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US Ambassador to Turkey John R. Bass during a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, January 22, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo

Erdogan Boycotts US Ambassador as Visa Row Intensifies

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Oct 11, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced he would boycott US Ambassador to Turkey John Bass, holding him responsible for a US-Turkish row over the issuance of visas.   During his visit to Belgrade, Erdogan said Turkey no longer regarded ambassador...

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US Ambassador to Turkey John Bass. (AP)

US Ambassador to Turkey Targeted by Russian Ambassador’s Assassin

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Mar 11, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara – Mevlut Altintas, the Turkish policeman who assassinated Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov in Ankara in December, had also researched the whereabouts of the US ambassador to Turkey, according to investigating sources in this matter. Investigators...

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Demonstrators unfurl a giant Turkish flags during a pro-democracy rally in Istanbul, on August 7, 2016. AFP Photo/Ozan Kose

U.S. Mission Slams ‘Fabricated’ Photo of Ambassador with Turkey Coup Plotter

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 8, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara-The dispute over accusations made by some Turkish officials to Washington that it had information about last month’s attempted coup continued over the weekend. The U.S. Embassy in Ankara released a statement on Twitter denying a media report that Ambassador...