Turkey urges U.S. to review visa suspension as lira, stocks tumbleANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey urged the United States on Monday to review its suspension of visa services after the arrest of a U.S. consulate employee sharply escalated tension between the two NATO allies and drove Turkey’s currency and stocks lower. Relations between Ankara and Washington have been plagued by disputes over U.S. support for Kurdish fighters in Syria, Turkey’s calls for the extradition of a U.S.-based cleric and the indictment of a Turkish former minister in a U.S. court. But last week’s arrest of a Turkish employee of the U.S. consulate in Istanbul marked a fresh low. Turkey said the employee had links to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for a failed military coup in July 2016. Gulen denies any connection with the coup. The U.S. embassy in Ankara condemned Ankara’s charges as baseless and announced on Sunday night it was halting all non-immigrant visa services in Turkey while it reassessed Turkey’s commitment to the security of its missions and staff. Within hours, Ankara announced it was taking the same measures against U.S. citizens seeking visas for Turkey. The U.S. ambassador said the duration of the visa services’ suspension would depend on talks between the two governments about the reasons for the detention of local staff in Turkey. In a written statement late on Monday, Ambassador John Bass said the length of the suspension would also depend on “the Turkish government’s commitment to protecting our facilities and personnel here in Turkey”. He noted that the move was not a visa ban on Turkish citizens, that valid visas could still be used and visa applications could be made outside of Turkey. The U.S. Embassy had been unable to learn the reasons for the arrest of its Turkish staff member last week or what evidence exists against the employee, Bass said, adding that he had not been allowed sufficient access to the employee’s lawyer. Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul said that if Washington had serious security concerns about its missions in Turkey, steps would be taken to address them. “But if it’s an issue regarding the arrest of the consulate employee, then this is a decision the Turkish judiciary has made,” Gul told A Haber television. “Trying a Turkish citizen for a crime committed in Turkey is our right.” The Turkish foreign ministry summoned a U.S. diplomat to urge the United States to lift the visa services suspension, saying it was causing “unnecessary tensions”, and President Tayyip Erdogan also criticized the U.S. move. “For the (U.S.) embassy in Ankara to take such a decision and implement it, it is upsetting,” Erdogan told a news conference during a visit to Ukraine. State-run Anadolu news agency said another U.S. consulate worker had been summoned to testify over his wife and daughter’s suspected links to Gulen - which it said had emerged during the questioning of Metin Topuz, the employee arrested last week. The diplomatic spat spooked investors. The lira dropped 3.4 percent and stood at 3.7385 against the dollar after being quoted overnight as touching a level of 3.9223. The main BIST 100 stock index fell as much as 4.7 percent, closing the day down 2.73 percent at 101,298 points. Airline shares were particularly hard hit, with flag carrier Turkish Airlines falling 9 percent. The central bank said it was following developments closely. “This looks like a really serious situation,” said Blue Bay Asset Management strategist Timothy Ash. He added that the central bank would need to move quickly to calm market nerves and possibly hike interest rates - something Erdogan has resisted. Turkey’s leading business association, TUSIAD, warned that the dispute would harm bilateral economic, social and cultural ties, and called for disagreements to be settled calmly. The row with the United States coincides with deep strains in Turkey’s relations with Germany, another key ally, and with Turkish military activity at the Syrian and Iraqi borders, though their market impact has so far been limited. U.S.-Turkish tensions have risen in recent months over U.S. military support for Kurdish YPG fighters in Syria, considered by Ankara to be an extension of the banned PKK which has waged an insurgency for three decades in southeast Turkey. Turkey has also pressed, so far in vain, for the United States to extradite Gulen, viewed in Ankara as the mastermind behind the failed coup in which more than 240 people were killed.  Friction with the United States has also arisen from the indictment last month by a U.S. court of Turkey’s former economy minister Zafer Caglayan on charges of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on Iran. Sinan Ulgen, an analyst and former Turkish diplomat, said those underlying disputes had created a crisis of confidence which made this latest fall-out particularly bitter. “This harshness is a result of a build-up,” he said. “We should not consider this as solely a reaction to the detentions of consulate employees”. politicsNews
