Quebec nurse had to clean up after husband's death in Montreal hospital
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Turkiye on Thursday slammed a group of Western countries that temporarily closed down their consulates in Istanbul over security concerns, accusing them of waging "psychological warfare" and attempting to wreck Turkiye's tourism industry.
Germany, the Netherlands and Britain were among countries that shut down their consulates in the city of around 16 million people this week. The German Embassy cited the risk of possible retaliatory attacks following Quran-burning incidents in some European countries. The United States and other countries issued travel warnings urging citizens to exercise vigilance.
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the consulate closures and travel warnings were part of an alleged Western plot to prevent a rebound in Turkiye's tourism sector following the coronavirus pandemic.
"On a day when we declared our aim of (attracting) 60 million tourists, at a time when 51.5 million tourists arrived and we obtained $46 billion in tourism revenue, they were on the verge of starting a new psychological warfare (against) Turkiye," said Soylu, who is known for his anti-Western rhetoric.
Turkish officials summoned nine ambassadors, including the envoys of countries that closed their consulates in Istanbul, to the Foreign Ministry in to protest their actions, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported, without naming the countries. There was no immediate confirmation from the ministry.
The interior minister said Turkiye had conducted as many as 60 operations against the Islamic State group so far this year and detained 95 people. Last year, close to 2,000 IS suspects were detained in more than 1,000 operations against the group, he said.
Earlier this week, the Interior Ministry said Turkish authorities had detained a number of suspects following a warning from a "friendly country," but hadn't found any weapons, ammunition or sign of a planned act of violence.
In November, a bombing on Istanbul's bustling Istiklal Avenue, located in the heart of the city and near a number of foreign consulates, killed six people and wounded several others. Turkish authorities blamed the attack on Kurdish militants.
Last weekend, Turkiye's foreign ministry issued a travel warning for European countries due to anti-Turkish demonstrations and what it described as Islamophobia. The warning followed demonstrations the week before outside the Turkish Embassy in Sweden, where an anti-Islam activist burned the Quran and pro-Kurdish groups protested against Turkiye.
In a related development, Norway revoked a group's permission to stage a protest in Oslo on Friday that would have involved an attack on the Quran, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters. Police in Oslo confirmed that the protest was cancelled on grounds that security could not be ensured "in a satisfactory manner" at the event.
Earlier, Turkiye summoned Norway's ambassador and told the envoy that the planned action would constitute a "hate crime" that should not be allowed.
A group called Stop Islamization of Norway had planned to burn the Quran outside the Turkish Embassy. The group's leader, Lars Thorsen, told VG newspaper that he planned to carry out his protest "in the context of Turkiye's intolerance of Western values of freedom."
Recent demonstrations in Europe where activists desecrated Islam's holy book have infuriated Muslims in Turkiye and elsewhere.
Jewish organizations in Denmark, Sweden and Norway issued a statement expressing concern about what they called the manifestation of "Islamophobic hate" in the Nordic region.
"Once again, racists and extremists are allowed to abuse democracy and freedom of speech in order to normalize hate against one of the religious minorities by burning the Quran," they said.
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