assurance.

US Department of State Spokesperson Nauert as to Osman Kavala and 19 activists, attorney and journalists being detained in Ankara yesterday, said that they had been following these case closely and that the detentions in Turkey were often made with very little or no evidence at all.

US Department of State Spokesperson Nauert stated that Turkey still had not provided the US the evidence regarding the arrest of two staff members of the US Diplomatic Mission in Turkey.

The US Embassy in Turkey has stated that applications for visas “in cases of medical or humanitarian emergencies” could be made to the U.S. Embassy in Ankara and the Consulate General in Istanbul”.

In the wake of US suspending all visa services in Turkey, President Erdoğan stating that Turkey taking the same decision was his order has said, “We are not a tribal state”.

Making a statement on the suspension of visa services in Turkey, US Ambassador to Turkey Bass addressed an embassy employee being taken into custody and the Government of Turkey neglecting to give any information regarding the reason for the detention.