Tayyip Erdogan

It has often been noted that President Trump holds a vision of his job more befitting a Latin American caudillo than the leader of the worlds oldest democracy. His geopolitical idols trend toward the autocratic Kim Jong-un, Rodrigo Duterte, Mohammed bin Salma…

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would pull back from the border the few U.S. troops along the border in northeast Syria, clearing the way for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to launch his offensive against Kurdish forc…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dozens of President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives announced on Thursday that they would introduce legislation to impose sanctions against Turkey in response to its military offensive against Kurd…

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council will meet on Syria behind closed-doors on Thursday, diplomats said, after Turkey launched a military operation against Kurdish fighters in the northeast of the country. The discussion of the sit…

ANKARA (Reuters) - Two mortar shells hit the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar, but there were no casualties, broadcaster NTV said on Wednesday shortly after Turkey and its Syrian rebel allies launched an offensive against Kurdish fighters in northeastern Sy…

ANKARA (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Ankara was summoned to the foreign ministry on Wednesday to be briefed on Turkey’s military offensive into northeastern Syria, broadcaster CNN Turk said, minutes after Ankara launched its cross-border operation. Tur…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Several large explosions on Wednesday rocked the northeast Syrian town of Ras al Ain, on the border across from the Turkish town of Ceylanpinar, a CNN Turk reporter said, adding that the sound of planes could he heard above. He said smo…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin discussed in a phone call Turkey’s planned operation into northeastern Syria, the Turkish presidency said on Wednesday, as Ankara gears to launch its cross-border offe…

ANKARA (Reuters) - Senior Turkish and U.S. officials discussed measures for the formation of a “safe zone” in northeastern Syria and possible steps after a Turkish offensive in the region, broadcaster NTV said on Wednesday, as Ankara poised to launch its oper…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey’s preparations and deployments for its planned military offensive in northeastern Syria are continuing, broadcaster NTV cited Defence Minister Hulusi Akar as saying on Wednesday. Earlier, an aide to President Tayyip Erdogan said …