Western countries, which issued travel warnings to Turkey after the Qur’an writing courses in Sweden, are temporarily closing their representative offices in Istanbul.

After England and the Netherlands, Germany announced that the Consulate General in Istanbul was closed today for security reasons.

The official Instagram address of the Consulate General of Germany in Istanbul is gk.istanbul, it has been noted that the consulate will remain closed for “security” on February 1, and visa and passport procedures have been cancelled.

At the entrance of the consulate in Taksim Gümüşsuyu, “The consulate is closed today. All appointments have been cancelled. You can reach the current developments on the website.” the article was posted. Consular pre-security measures have been taken.

Previously, England and the Netherlands temporarily closed their representative offices in Istanbul, taking into account the ‘terrorist risk’.

Fear warning from France

The Consulate General of France in Istanbul also ‘the high risk of terrorist attacks, the citizens in Turkey be careful’ he demonstrated. The announcement drew attention to the places of worship, consular representations and touristic places in Beyoğlu celebration, and asked the French to stay away from the crowds.

The United States, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Portugal warned their citizens about the risk of attack in Turkey last week.

The US Embassy in Ankara yesterday said, “The US government is warning its citizens against possible missile attacks by terrorists on churches, synagogues, dormitory missions in Istanbul or other areas frequented by Westerners, especially Beyoğlu, Galata, Taksim and Istiklal areas.” made a statement.

What happened?

Rasmus Paludan, leader of the far-right Tight Direction Party (Stram Kurs), burned the Danish Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm on January 21. He did the same in front of a mosque in Denmark.

Then the USA, Germany, Belgium, France, Belgium, Spain, Sweden and Italy issued travel warnings against Turkey on the grounds of “terrorist threat”. Ankara responds with retaliation and issues a travel warning against this departure. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs drew attention to ‘anti-foreign and racist attacks’ and ‘religious intolerance’.