Turkey summons U.S. envoy over demonstration alert - sources


  • World
  • Sunday, 22 May 2022

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's foreign ministry summoned the ambassador of the United States on Sunday to convey discomfort over an alert the embassy published on its website related to an opposition rally in central Istanbul, foreign ministry sources said.

Thousands gathered for a rally on Saturday to protest the conviction of leading Turkish opposition politician Canan Kaftancioglu for insulting the president and the state.

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