President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Russia's S-400 air defense missiles are currently being prepared to be flown to Türkiye. Speaking to reporters before leaving for Bosnia on Monday, Erdogan wouldn't say, however, when the Russian missile defense system would reach Türkiye or where they will be deployed. The delivery of the systems could bring Türkiye closer to U.S. sanctions. U.S. officials have warned that Türkiye would face economic sanctions as well as being expelled from a program to produce the F-35 fighter jets. Türkiye has refused to pull back...
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A second Turkish drillship will begin drilling for oil and natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean within a week, Türkiye's energy minister said, in a move which that could strain ties with Cyprus over jurisdiction rights for exploration. Last month, European Union leaders warned Türkiye to end its gas drilling in disputed waters or face action from the bloc, after Greece and Cyprus pressed other EU states to speak out. Türkiye already has a ship off Cyprus. The second drilling ship, Yavuz, is currently at the port of Mersin doing final tests and taking...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is willing to mediate between the United States and Iran to ease tensions over Iran's nuclear program. In comments published Thursday, Erdogan said he had discussed the issue of a possible mediation with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of a G-20 meeting. Erdogan says Abe asked the Turkish leader whether Türkiye and Japan could act together, to which Erdogan responded that he would be willing to meet with Iran's leaders. Erdogan spoke to Turkish journalists during a visit to China. His comments were published in the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Speaker of Türkiye’s Grand National Assembly (parliament) Mustafa Sentop. Putin greeted the Speaker of Grand National Assembly before the Development of Parliamentarism forum, TASS reported. Earlier, Sentop met with Russian Federation Council (upper house) Speaker Valentina Matviyenko and State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin. The Development of Parliamentarism forum is held on July 1–3 in Moscow attended by 800 foreign representatives from 132 countries.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an ostensible U.S. NATO ally, has affirmed the importance of ties with key American rival China at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Erdogan told Xi on Tuesday that Türkiye and China have "great potential to grow our relationship" based on historical trading ties and that the two would "contribute to regional and global stability." Erdogan is seen as drifting closer to Russia and China despite Türkiye's treaty ties with the U.S. and has stood firm against Washington's opposition to its purchase of Russia's S-400 missile defense system. ...
The Turkish lira firmed nearly 1% against the dollar on Monday after President Tayyip Erdogan said he had heard from U.S. President Donald Trump there would be no sanctions over Türkiye's purchase of Russian S-400 defence systems. At 0439 GMT, the lira stood at 5.7380 against the dollar, strengthening from a close of 5.7875 on Friday, before Erdogan met Trump at the G20 summit in Japan at the weekend. NATO allies Türkiye and the United States have been at odds over the S-400s purchase, with Washington warning of U.S. sanctions if the delivery took place. The dispute has...
U.S. President Donald Trump said there will be no U.S. sanctions imposed on Türkiye over its decision to purchase Russian missile defence systems, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, hours after the two leaders held bilateral talks. Erdogan said at a news conference at the G20 summit in Japan that Türkiye expected the delivery of F-35 stealth fighter jets from the United States, despite the dispute over the S-400 deal. He added that the Russian systems would be delivered in the first half of July. (Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing by Alexander Smith)
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he had not seen indications in his talks with President Donald Trump that the United States will impose sanctions on Ankara over its purchase of Russian S-400 missile defence systems. The United States has warned that it would impose sanctions on Türkiye if it pressed ahead with the S-400 deal, but Ankara has said it would not back down and has so far dismissed the warnings, as relations between the NATO allies strained. Speaking to reporters in Ankara before departing for the G20 summit in Japan, Erdogan said he would again discuss...
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he believed the number of Syrians returning from Türkiye to their homeland will reach one million once a safe zone is established in northeast Syria along their shared border. Türkiye hosts nearly 4 million Syrians - the largest number in any one country of Syrians displaced during the eight-year-old civil war. Tensions between Turks and Syrians flare up on occasion in the host country. Türkiye is in talks with the United States over the establishment of a safe zone across its border in northeast Syria, where the United States...