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U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey at the G20 Summit Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

Report: Ahead of White House visit, Trump offers Erdoğan package aimed at easing US-Turkey...

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U.S. President Trump has offered Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a package aimed at easing tensions between Ankara and Washington ahead of the latter’s visit to the White House on Wednesday, reported The Washington Post on Tuesday. In...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sign a mutual defense agreement in 2014. Source: aljazeera.net.

Turkey-Qatar relations: From bilateral ties to strategic partnership

This month, a new Turkish military base is to be inaugurated in Qatar by the leaders of the two countries, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. This...
The U.S. Capitol building. Wikimedia Commons via Martin Falbisoner.

Members of Congress call on Trump to cancel Erdoğan’s White House visit

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A group of 17 members of the U.S. House of Representatives has called on U.S. President Donald Trump to cancel Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to the White House on Wednesday. In a letter, the...
Armenians are marched to a nearby prison in Mezireh by armed Turkish soldiers in Kharpert, Armenia, in April 1915. Credit: Project SAVE via Wikimedia Commons.

Ilhan Omar is just one of many guilty of hypocrisy on Turkey

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Last week’s overwhelming vote by the House of Representatives in favor of a resolution condemning the genocide of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923 represented a breakthrough. Hard as it may...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

A Kurdish campaign to boycott Turkey

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It is a story that strikes a chord with anyone familiar with the struggle for civil rights in the American South. Jwnaid Murad, a businessman in Iraqi Kurdistan, has decided that he will no...
U.S. Congress. Credit: Pixabay.

US House passes resolution recognizing Armenian genocide, bill to sanction Turkey

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed on Tuesday both a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide and a bill to enact U.S. sanctions against Turkey for its incursion this month into northern Syria. Reps. Greg Pence...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Northern Syria ‘desert regions’ suited to Arabs, not Kurds, says Erdoğan

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during a television interview this week that northern Syria is more suitable for Arabs than Kurds because it is “a desert region.” In an 80-minute interview broadcast on Oct....
From left: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a trilateral summit in Moscow. Source: Kremlin.ru.

Iran views US withdrawal from Syria as an opportunity

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Amid the fast-paced violent developments unfolding in northeast Syria, Iran remains a central actor in the area, and it likely views the withdrawal of U.S. special forces from the area as a new opportunity. The...
A luxury Boeing 747 given to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a gift by the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. (MEMRI)

Emir of Qatar gives Turkish president $400 million luxury jet

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Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani gave Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a Boeing 747 worth some $400 million, Turkey’s Show TV reported last month. According to the Sept. 14 report, the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Source: Kremlin.

Erdoğan, Putin reach ‘historic agreement’ on Syria ‘buffer zone’

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Tuesday that Turkey and Russia had reached a “historic” agreement that would remove all Syrian Kurdish fighters from the Syria-Turkey border region. The announcement came following six...