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Turkey detains 4 over UK, German embassy plot
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TURKISH authorities detained four people in an investigation into a potential threat against British and German diplomatic missions but found no links to any terrorist groups, a Turkish official said yesterday.
The probe was prompted by intelligence about a potential Islamic State plot against the embassies, the official said.
“Four people were detained in relation to a potential act against the two embassies. Security remains at the highest level. We continue to cooperate closely and share information with the foreign missions,” the official said.
Three of the suspects were detained in the capital Ankara and one of them in Istanbul, state-run Anadolu Agency said.
Britain shut its embassy in Ankara yesterday for what its foreign office said were security reasons, without giving further details.
A spokesman for Germany’s foreign ministry confirmed its diplomatic offices were closed this week, citing both a four-day public holiday in Turkey and information, which he described as “not completely verifiable,” about a potential attack.
“We take such leads seriously,” the spokesman said at a regular Berlin briefing. “So we decided to keep our diplomatic missions and German schools in Turkey closed this week. It was a precautionary measure.”
He said the government would make a decision after the weekend on whether the missions would reopen on Monday.
Government offices and financial markets were closed in Turkey from Monday to Thursday for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday.
Turkey has suffered a series of suicide blasts and attacks by IS and Kurdish militants in the past year. It launched its first major military incursion into Syria last month to push the jihadists away from its border.
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