Germany's Steinmeier says threat for missions in Turkey still unclear

The security situation of German diplomatic missions in Turkey is still not fully cleared up and they will remain closed over the weekend, Germany's foreign minister said on Friday. "Yesterday we decided to leave the German embassy and the general consulate in Istanbul closed due to the still not fully determined threat situation," Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters on Friday. The German government has installed a crisis committee to evaluate all information, Steinmeier adde