Turkey summoned the American ambassador on Monday to protest what it called "aggressive and unprofessional actions" by American security personnel against Turkish bodyguards during a violent incident last week in Washington. The U.S. summoned Turkey's U.S. ambassador last week after the Turkish security officers were seen hitting and kicking protesters outside the Turkish ambassador's residence; one video shared on social media even showed Erdogan watching the melee. In the meeting with Turkey's Foreign Ministry in Ankara, U.S. "This kind of behavior by a foreign security detail is reprehensible and cannot be tolerated," they wrote. Shortly after news broke that he had been summoned, Bass was at the airport in Ankara to greet U.S.

Source: ABC News May 22, 2017 13:28 UTC