Posts Tagged: US Turkey
US Vice President Vance’s Office Backtracks After Statement on ‘Armenian Genocide’
The White House on Tuesday deleted a post from Vice President JD Vance's account that commemorated massacres of Armenians as a "genocide," saying the message that was likely to irk...
Turkey Says No Change in Russian S-400s Amid US Talks on F-35s
Turkey and the United States are discussing the US sanctions and obstacles to Ankara rejoining the F-35 jet program but nothing has changed with respect to its...
Erdogan Turns Trump’s Gaza Deal Into a Power Play for Turkey
Turkey's ties to Hamas, once a liability in Washington, have turned into a geopolitical asset. By persuading Hamas to accept Donald Trump's Gaza deal, Ankara has reasserted...
US House Members Ask Marco Rubio to Bar Turkey From Rejoining F-35 Program
A bipartisan coalition of more than 40 US lawmakers is pressing Secretary of State Marco Rubio to prevent Turkey from rejoining the F-35 Joint Strike...
US Ambassador to Turkey Will Serve as Special Envoy to Syria
Tom Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey, said on Friday he has assumed the role of special envoy to Syria, as the Trump administration moves to lift sanctions...
US, Turkish Presidential Advisers Discuss Defense Relationship, Disagreements
Top advisers to US President Joe Biden and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke on Wednesday about defense issues and how to resolve disagreements, the White...
Saving NATO From Turkey
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, known as NATO, faces an existential problem. No -- it's not about getting member states to fulfill agreed-upon spending on defense projects, nor finding a...
Israeli FM Lieberman Thanks Kerry for U.S. Support to Block Anti-Israel UN Resolution, Warns Israel Will Respond if Hamas Breaks Cease-Fire
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday night thanked U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for America's "unequivocal support" of Israel at the United Nations General...
Report: Turkey to Ask U.S. to Prepare ‘Plan B’ For Syria
Turkey is set to ask the United States to prepare a "Plan B" for Syria if a current agreement to rid the country of...
White House Pledges Support for Freedom of Expression in Turkey
Jerusalem Post - WASHINGTON - The White House said on Tuesday it was concerned by attempts in Turkey to punish individuals for expressing free speech...
John Kerry Met With Father of ‘Martyr’ Killed During Mavi Marmara Ambush on Israeli Troops
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with the father of one of the men killed during the Mavi Marmara flotilla incident in Washington...
Erdogan Embarrasses Kerry, Calls His Request to Delay Gaza Visit “Not Nice”
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday he will not postpone his visit to Gaza scheduled for next month, Hurriyet Daily News reports. "Kerry's statement...
Mavi Marmara families Reject Upcoming Israeli-Turkish Compensation Talks
The families of those who were killed aboard the Mavi Marmara have said they reject the upcoming Israeli-Turkish talks over compensation and will...
Netanyahu Apologizes to Erdogan for “Operational Errors” During Flotilla Raid
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan Friday. Initial reports are that during the course of the conversation...
