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U.S. slams arrest of Istanbul consulate staff
[NEWS.XINHUANET] The United States Embassy in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
 on Thursday slammed the arrest by Ottoman Turkish authorities of Istanbul consulate staff, saying that Washington "is deeply disturbed by the arrest."

The employee, identified only by Metin Topuz, was remanded in jug by an Istanbul court late Wednesday on accusations of links to the group of U.S.-based preacher Fethullah Gulen
... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world...
, blamed by Ankara for last year's failed coup attempt.

"The United States government is deeply disturbed by the arrest of a locally-employed staff member of the U.S. Consulate General Istanbul on October 4, " the U.S. embassy said in a statement.

The employee with Ottoman Turkish nationality was charged with "political and military espionage" and "attempting to remove the constitutional order," according to Anadolu Agency.


Posted by: Fred 2017-10-06
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