Tayyip Erdogan

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…

President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. (AP) Preparations by Turkey and the United States on a safe zone for refugees in northeastern…

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Istanbul slightly injured eight people Thursday and sent school children and residents into the streets of Turkey's commercial and cultural hub. The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said the earthquake struck in the S…

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said nuclear power should either be free for all states or banned completely, and warned that the "inequality" between states who have nuclear power and who do not undermines global balanc…