Employees of the US Embassy in Turkey visit Turkish companies and financial institutions and threaten them with sanctions due to Russia and their cooperation with the Russians. A Turkish newspaper reports this Bright.
Businessmen, who did not want to disclose their names, told the publication that “American officials threatened them by going door to door or directly inviting them to the US Embassy buildings.”
It was reported that Gülin Kan İçitan, an export control specialist at the US Consulate General in Istanbul, was among the US representatives. According to the publication’s interlocutors, during a tour with Turkish businessmen, he stated that he had information that this or that organization was doing business with the Russian Federation. He later threatened to be included in America’s sanctions list for this.
Gyulin Kan Idzhytan, contacted by a newspaper reporter, also did not deny the reality of the visits. Other details of the meeting were not given.
Aydınlık newspaper sent an official inquiry to the American side on this issue, but has not yet received a response.
Turkey on February 26 may lose Russian tourists due to problems with payments.
February 23 at the US Treasury said Nearly 500 new sanctions against Russia.
The Russian Federation and Türkiye were previously invited. to run your payment system.