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Turkey and Iran: Towards a Renewed Partnership?

One of the main reasons for this tension is because Ankara and Tehran have accused each other of abetting terrorism: while on some occasions Turkey accused the Tehran administration of supporting the PKK, Iran on the other hand accused Ankara of siding with terrorist groups that pose a threat to Iran, for instance the People’s Mojahedin Organization.

5 days since the US-Turkey visa suspension row

ollowing the arrest of Metin Topuz, an employee working at the US General Consulate in Istanbul, who was charged with terrorism and suspected links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the US Embassy in Ankara announced that it had suspended all non-immigrant visa applications from Turkey.