Consulate General of the United States, Istanbul

Consulate General of the United States of America Istanbul
Seal of the United States Department of State
United States Department of State
StyleConsul General
NominatorPresident of the US
Formation1906
(As embassy)
1937
(As consulate)[1]
Websitehttps://tr.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/istanbul/

The Consulate General of the United States, Istanbul is one of the diplomatic missions in Turkey.[2] It was targeted in terrorist attacks in July 2008 and August 2015.[3][4][5]

History

In 1907, the United States relocated its embassy to the Ottoman Empire to Palazzo Corpi, originally built in 1882. In 1908, a chancery annex designed by George Oakley Totten Jr. was added on the property's rear side.[6]: 51–53  Following the Empire's abolition in 1922 and subsequent relocation of the Swedish embassy to the new capital of Ankara, the building became the U.S. consulate-general, until closing in 2003 after having been vulnerable to car bombs.[7] It was then replaced with the present building.

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References

  1. ^ "History - U.S. Consulate General Istanbul". Retrieved 15 Feb 2018.
  2. ^ "Consulate General of the United States, Istanbul". Archived from the original on 2015-08-11. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  3. ^ The Wall Street Journal U.S. Consulate in Istanbul Targeted in Terror Attacks 8/10/2015
  4. ^ Yesim Dikmen and Seyhmus Cakan, Reuters U.S. consulate in Turkey targeted as wave of attacks kills nine Aug 10, 2015
  5. ^ BBC News Turkey attacks: Deadly violence in Istanbul and Sirnak 2015/08/10
  6. ^ Skip Moskey, Caroline Mesrobian Hickman & John Edward Hasse (2013), The Turkish Ambassador's Residence and the Cultural History of Washington, D.C., Istanbul Kültür University
  7. ^ "The Old U.S. Consulate in Istanbul". U.S. Department of State. 25 April 2005.

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