Turkey, USA: travel warning for citizens

Turkey on Friday cautioned its citizens about traveling to the United States, in retaliation for a new U.S. travel advisory that warned Americans about in Turkey. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the U.S. travel warning “unfairly” portrayed Turkey as an unsafe country and did nothing to improve ties between the NATO allies. The Turkish travel advisory said to reconsider travel plans to the United States, citing a series of terror attacks and violent incidents, including in Charlottesville, Ohio University and a mosque in Minnesota, made by far-right and racist groups. It also warned about “arbitrary arrests” in the U.S. The travel warning came a day after the United States urged its citizens to reconsider travel to Turkey, saying “terror groups continue plotting possible attacks in Turkey”. It also cited the risk of arbitrary detentions under an ongoing state of emergency “based on scant or secret evidence and grounds that appear to be politically motivated”.