FOREIGN POLICY/TURKEY: “Turkey summoned the U.S. ambassador Monday [5-22-17] to object to how U.S. security personnel responded to a brawl between Turkish staff and protesters in Washington last week.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry said it wanted an explanation from Ambassador John Bass for the “aggressive and unprofessional actions taken, contrary to diplomatic rules and practices, by U.S. security personnel.”
The ministry said in a statement that U.S. personnel failed to protect Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on May 16 as he accompanied President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his first face-to-face meeting with President Trump.
The State Department confirmed the ambassador was summoned Monday to discuss last week’s violence and reiterated concern about Turkey’s security team.”
-Umar Farooq, “Turkey says U.S. was ‘aggressive’ toward bodyguards briefly detained in protesters’ beating,” The Los Angeles Times online, May 22, 2017 2:00pm