Security fears prompts closure of UK embassy in Turkey

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has revealed on its website, that the British government has shut its embassy in the Turkish capital of Ankara for security reasons without giving details for the reason behind the decision.

“The British Embassy Ankara will be closed to the public on Friday 16 September for security reasons,” the foreign office said late on Thursday.

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The embassy had been closed from Monday to Thursday for the Eid al-Adha holiday this week, one of the two most important festivals of the Islamic calendar in a country that has been repeatedly targeted in the past by militants, both Islamist and Kurdish.

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