Constantinople (Istanbul) – Legation/Embassy Aleppo[25] Consul: Jesse B. Jackson Beirut[25] Brusa[25] (Bursa) Harput/Kharpert (now in Elazig) Started from January 1, 1901 with Dr. Thomas H. Norton as the consul;[26] he had no previous experience in international relations, as the U.S. was just recently establishing its diplomatic network.[27] The consulate was established to assist missionaries. The Ottoman Ministry of Internal Security gave him a teskireh travel permit, but the Ottoman Ministry of Foreign Affairs initially refused to recognize the consulate.[26] Jerusalem[25] Mersina[25] (Mersin) Samsun[25] Smyrna (now Izmir)[25]