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The primary objective of the Embassy of the United States in Ankara is to uphold the interests of the United States and safeguard its citizens in Turkey. [4] The mission carries out a multifaceted role that includes: Promoting American commercial interests in Turkey, which the U.S. Department of Commerce recognizes as a significant emerging ...
David Porter (May 23, 1840 – March 3, 1843); Dabney Smith Carr (February 29, 1844 – October 20, 1849); George Perkins Marsh (March 11, 1850 – December 19, 1853); Carroll Spence (February 9, 1854 – December 12, 1857)
John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, gives a speech at a memorial ceremony in honor of Mustafa Akarsu at the embassy on 1 March 2013. At approximately 13:15 EET (11:15 UTC) on 1 February 2013, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives—6 kilograms (13 lb) of trinitrotoluene (TNT) and a hand grenade—at a side entrance to the United States embassy in the Kavaklıdere area of Ankara, killing ...
The US Embassy in Turkey “strongly” condemned the attack on X, saying “we stand with our ally Turkey.” This story and headline have been updated with additional developments.
Host city Sending country Mission Year closed Ref. Ankara Cyprus Embassy 1974 East Germany Embassy 1990 South Vietnam Embassy 1975 [16] Syria Embassy 2012 [17] [18] ...
Four terrorists from the group Eagles of the Palestinian Revolution seized the Egyptian embassy in Ankara and held a number of diplomats, including the ambassador, hostage for two days. [42] [43] October 30 United States El Salvador: San Salvador: 0 2 Approximately 300 armed leftists attempted to storm the American embassy.
The embassy was designed in 1948 by the architect Ides van der Gracht, the designer also of the Embassy of the United States in Ankara (Republic of Turkey). It was a long, low two-story brick building, similar in architectural style to many American high schools built in the 1930s and 1940s .
U.S. Department of State Facilities and Areas of Jurisdictions. The United States has the second largest number of active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, [1] including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries, as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023 [2]).