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Turkey is aware that US support for the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia will not end immediately, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. He added that Ankara’s battle against the militia it considers a terrorist group will continue. Speaking to members o…

Image copyrightDeborah BloomImage caption Nejeer Zebari holds a Kurdish flag at a demonstration in Washington The visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House this week reignited the controversy over his country's actions against Syri…

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey bought S-400 missile defense systems from Russia to use them, not put them aside, the head of the Turkish Defense Industry Directorate said on Saturday, days after talks between President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trum…

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will not step back from its purchase of Russian S-400 missile defense systems, a senior aide to President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, two days after talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. Erdogan and Trump held talks in Washing…

LONDON (Reuters) - Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a political opponent of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, said on Thursday he was on a mission in London to allay investor concerns over negative headlines about Turkey and predicted its economic woes were tem…

After President Donald Trump abruptly withdrew U.S. forces from Kurdish-held northern Syria last month, he hastily (and fruitlessly) penned a letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warning the leader against sending Turkish troops into the region. …

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that a U.S. proposal for Ankara to get rid of the Russian S-400 missile defenses it purchased is not right and an infringement of sovereign rights, according to broadcaster NTV. U.S. President Donal…

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An Oval Office meeting with President Trump, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Republican senators took a dicey turn Wednesday afternoon when the conversation turned to Erdogan's conflict with the Kurds, multiple sources tell CBS News. Erdogan brough…

Image copyrightEPAImage caption Turkish forces recently moved into northern Syria Turkey has begun deporting foreign nationals alleged to be linked to the Islamic State group, even though some European countries are reluctant to take back their citizens. …