Foreign Affairs: The arrested person is not a registered staff of the US Consulate
Foreign Ministry spokesman Müftüoğlu explained that a person who was arrested after being detained was not a registered staff of the US Consulate's official list.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesman Hüseyin Müftüoğlu responded to the allegations of the US Embassy on the on the detained and arrested person.
"The US Embassy in Ankara issued a statement regarding the arrest of a Turkish citizen. In the statement, the said Turkish citizen is called a "local employee" of the US Consulate General in Istanbul. The above-mentioned person was detained on September 25 and subsequently arrested based on terror-related charges. He is neither a staff of the US Consulate nor does he have any diplomatic or consular immunity," said Müftüoğlu in the statement. (ILKHA)