News Turkey Security: With Dan Coats departure, Trump completes transition of national security team to more loyal, like-minded advisers
COATS OFF: In a long expected move, President Trump has received the resignation of Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, the last man standing from Trump’s original national security team, which included Rex Tillerson, Jim Mattis, and H.R. McMaster, who have all departed in favor of advisers more committed to carrying out the president’s prerogatives.
News Turkey Security: Turkey determined to destroy 'terror corridor' in Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday his country is determined to destroy what he called a "terror corridor" in northern Syria — regardless of whether or not Turkey and the United States agree on the establishment of a so-called "safe zone" there.
News Turkey Security: Can Turkey be trusted with U.S. nukes?
The decision by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to choose Russia’s S-400 air defense system over America’s best weapons, including the vaunted Patriot missile and the F-35, the world’s premier fighter jet, may have put the long troubled U.S.-Turkish alliance in a tailspin.
News Turkey Security: Lawmakers Press Trump on Sanctions Against Turkey
President Trump plans to meet with a group of senators to discuss possible sanctions against Turkey as pressure mounts from lawmakers to punish Ankara for its recent purchase of a Russian missile-defense system.
News Turkey Security: Iraq throws Turkey curveball in bilateral trade
Baghdad’s recent restrictions on imported goods have badly bruised Turkey’s food exporters, calling into question the target of $20 billion in bilateral trade.
News Turkey Security: EasyJet flight from Gatwick grounded in Turkey after ‘bomb threat’ as passengers held and security searches plane
AN easyJet flight from Gatwick Aiport was grounded in Turkey on Saturday after a potential bomb threat. Passengers who had boarded the flight at Dalaman Airport to fly to the UK were reportedly asked ...
News Turkey Security: US denies willingness to talk over S-400 concerns with Turkey
Turkey likewise denied reports that it is bowing to US pressure ... always been to try to peel Trump away from his advisers and the consensus of the national security bureaucracy,” said Max Hoffman, ...
News Turkey Security: European Commission: Completion of TANAP's first phase strengthened Turkey's role in fostering energy security in EU
Turkey's role in fostering energy security in the region and the EU has been strengthened by the completion of the first phase of the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline project (TANAP), the backbone of the ...
News Turkey Security: Turkish lobbyist who paid Michael Flynn $500K complained Trump didn’t support Turkey enough: report
According to a report at Politico, an unidentified client of embattled former national security adviser Michael Flynn wrote a detailed complaint that then-candidate Donald Trump was not being ...
News Turkey Security: Turkey, Russia face conflicts over Syria's push into Idlib
Turkey, which is already hosting more than 3.6 million Syrian ... humanitarian crisis is imminent and the Syrian NGO Alliance appealed to the United Nations Security Council to stop the escalation. ...
News Turkey Security: Concern deepens in Turkey over U.S. sanctions for Russia missile system
ANKARA (Reuters) - The looming threat of U.S. sanctions and a wider rupture with Western allies over Turkey’s purchase of Russian air defenses is raising concern in Ankara, two Turkish officials said, ...
