Tayyip Erdogan

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said Turkey was in talks with the United States to buy F-16 fighters after it was kicked off the F-35 programme for purchasing a Russian missile defence system. Washington excluded Ankara from NATO’s F-35 stealth fighter jet programme in 2019 after Turkey purchased Russian…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Air Force F-16 jet fighter takes off from an airbase during CRUZEX, a multinational air exercise hosted by the Brazilian Air Force, in Natal, Brazil November 21, 2018. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker ISTANBUL (Reuters) -President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that the United States had proposed…

An F-16 aircraft of the Turkish Air Force (Reuters file photo) ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said his country was in talks with the United States to buy F-16 fighters after it was kicked off the F-35 programme for purchasing a Russian missile defence system. Washington excluded…

Fresh off his first visit with Vladimir Putin in over a year, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused a top Biden official of "supporting terrorism" and demanded the U.S. pay $1.4 billion for kicking Turkey out of a stealth fighter jet program. Why it matters: Erdoğan's belligerence and deepening cooperation…

WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey still intended to buy a second batch of S-400 missile defense systems from Russia, a move that could deepen a rift with NATO ally Washington and trigger new U.S. sanctions. Washington says the S-400s pose a threat to its F-35…

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, Russia, May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/File Photo ANKARA, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Russia later this month for talks with President Vladimir Putin about the violence in northwestern Syria, where Moscow…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday gave a guarded response to the new Afghan government announced by the Taliban, saying he would closely follow its future course. In his first comments on the Taliban’s appointment on Tuesday…

ANKARA: Turkey cannot bail out the EU by taking in Afghans who worked for Western countries in Afghanistan as the Taliban take power there, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. "We have received a request to welcome local employees of a European Union mission in Afghanistan," a government statement…

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Turkey is deploying soldiers to its border with Iran to stop a potential surge of Afghan migrants fleeing from the Taliban, the Associated Press reported. Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said that in addition to the reinforcement of troops at the border, a wall under construction is nearing completion. Turkey has…