Turkey's parliament ratified Sweden's NATO bid on Tuesday, bringing Stockholm one step closer to joining the military alliance. Turkey's General Assembly voted 287-55 to approve Sweden's NATO bid about a year and a half after Stockholm submitted its application....
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan slammed Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Wednesday over his brutal campaign on Gaza, saying the Israeli leader is similar to Adolf Hitler. "They used to speak ill of Hitler. What difference do you have from Hitler? They are...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday submitted Sweden's NATO bid to Turkey's parliament, bringing Stockholm's entrance into the Western military one step closer. "The Protocol on Sweden's NATO Accession was signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on...
A US F-16 fighter jet shot down an armed Turkish drone over northeast Syria on Wednesday, a US official told The Wall Street Journal. According to Reuters, the Turkish Defense Ministry denied that it was a Turkish drone. But US officials said it was identified as...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that the Turkish parliament will ratify Sweden's NATO membership as long as the US follows through on its plans to sell Turkey F-16 fighter jets. Erdogan told NATO in July that Turkey's parliament would approve...
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday and said Moscow would return to the Black Sea grain deal if sanctions against Russia's agricultural industry are lifted. "I would like to confirm again our position of...
Russia announced Monday that it was suspending its participation in a deal that was signed last year to facilitate the export of grain from Ukraine's Black Sea ports. Another aspect of the deal was that the UN agreed to help remove obstacles to the export of Russian...
Hungary has said it will approve Sweden's NATO bid now that Turkey has dropped its objection, but both the Hungarian and Turkish parliaments will not take up the issue until the fall. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that his country's parliament...
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Tuesday that the Biden administration will move forward with a $20 billion sale of Lockheed Martin-made F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. Sullivan's comments came a day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to back...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to back Sweden's NATO membership on the eve of a two-day NATO summit in Lithuania. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that Erdogan has agreed to submit Sweden's accession protocols to Turkey's Parliament, the...
