Incumbent U.S. Ambassador to Turkey James Jeffrey is likely to be dismissed in the middle of the year assuming his Iraqi colleague’s office, CNNTurk reports referring to American source.

New head of diplomatic mission in Ankara might be the U.S. Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan Francis Riccardone.

Change of the official it will be on a sensitive period for Turkey-U.S relations. The strain between the allied countries emerged after the adoption of Armenian Genocide resolution by the U.S. House Committee for Foreign Affairs.

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