Monday, November 6, 2017

Partial Issue

From the BBC:
"US missions in Turkey partially resume visa issuing"

US missions in Turkey have partially resumed processing visa applications, the embassy said on Monday. Last month, US missions suspended all non-immigrant visa services after Turkey's arrest of a US consulate employee. Turkey's embassy in Washington has also said it will process visa applications from US citizens on a limited basis.  The US worker was held over suspected links to a cleric blamed for last year's failed coup in Turkey. Washington condemned the move as baseless and damaging to bilateral relations.  Ankara has for months been pressing Washington to extradite US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen over his alleged role in the botched coup in July 2016. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses Mr Gulen of instigating the unrest - a charge the cleric denies. In the aftermath of the coup attempt, which was led by military officers, 40,000 people were arrested and 120,000 sacked or suspended.


^ Hopefully this partial resumption will result in full visa resumption on both the US and Turkish side. ^


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41886522

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