It also said Turkey promised to alert the embassy if any other Turkish employees face arrest. A few hours later, the Turkish Embassy in Washington posted its own explanation, saying it, too, was restoring visas in a gesture of reciprocity. The end of the visa standoff caps a turbulent year in U.S.-Turkish relations. U.S. officials, for their part, have complained frequently about human rights violations in Turkey since the attempted coup. “I think both the U.S. and [Turkey] recognized that the status quo was not sustainable,” the official said.

Source: Washington Post December 28, 2017 20:19 UTC