Turkey-US row: Erdogan 'upset' by visa suspension

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has described a US decision to suspend most visa services as "upsetting". He said Turkish officials had contacted their US counterparts about the move, which was prompted by the detention last week of a Turkish national working at the US consulate in Istanbul.

Turkey has also suspended visa services in the US. Prosecutors are seeking another consulate worker for questioning as a suspect, the state news agency reports.

The first worker was held over alleged links to a cleric blamed for the failed 2016 Turkish coup, but no reason has been given for the latest action.

"This decision is very, very saddening. For the Ankara [US] embassy to take a decision like this, to put into practice is saddening," Mr Erdogan said at a news conference in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.

Several Turkish news networks announced earlier on Monday that a warrant had been issued for a second US consulate worker.

Turkish officials have not confirmed the warrant, but later the state news agency Anadolu reported that prosecutors were seeking the man for questioning as a suspect, adding that he did not have diplomatic immunity. It said the suspect's wife and child had been detained in the city of Amasya, in northern central Turkey, BBC reports.