Erdogan has this request for US regarding visa suspension

This case was prompted, when the US Embassy in Ankara announced the suspension of non-immigrative visa services for Turkish citizens, following the arrest of a local employee at the US consulate in Istanbul, prompting a secret response from Ankara, reports “Hurriyet Daily News”, Periscopi broadcasts.

US consulate officer Metin Topuz was arrested over alleged links to the Gylen network, is widely believed to have been following last year's failed coup attempt.

Despite State Department statements that the decision was taken in co-ordination with Washington, Erdogan said once again that outgoing US Ambassador John Bass was responsible for abolishing visas.

“Who said that? Ambassador to Ankara. Who is this ambassador?

If he [the ambassador] can only say we have suspended visas in a paragraph on behalf of the US, then I will have to reconsider the strategic partnership,” said Erdogan.

He also noted that US-based Islamic preacher Fetullah Gylen, an ally turned into an enemy of the Turkish government, “has extended his network to 170 countries from 400,000 square metres of land in Pennsylvania”.

Of course, this man is purely symbolic. The main managers [of the network] are other people... He has neither the talent to manage such a network nor the power,” said Erdogan.

On the issue of Topuz' arrest, Erdogan said Turkey “would do everything necessary as a democratic state by respecting law”. /Periscopi/