MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Security operations against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), designated as terrorist by Ankara are underway in Diyarbakir.
"The British Embassy [in] Ankara will be closed to the public on Friday 16 September for security reasons. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advise against all travel to within 10 km of the border with Syria and to the city of Diyarbakir," the statement reads.
On Tuesday, the German embassy and other consular offices in Turkey were put on lockdown as the German Foreign Ministry received information of possible terror attacks in the country, however it provided no further details.
Turkey has been hit by numerous terrorist attacks in recent months, with both Islamist and Kurdish militant group allegedly responsible for the acts.