David Michael Satterfield takes up post of US ambassador to Turkey after it was vacant for almost two years
Earlier in February, US President Donald Trump nominated Satterfield as the country's envoy to Turkey. The US Senate confirmed the nomination in late June.Bass left Turkey in October 2017 amid a visa crisis between Washington and Ankara.
New US ambassador David Michael Satterfield is seen in a photo with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Both countries suspended visa services after Turkey’s arrest of a US consulate worker, Turkish citizen Metin Topuz. This dispute represented a new low in an alliance that’s been under increasing strain.Diplomatic relations between Turkey and the US were established in 1927 after the foundation of the Turkish Republic in 1923.
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