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Erdoğan meets with EU officials, new French leader

Following a months-long war of words between Ankara and Brussels, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday met with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker...

Bipartisan House resolution slams Turkey for violence outside embassy residence

Top House Republicans and Democrats are uniting to introduce a resolution condemning Turkey, a US ally, after a brawl erupted at the Turkish ambassador's...

Illegal arms shipment imported from Turkey seized in Nigeria

An illegal arms shipment originating in Turkey and containing 440 pump action rifles was seized on Monday in Lagos, Nigeria, according to Agence France-Presse. The...

Report: Flynn’s Turkish lobbying client lambastes US gov’t policy

Ekim Alptekin, a Turkish lobbying client of retired Gen. Michael Flynn, made an appearance at a conference on Monday and lambasted the US government’s...

HRW: EU should tell Erdoğan no deeper economic cooperation without end to crackdown

A meeting planned for Thursday between European Union leaders and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan should signal that discussion of upgraded economic cooperation is...

Turkish pro-gov’t dailies say Manchester attack result of UK support for ISIL

Two staunchly pro-government Turkish newspapers, Güneş and Yeni Akit, have accused the UK of supporting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)...

Backlash from Congress grows over attack on protestors by Turkish security

As Turkey attempts to shift the blame to US law enforcement for a violent attack by Turkish security personnel on protestors outside the Turkish...

Turkey vetoes Austrian cooperation with NATO due to Vienna’s anti-Turkey stance

Turkey vetoed Austria's participation in some NATO programs due to its anti-Turkish stance on various EU platforms ahead of a NATO meeting in Brussels...

US delivers military aid to Kurdish YPG in Syria amid row with Turkey

The US Army dispatched new military equipment in nearly 100 trucks to People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria to be used in the fight...

Turkey, Russia sign deal to normalize trade relations

Turkey and Russia signed a declaration in İstanbul on Monday to normalize trade relations, which were badly affected after a jet-downing crisis in 2015. According...

[UPDATE] Turkish Foreign Ministry lodges official complaint with US ambassador over violence in DC

Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned US Ambassador to Ankara John Bass to lodge a formal protest over what it claimed were “lapses of...

US secretary of state says Turkish violence in DC ‘simply unacceptable’

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday denounced a violent clash in Washington last week involving Turkish security personnel and protesters, as the...

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