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The Embassy of the United States in Ankara (Turkish: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nin Ankara Büyükelçiliği) is the embassy of the United States located in the capital city of Ankara, Turkey. The embassy is situated next to the Besa Kule Business Centre in Çankaya at 1480. Sk. No:1Çukurambar. The diplomatic mission of the United States was ...
John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, gives a speech at a memorial ceremony in honor of Mustafa Akarsu at the embassy on 1 March 2013. At approximately 13:15 EET (11:15 UTC) on 1 February 2013, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives—6 kilograms (13 lb) of trinitrotoluene (TNT) and a hand grenade—at a side entrance to the United States embassy in the Kavaklıdere area of Ankara, killing ...
Attacks on US diplomatic facilities. An angry mob led by members of the Muslim clergy and including many members of the Iranian Army beat Consul Robert W. Imbrie to death. The mob blamed America for poisoning a well. [ 1 ] The second of two bomb attacks on the embassy in Gabon.
Reuters. Updated September 3, 2024 at 11:27 AM. ANKARA, Turkey – A nationalist Turkish youth group on Monday physically assaulted two U.S. soldiers in western Turkey, the U.S. Embassy in Turkey ...
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. John G. A. Leishman (October 5, 1906 – June 10, 1909) Oscar S. Straus (October 4, 1909 – September 3, 1910) William Woodville Rockhill (August 28, 1911 – November 20, 1913) Henry Morgenthau, Sr. (December 11, 1913 – February 1, 1916) Abram I. Elkus (October 2, 1916 – April 20, 1917) The ...
United States. April 6. Soviet Union. China. Peking. On April 6, with support from Western diplomatic missions, Zhang Zuolin ordered policemen and gendarmeries stormed and invaded the Soviet embassy in Peking to arrest Li Dazhao and his family, as Li was accused of overthrowing government backed by Soviet Union.
The United States embassy in Ankara had warned its citizens about a possible attack in the city on 11 March. However, the warning had indicated the Bahçelievler area as the likely site of the attack, which is located at the same district as Kızılay where the attack took place.
United States: President Barack Obama expressed his condolences to his counterpart Erdogan in a telephone call and "affirmed that the American people stand in solidarity with the people of Turkey in the fight against terrorism and shared security challenges in the region." [129] The embassy condemned the attack and expressed its condolences.