Republican Senator John McCain today called for the Turkish ambassador to the United States to be expelled after the violent episodes that broke out in Washington between security staff members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and people who participated in a demonstration in favor of the Kurdish case.
"We should send our ambassador from the United States of America. . "Said the head of the Senate Armed Forces Committee in an interview with MSNBC.
"Here is the United States of America. We are not in Turkey or a third-country country. Such an event can not be left without a diplomatic response, "the Republican said, noting that the legal process is likely to move.
The violent clashes erupted on Thursday in front of the residence of Turkey's ambassador to Washington, Serdar Killi, to which President Erdogan visited after his first meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House.
Washington Metropolitan Police Chief Peter Noussm has not yet confirmed that the men wearing black suits were Turkish bodyguards, but a large number of video of the conflicts, as well as reports of eyewitnesses, seem to indicate it.
According to the police, which launched an investigation into the episodes, eleven people and a police officer were injured while two people were arrested.
In a statement posted on the internet today, the Turkish embassy stressed that groups "linked to the PKK, which the US and Turkey call a terrorist organization," gathered without having received any leave outside the home and "started To force violently Turkish-Americans who had come peacefully to welcome the president. "
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