Turkey will not give up on Russian S-400 air-defense system to acquire U.S. Patriots, the Turkish president said on Wednesday, stressing his country “can buy Patriots too”. “It is out of question to completely leave Russian S-400 to buy U.S. Patriots. We can buy Patriots too. However, we will buy S-400 as well,” Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told reporters in his flight en route to Ankara from Washington. “Turkey can buy U.S. Patriots, but we consider offers to buy just Patriots and completely put Russian S-400s aside as an interference in our sovereignty rights,” Erdoğan...
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President Erdoğan on Thursday issued a message, marking the 36th foundation anniversary of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to be celebrated on Friday. In the message, Erdoğan said Turkey will never allow anyone to usurp the Turkish Cypriots’ rights on hydrocarbon resources. Turkey, as a guarantor nation for the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC), is currently carrying out hydrocarbon exploration activities in the Eastern Mediterranean with two drilling vessels, Fatih and Yavuz, along with Oruc Reis and Barbaros Hayrettin Pasa seismic vessels in the same region. Turkey has consistently contested the Greek Cypriot administration’s unilateral...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he believed the U.S. Senate would not pass a resolution to recognize the so-called Armenian genocide. "I believe the Senate will act prudently and will not repeat the mistake the House of Representatives made," Erdogan said in his address at the Diyanet Center of America in Maryland. On Oct. 29, the anniversary of the Turkish Republic, the House voted 405-11 in favor of the resolution to recognize alleged killings of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire in 1915. The resolution is not legally binding. Erdogan reiterated his call for historians to investigate the issue. "If...
Tens of thousands of people died because a safe zone was not implemented quickly enough in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Wednesday. Erdoğan made the comments during a joint press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump following four hours of bilateral meetings that also included a sit-down with Republican senators. Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring on Oct. 9 to eliminate YPG/PKK terrorists from northern Syria east of the Euphrates River in order to secure Turkey's borders, aid in the safe return of Syrian refugees and ensure Syria's territorial integrity. On Oct. 17, the U.S....
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. lawmakers during an Oval Office meeting Wednesday they have applied a misnomer to the an offshoot of PKK terror group, by calling them Kurds. “But I assure you the ones that you’re referring to as ‘Kurds' are PYD or YPG. These are terrorist organizations. And they are offshoots of the PKK," said Erdogan. He said he has Kurds in his population and lawmakers in his own political party who are Kurdish. Erdogan explained the necessity of a safe zone in its border to protect Turkey from terror groups and for Syrian...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Washington, D.C. for a working visit, met with President Donald Trump of the United States at the White House. Upon their arrival at the White House, President Erdoğan and First Lady Emine Erdoğan were welcomed by U.S. President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. After posing for the press with their wives, the two leaders headed to the Oval Office for their talks. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/112534/-president-erdogan-meets-with-u-s-president-trump
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Washington, D.C. for a working visit at the invitation of U.S. President Donald Trump, met with Turkish and American businesspeople at a meeting hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and DEİK/Turkey-U.S. Business Council (TAİK). Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak, Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar and Minister of Trade Ruhsar Pekcan were also present at the meeting. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/112527/president-erdogan-meets-with-turkish-and-american-businesspeople
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Washington, D.C. to pay a working visit at the invitation of U.S. President Donald Trump. President Erdoğan was welcomed at Joint Base Andrews by Turkey’s Ambassador to Washington, D.C. Serdar Kılıç, Turkey’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Feridun Sinirlioğlu, Chief of Protocol of the U.S. Cam Henderson and other officials. Accompanying the President in the U.S. are First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak, Minister of National Defense...
Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun made a statement to Bloomberg prior to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to the US upon the invitation of US President Donald Trump and said that Erdoğan-Trump meeting would be one of the critical meetings concerning the Turkish-US relations. Regarding the topics that will be primarily brought to the agenda on Turkey, Altun said: “There are many issues to be solved regarding the relations between the two countries. Since no progress has been recorded on these issues and other issues have emerged during the last two years, it is required that...