Andrey Karlov

The United States Embassy in Ankara and its consulates in Istanbul and Adana will be closed for normal operations on Dec. 20 after an individual approached the embassy in Ankara and discharged a firearm, the embassy has stated, as the Iranian diplomatic missions in Turkey were also suspended on Dec. 20.

Iranian diplomatic missions in Turkey were suspended on Dec. 20 until the next order, an embassy official has told the Hürriyet Daily News. U.S. missions to Turkey were also closed on Dec. 20 for security reasons. 

The United States embassy in Ankara and its consulates in Istanbul and Adana will be closed for normal operations on Dec. 20 after an individual approached the embassy in Ankara and discharged a firearm, the embassy said.

BELGRADE - Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov was killed by a gunman at an art gallery exhibition opening in Ankara. Three other people were also injured in the attack. The Russian Foreign Ministry said it considers the attack a terrorist act.

I knew Andrey Karlov in person. The Russian ambassador to Ankara was from the old school, a Cold War warrior, who even served in North Korea. In the worst times of the Turkish-Russian crisis after Turkey downed a Russian plane on the Syrian border, Karlov did not lose his calm.

Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, was assassinated at an art exhibition in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Dec. 19, Russia and Turkey have confirmed

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has extended his condolences over the assassination of Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov, adding that Ankara and Moscow agree that the killing was an attempt of provocation against mutual ties. 

Turkey said it strongly condemned the killing of Russia's Ambassador to Ankara, Andrey Karlov as a result of an armed attack vowing to arrest perpetrators and to bring them before the justice. 

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu was on his way to Moscow to meet with his Russian and Iranian counterparts to discuss Syria, as Russian Ambassador to Ankara Andrey Karlov was shot dead in Ankara on Dec. 19, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hüseyin Müftüoğlu confirmed to the Hürriyet Daily News. 

It was very sad to hear of the armed attack against Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov on Dec. 19 at the opening of a photo exhibition at a gallery in central Ankara. As a matter of fact, despite regional turbulence and tensions, Ankara has always been a safe capital for diplomats and ambassadors.