The employee works in an office devoted to strengthening law enforcement cooperation with Turkish authorities and ensuring the security of Americans and Turkish citizens.

-based cleric blamed for last years failed coup.would appeal her conviction on the charge of engaging in propaganda supporting outlawed Kurdish rebels

ambassador to Turkey John Bass said Wednesday that the U.He called that lack of communication quite unusual.Albayraks conviction stemmed from an article she wrote in 2015 on a conflict between Kurdish militants and government forces in Turkeys mainly Kurdish southeast.

government had not yet received any official communication from Turkey as to why local stuff members have been arrested.and seeks another on the same accusations.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused both men on Tuesday of being an internal threat.

Albayraks conviction comes as Turkey continues to hold one U.1% of workers voted in favor so far with only a few large factories still counting.

000 UAW members at GM voting in favor.said the plant has a diverse group of workers from full- and part-time temporary hires to longtime assembly line employees.

longtime workers would get 25% general raises over the life of the contracts with 11% up front.Full-time temporary workers liked the large raises they received and the chance to get top union pay.