Security threat forces closure of US embassy in Turkey

The US Embassy in Turkey will be closed on Monday due to an unspecified security threat.

A statement posted on the embassy’s web page on Sunday urged US citizens to avoid the embassy in Ankara as well as large crowds and to ‘keep a low profile.’

The statement said the embassy will be closed “due to a security threat. The Embassy will announce its reopening, once it resumes services.” It did not give details on the threat.

In 2013, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive in front of the US Embassy in Ankara, the Turkish capital, says an AP report.

He killed himself and a Turkish guard. Turkish officials blamed the attack on domestic leftists.