A blast outside the US embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, has killed at least two people, with reports that it was a suicide bomber.
Turkish media said the bomber and at least one security guard had died in the explosion.
Dozens of ambulances and fire engines rushed to the embassy, in an area also home to other diplomatic missions.
Video appears to show damage to a checkpoint although reports say there was no damage inside the embassy.
No group has so far said it carried out the attack.
A number of illegal groups ranging from Kurdish separatists to leftist and Islamist militants have launched attacks in recent years in Turkey, which is a member of Nato.
The last big attack in Ankara in 2007, which killed nine and injured 120, was blamed by police investigators on a lone, leftist suicide bomber.
Following Friday's explosion, an AP journalist saw at least one woman who appeared to be seriously injured being carried into an ambulance.
The US embassy building is heavily protected. The German and French embassies are close by.
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