The United States warned tourists: Turkey is not safe. Turkey warns its tourists: The United States is not safe.
Washington deemed it unsafe for Americans citizens to remain in Turkey, following extremists’ threats to “kidnap and assassinate westerners and US citizens.” Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, reacted to the move by saying that Istanbul or capital Ankara were “not more unsafe than any US state.”
土耳其已向其在美國的公民發出旅行警告，敦促他們遠離針對唐納德特朗普贏得美國總統大選的持續抗議活動。
The country’s foreign ministry urged the Turks to avoid the rallies, undertake necessary security measures at home and work, as well as immediately inform the police in the case that they might become victims of racist abuse or an attack.The special alert applies to New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Miami, Los Angeles, Seattle, Oakland and Portland, where one person was injured in an armed attack on Saturday.The statement by the ministry warned that anti-Trump gatherings “occasionally featured acts of crime and violence” and led to detentions being made by security officers, the Daily Sabah paper reported.“Based on demonstrators’ social media posts, it’s clear the demonstrations will likely continue for some time,” 聲明強調。
該部還建議公民關注其網站和土耳其駐華盛頓大使館網頁上的公告，以及美國當地媒體上的公告。
