Turkey Tells Citizens to Reconsider Traveling to US
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 terror threats and arbitrary detentions in Turkey. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the U.S. travel warning “unfairly” portrayed Turkey as an unsafe country and did nothing to improve frayed ties between the NATO allies. “Ankara is as safe as Washington, Istanbul is as safe as New York,” Yildirim said. The Turkish travel advisory urged citizens to reconsider travel plans to the United States, citing a series of terror attacks and violent incidents, including in Charlottesville, Ohio …