The U.S. embassy in Turkey confirmed on Wednesday that it had resumed all non-immigrant visa services in the Turkish cities of Ankara and İstanbul suspended amid a diplomatic row.
The U.S. Embassy in Ankara suspended non-immigrant visa services at US diplomatic facilities in Turkey following the arrest of Metin Topuz, an employee at the U.S. Consulate General in İstanbul, in October. Ankara responded by suspending visa applications for U.S. citizens. On Monday, the two states announced the resumption of visa services on a "limited basis."
"Pleased to confirm limited resumption of ALL non-immigrant visa services in Ankara and Istanbul," the embassy said on its Twitter account.
The embassy added that the priority would be given to the travel with studying, medical and humanitarian purposes.
Turkish authorities arrested Topuz for alleged links to the network of the Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, whose organization is accused of orchestrating the failed 2016 coup.
