Tayyip Erdogan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley took part in a recent call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. “Giv…

4. The commander of a Kurdish militia said it would attack Turkish forces if they entered northeastern Syria, which Turkeys president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said was imminent. We will resist, the commander, Mazlum Kobani, told The Times. Above, a U.S.-backe…

Kurdish citizens wave their group's flags as they protest against the Turkish opera: AP Donald Trump has attempted to justify allowing Turkey to invade Syria, by claiming the country helped the US save many lives in Idlib. The president also stressed Turkey…

In the run-up to his Oct. 6 call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, aides repeatedly warned President Donald Trump about the dangers of abandoning America’s Kurdish allies in Northern Syria, according to three administration officials familiar with …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday he warned Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan of “big trouble” if any U.S. service members in the part of Syria that Turkey has threatened to invade get hurt. “Any of our people get hurt, big trouble…

The United States close cooperation with the S.D.F. has angered Turkey, a United States ally in NATO. Turkey accuses the Kurdish fighters of being terrorists and closely linked to the P.K.K., a guerrilla organization that has fought a bloody, decades-long ins…

The White House says Turkey will soon begin an operation in north-east Syria, with US forces no longer in the immediate area. The move was confirmed in a statement late on Sunday following a call between President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Ta…

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey does not think its effort with the United States to form a “safe zone” in northeast Syria will yield the results it wants and is ready to carry out a military operation, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying on Thurs…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) Days ahead of the anniversary of the grisly slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that his country will press ahead with efforts to shed light on the killing. In a Washington Post …

Turkey's air force has downed an unidentified drone on its border with Syria after it breached Turkish airspace multiple times, the defence ministry said.  The drone, detected near the border by the military, intruded into Turkish airspace six times before i…