Friday, 1 November , 2024

US-Turkish relations

Turkey’s irreversible and existential problem in Idlib

By Mustafa Ozbey 02/18/2020 A country’s foreign policy is a complex synthesis, matured and distilled with the accumulation of experience over many years. Therefore, if an...

U.S. halts secretive drone program with Turkey over Syria incursion

February 5, 2020 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has halted a secretive military intelligence cooperation program with Turkey that for years helped Ankara target...

Turkey will never recognise US Mideast plan – Erdogan

US President Trump's plan aims to annex occupied Palestine territories, President Erdogan said during a meeting of provincial heads of his governing Justice and...

Hundreds of employees fired from Turkey’s Incirlik air base

25 January 2020 More than 420 people working at a crucial military air base in southern Turkey have lost their jobs, with some analysts considering...

Cost minimization: Could the US actually benefit from withdrawing troops from...

11/22/2019 Most western experts (and western journalists) have negatively evaluated President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from Syria. Over the past month, the president has...

Ankara’s foreign policy as seen by Turkish experts

By Andrei Isaev Dec. 18, 2019 In the opinion of Turkish authorities, Turkey plays a variety of roles on the foreign policy landscape: it is a...

Erdogan wants the Bomb

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reacted to the impending removal of the US nuclear arsenal from his soil by announcing Turkey’s intention to build one...

By sending troops to Libya, Erdogan is risking a major Mediterranean...

By Ahmed Abou Dec. 18, 2019 Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan is upping the ante in Libya, shipping drones, tanks, special forces and commando units to...

Tensions between Ankara and Washington

Turkey could shut down Incirlik Air Base used by US if necessary – Erdogan on US sanctions 15 Dec, 2019 Ankara retains the option of shutting...

Turkey May Expel US From Air Bases in Retaliation for Sanctions

PostDecember 11, 2019 The US is planning to move ahead with sanctions against Turkey over their acquisition of the S-400 air defense system from Russia....