ANKARA: Turkey on Monday urged the United States to reverse a decision to halt the issuing of all regular visas at American consulates in the country, as prosecutors summoned another Istanbul mission staffer in an escalating crisis.
The dispute, which analysts have described as the worst between the Nato allies in half a century, erupted when Turkey jailed a Turkish employee working at the American consulate in Istanbul.
Ankara hit back at the US suspension of the issuing of non-immigrant visas – a move described by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as “very, very saddening” – with a tit-for-tat response against American …read more
Source: theSun
