The FM says the West could also be making an attempt to painting Turkey as a unstable nation after 9 nations closed down their consulates in Istanbul or issued journey warnings to residents.
Turkey says Western nations, together with the US and Germany, haven't given it any info to again up their assertions that safety threats had prompted them to shut their missions within the nation.
International Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Friday steered the nations could have been making an attempt to painting Turkey as a unstable state once they quickly shut embassies and consulates and issued journey warnings following Quran-burning incidents in Europe.
“We see the closures of consulates with out sharing the main points of the knowledge with us as intentional,” Cavusoglu instructed reporters.
“In the event that they need to give the impression that Turkey is an unstable nation which faces a terrorism menace, this act is just not according to our pleasant and allied relationships.”
The German international ministry confirmed that its ambassador had been summoned by Turkey.
Earlier this week 9 Western nations both closed down their consulates in Istanbul or issued journey warnings to residents visiting Turkey, citing safety threats.
The measures angered Turkey, which on Thursday summoned the nations’ ambassadors in protest. The inside minister accused the nations of waging “psychological warfare” and trying to wreck Turkey’s tourism trade.
“They are saying there's a terror menace … However once we ask what the supply of data was and who the perpetrators of such assaults is likely to be, they didn't share any info with our intelligence and safety authorities,” Cavusoglu mentioned.
During the last month, far-right activists burned copies of the Muslim holy e book, the Quran, in Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands, acts that prompted Turkey to droop negotiations meant to carry its objections to Sweden and Finland becoming a member of NATO.
Turkey had already elevated safety measures round international embassies and consulates after Quran-burning incidents, Cavusoglu mentioned.
“However we see that some nations that don't have anything to do with these incidents additionally shut their consulates. We have now the knowledge that some nations requested others to close their consulates,” he mentioned.
Turkey would take “some extra steps” in case these nations shut their diplomatic missions once more with out sharing info with Turkey, Cavusoglu additionally mentioned.
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