The case of Metin Topuz has highlighted the deteriorating relationship between Ankara and Washington.
By Kareem Fahim Kareem Fahim Istanbul bureau chief covering the Middle East Email Bio Follow March 28 at 6:51 PM ISTANBUL — A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the continued detention of Metin Topuz, an employee of the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul whose imprisonment for nearly 18 months has infuriated the Trump administration and highlighted the rapidly deteriorating relationship between Ankara and Washington.
His trial started Tuesday and was attended by officials from the U.S. Consulate as well as his family. On Thursday, a panel of judges denied a request by Topuz’s lawyers to release him from prison and place him under house arrest. As his relatives left the courthouse, Jennifer Davis, the U.S. consul general in Istanbul spoke with reporters.
Amid the tensions, U.S. officials in Turkey have been most disturbed by the arrests of consulate employees. The arrests have unnerved local staff working at U.S. missions and exposed the inability of American diplomats to protect them from the whims of Turkish prosecutors.
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