ANKARA, Rabi'II 27, 1436, February 16, 2015, SPA -- Turkey has closed its embassy in Yemen, the Foreign Ministry in Ankara said on Monday. The ambassador and other embassy staff had returned to Turkey, a Foreign Ministry official told Reuters. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said its embassy would resume activities when state authority had been reasserted, according to an e-mailed statement. The ministry had at the weekend called on Turkish citizens to leave Yemen. --SPA 12:11 LOCAL TIME 09:11 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w