US missions in Turkey partially resume visa issuing Published duration 6 November 2017

image copyright Getty Images image caption US missions in Turkey will resume processing visa applications on a limited basis

US missions in Turkey have partially resumed processing visa applications, the embassy said on Monday.

Last month, US missions suspended all non-immigrant visa services after Turkey's arrest of a US consulate employee.

The US worker was held over suspected links to a cleric blamed for last year's failed coup in Turkey.

Washington condemned the move as baseless and damaging to bilateral relations.

image copyright Reuters image caption Turkey accuses Fethullah Gulen of being behind the failed coup - a charge he denies

Ankara has for months been pressing Washington to extradite US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen over his alleged role in the botched coup in July 2016.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses Mr Gulen of instigating the unrest - a charge the cleric denies.