House foreign affairs chairman Ed Royce and ranking Democrat Eliot Engel wrote a letter to Tillerson urging him to take steps to avoid "another violent incident involving the security detail of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or other Turkish officials," CNN reports.
"We must ensure that Turkish National Police and accompanying security personnel respect the laws of the United States and refrain from any aggressive actions that are unrelated to the protection of the Turkish president," the lawmakers wrote, urging the State Department to articulate the expectations to the "highest levels of the Turkish government.
World leaders are descending on New York next week for the UN General Assembly.