turkey urges review visa suspension lira stocks tumbleankara reuters turkey urged united states monday review suspension visa services arrest consulate employee sharply escalated tension two nato allies drove turkey currency stocks lower relations kara washington plagued disputes support kurdish fighters syria turkey calls extradition cleric indictment turkish former minister court but last week arrest turkish employee consulate istanbul marked fresh low turkey said employee links muslim cleric fethullah gules blamed kara failed military coup july gules denies connection coup the embassy kara condemned kara charges baseless announced sunday night halting visa services turkey reassessed turkey commitment security missions staff within hours kara announced taking measures citizens seeking visas turkey the ambassador said duration visa services suspension would depend talks two governments reasons detention local staff turkey in written statement late monday ambassador john bass said length suspension would also depend turkish government commitment protecting facilities personnel turkey he noted move visa ban turkish citizens valid visas could still used visa applications could made outside turkey the embassy unable learn reasons arrest turkish staff member last week evidence exists employee bass said adding allowed sufficient access employee lawyer justice minister abdulhamit gul said washington serious security concerns missions turkey steps would taken address but issue regarding arrest consulate employee decision turkish judiciary made gul told a haber television trying turkish citizen crime committed turkey the turkish foreign ministry summoned diplomat urge united states lift visa services suspension saying causing unnecessary tensions president tayyip erdogan also criticized move for embassy kara take decision implement upsetting erdogan told news conference visit ukraine anadolu news agency said another consulate worker summoned testify wife daughter suspected links gules said emerged questioning mein top employee arrested last week the diplomatic spat looked investors the lira dropped percent stood dollar quoted overnight touching level the main list stock index fell much percent closing day percent points airline shares particularly hard hit flag carrier turkish airlines falling percent the central bank said following developments closely this looks like really serious situation said blue bay asset management strategist timothy ash he added central bank would need move quickly calm market nerves possibly hike interest rates something erdogan resisted turkey leading business association triad warned dispute would harm bilateral economic social cultural ties called disagreements settled calmly the row united states coincides deep strains turkey relations germany another key ally turkish military activity syrian iraqi borders though market impact far limited tensions risen recent months military support kurdish ypg fighters syria considered kara extension banned pkk waged insurgency three decades southeast turkey turkey also pressed far vain united states extradited gules viewed kara mastermind behind failed coup people killed friction united states also arisen indictment last month court turkey former economy minister safer caglayan charges conspiring violate sanctions iran sina gen analyst former turkish diplomat said underlying disputes created crisis confidence made latest particularly bitter this harness result said we consider solely reaction detention consulate employees politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Turkey urges U.S. to review visa suspension as lira, stocks tumbleANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey urged the United States on Monday to review its suspension of visa services after the arrest of a U.S. consulate employee sharply escalated tension between the two NATO allies and drove Turkey’s currency and stocks lower. Relations between Ankara and Washington have been plagued by disputes over U.S. support for Kurdish fighters in Syria, Turkey’s calls for the extradition of a U.S.-based cleric and the indictment of a Turkish former minister in a U.S. court. But last week’s arrest of a Turkish employee of the U.S. consulate in Istanbul marked a fresh low. Turkey said the employee had links to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for a failed military coup in July 2016. Gulen denies any connection with the coup. The U.S. embassy in Ankara condemned Ankara’s charges as baseless and announced on Sunday night it was halting all non-immigrant visa services in Turkey while it reassessed Turkey’s commitment to the security of its missions and staff. Within hours, Ankara announced it was taking the same measures against U.S. citizens seeking visas for Turkey. The U.S. ambassador said the duration of the visa services’ suspension would depend on talks between the two governments about the reasons for the detention of local staff in Turkey. In a written statement late on Monday, Ambassador John Bass said the length of the suspension would also depend on “the Turkish government’s commitment to protecting our facilities and personnel here in Turkey”. He noted that the move was not a visa ban on Turkish citizens, that valid visas could still be used and visa applications could be made outside of Turkey. The U.S. Embassy had been unable to learn the reasons for the arrest of its Turkish staff member last week or what evidence exists against the employee, Bass said, adding that he had not been allowed sufficient access to the employee’s lawyer. Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul said that if Washington had serious security concerns about its missions in Turkey, steps would be taken to address them. “But if it’s an issue regarding the arrest of the consulate employee, then this is a decision the Turkish judiciary has made,” Gul told A Haber television. “Trying a Turkish citizen for a crime committed in Turkey is our right.” The Turkish foreign ministry summoned a U.S. diplomat to urge the United States to lift the visa services suspension, saying it was causing “unnecessary tensions”, and President Tayyip Erdogan also criticized the U.S. move. “For the (U.S.) embassy in Ankara to take such a decision and implement it, it is upsetting,” Erdogan told a news conference during a visit to Ukraine. State-run Anadolu news agency said another U.S. consulate worker had been summoned to testify over his wife and