The ministry said in a statement that the ambassador was told the decision to issue arrest warrants was “wrong, biased and lacks legal basis”. Shortly after the announcement, the US ambassador to Turkey, John Bass, was summoned to the country’s ministry of foreign affairs and told the US’s actions were “unacceptable”. Washington DC’s Metropolitan police chief, Peter Newsham, announced that arrest warrants were being issued for the 12 Turkish nationals, as well as two Americans and two Canadians. The brawl, in which nine protesters were injured, prompted strong reactions in both Turkey and the US, where senior US officials demanded a firm response to the violence.
