• The U.S. and Turkey suspended non-immigrant visa services at their respective consulates days after the arrest of a consulate employee in Istanbul over alleged ties to Fethullah Gulen, the exiled Islamist cleric who Turkey says orchestrated a failed coup last year.

The husband of Kubra Golge, above, is among the dozen Americans who have been jailed and face long prison sentences in Turkey over accusations that they played a part in that coup. But it has become clear that the detainees are bargaining chips in Turkey’s effort to force Mr. Gulen’s extradition from the U.S.

Turkish prosecutors have also said they were seeking lengthy jail terms for several human rights activists, including a German and a Swedish citizen, who were arrested in a raid on a digital security workshop in July.