daughter’s suspected links to Gulen - which it said had emerged during the questioning of Metin Topuz, the employee arrested last week. The diplomatic spat spooked investors. The lira dropped 3.4 percent and stood at 3.7385 against the dollar after being quoted overnight as touching a level of 3.9223. The main BIST 100 stock index fell as much as 4.7 percent, closing the day down 2.73 percent at 101,298 points. Airline shares were particularly hard hit, with flag carrier Turkish Airlines falling 9 percent. The central bank said it was following developments closely. “This looks like a really serious situation,” said Blue Bay Asset Management strategist Timothy Ash. He added that the central bank would need to move quickly to calm market nerves and possibly hike interest rates - something Erdogan has resisted. Turkey’s leading business association, TUSIAD, warned that the dispute would harm bilateral economic, social and cultural ties, and called for disagreements to be settled calmly. The row with the United States coincides with deep strains in Turkey’s relations with Germany, another key ally, and with Turkish military activity at the Syrian and Iraqi borders, though their market impact has so far been limited. U.S.-Turkish tensions have risen in recent months over U.S. military support for Kurdish YPG fighters in Syria, considered by Ankara to be an extension of the banned PKK which has waged an insurgency for three decades in southeast Turkey. Turkey has also pressed, so far in vain, for the United States to extradite Gulen, viewed in Ankara as the mastermind behind the failed coup in which more than 240 people were killed.  Friction with the United States has also arisen from the indictment last month by a U.S. court of Turkey’s former economy minister Zafer Caglayan on charges of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on Iran. Sinan Ulgen, an analyst and former Turkish diplomat, said those underlying disputes had created a crisis of confidence which made this latest fall-out particularly bitter. “This harshness is a result of a build-up,” he said. “We should not consider this as solely a reaction to the detentions of consulate employees”. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: turkey urges review visa suspension lira stocks tumbleankara reuters turkey urged united states monday review suspension visa services arrest consulate employee sharply escalated tension two nato allies drove turkey currency stocks lower relations kara washington plagued disputes support kurdish fighters syria turkey calls extradition cleric indictment turkish former minister court but last week arrest turkish employee consulate istanbul marked fresh low turkey said employee links muslim cleric fethullah gules blamed kara failed military coup july gules denies connection coup the embassy kara condemned kara charges baseless announced sunday night halting visa services turkey reassessed turkey commitment security missions staff within hours kara announced taking measures citizens seeking visas turkey the ambassador said duration visa services suspension would depend talks two governments reasons detention local staff turkey in written statement late monday ambassador john bass said length suspension would also depend turkish government commitment protecting facilities personnel turkey he noted move visa ban turkish citizens valid visas could still used visa applications could made outside turkey the embassy unable learn reasons arrest turkish staff member last week evidence exists employee bass said adding allowed sufficient access employee lawyer justice minister abdulhamit gul said washington serious security concerns missions turkey steps would taken address but issue regarding arrest consulate employee decision turkish judiciary made gul told a haber television trying turkish citizen crime committed turkey the turkish foreign ministry summoned diplomat urge united states lift visa services suspension saying causing unnecessary tensions president tayyip erdogan also criticized move for embassy kara take decision implement upsetting erdogan told news conference visit ukraine anadolu news agency said another consulate worker summoned testify wife daughter suspected links gules said emerged questioning mein top employee arrested last week the diplomatic spat looked investors the lira dropped percent stood dollar quoted overnight touching level the main list stock index fell much percent closing day percent points airline shares particularly hard hit flag carrier turkish airlines falling percent the central bank said following developments closely this looks like really serious situation said blue bay asset management strategist timothy ash he added central bank would need move quickly calm market nerves possibly hike interest rates something erdogan resisted turkey leading business association triad warned dispute would harm bilateral economic social cultural ties called disagreements settled calmly the row united states coincides deep strains turkey relations germany another key ally turkish military activity syrian iraqi borders though market impact far limited tensions risen recent months military support kurdish ypg fighters syria considered kara extension banned pkk waged insurgency three decades southeast turkey turkey also pressed far vain united states extradited gules viewed kara mastermind behind failed coup people killed friction united states also arisen indictment last month court turkey former economy minister safer caglayan charges conspiring violate sanctions iran sina gen analyst former turkish diplomat said underlying disputes created crisis confidence made latest particularly bitter this harness result said we consider solely reaction detention consulate employees politicsnews