US Embassy in Turkey shut for unspecified ‘security threat’
US citizens told to avoid the embassy in Ankara, steer clear large crowds and ‘keep a low profile’
A woman walks in front of the United States Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, on October 9, 2017. (AFP Photo/Adem Altan)
ISTANBUL — The US Embassy in Turkey will be closed on Monday due to an unspecified security threat.
A statement posted on the embassy’s web page on Sunday urged US citizens to avoid the embassy in Ankara as well as large crowds and to “keep a low profile.”
The statement said the embassy will be closed “due to a security threat. The Embassy will announce its reopening, once it resumes services.”
It did not give details on the threat.
In 2013, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive in front of the US Embassy in Ankara, the Turkish capital. He killed himself and a Turkish guard.
Turkish officials blamed the attack on domestic leftists.
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