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US envoy to Turkey summoned over arrest warrants for Erdoğan bodyguards
By TM -  June 16, 2017

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - APRIL 27: Ambassador of the United States to Turkey, John Bass speaks during the opening session of Atlantic Council Istanbul Summit 2017 at Swisshotel in Istanbul, Turkey on April 27, 2017. AFP

The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned US Ambassador to Turkey John Bass after arrest warrants were issued for 12 members of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security detail for an attack they perpetrated on protesters outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence in Washington last month.

“It has been conveyed to the Ambassador that this decision taken by US authorities is wrong, biased and lacks legal basis; that the brawl in front of the Turkish Ambassador’s Residence was caused by the failure of local security authorities to take necessary measures; that this incident would not have occurred if the US authorities had taken the usual measures they take in similar high level visits and therefore that Turkish citizens cannot be held responsible for the incident that took place,” said a statement released by the ministry.

Calling the decision “wrong and partial” because, the ministry claimed, local authorities had not taken necessary precautions during the altercation, the ministry said it was unacceptable and clearly not the result of an impartial and independent investigation.

Continued: https://www.turkishminute.com/2017/06/16/us-envoy-to-turkey-summoned-over-arrest-warrants-for-erdogan-bodyguards/