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Sunday, November 17
It is not diplomatic: the United States denies Turkey about detained citizen
The US authorities assured that the man arrested in Turkey for allegedly providing a false passport to a Syrian citizen , be diplomatic.
Turkey reported the arrest on 11 November at Istanbul Airport , from a man who, he claimed, was a US diplomat working at the consulate in Lebanon. He was identified only by the initials DJK
Lo formally accused of selling at $ 10, 000 dollars a counterfeit passport .
The Syrian citizen was arrested while trying to travel to Germany with a forged passport with DJK data, they added In a statement the Turkish authorities.
For its part, the State Department said it was aware of the arrest of a US citizen in Turkey.
He added that he is providing the “appropriate consular services”, although he ruled out that it was a diplomat from his government.
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