Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and US President Joe Biden met on the margins of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Bali, Indonesia, on November 15. The White House statement read that “President Biden expressed his deep condolences to President Erdoğan and People of Türkiye on the acts of violence in Istanbul and made clear that
The US Senate dropped the amendment to the 2023 National Defense Authorisation Act (NDAA) restricting the sale of update kits for 40 advanced F-16 Viper fighter jets and 80 of the 245 F-16s to Turkey during the debate on the act on October 11. The restrictive amendment stipulated that Turkey guarantee not to use these
Moscow was the first to announce Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with President Tayyip Erdoğan in Astana on October 13. Then followed Ankara; Erdoğan was to co-chair the strategy cooperation talks between Turkey and Kazakhstan with the President of Kazakhstan Kasym Tokayev and to attend the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia on
Türkiye’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu departed on October 9 to the United States, for a four-day visit that aims “to exchange views with the prominent figures on latest technological and scientific developments, as well as those who oppose neo-liberal policies”. “This journey is a part of the program that aims
The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on July 14 that can be regarded as living proof of the anti-Türkiye sentiment in the Congress. The House approved the measure with the amendment that would bar the U.S to sell or transfer the jets to Türkiye including a description of concrete steps taken to ensure that
Russia clearly sees the duel of words between Turkey and Greece as a “fishermen’s fight” where none of the parties hit hard to their opponent to prevent the boat from capsizing. In Syria, calculations are changed, the PKK scenario in NATO is different from what we are told. Before elaborating on them, we must first