Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Greece vs. Turkey: Are We Headed for an Intra-NATO War?

John Psaropoulos · March 28, 2018 8:55 am

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at a ceremony for judicial appointments in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, March 19, 2018. Erdogan says following victory in Syria's Afrin region, his country will expand its military operations into other Kurdish-held areas in Syria as well as in Iraq's Sinjar region.

Victims outraged after assault charges dropped against Turkish leader’s guards

Steven Nelson · March 23, 2018 9:18 pm

The defendants attacked the peaceful demonstrators outside of the Turkish embassy in May. (Voice of America via AP)

Charges dropped against multiple Turkish officers involved in violent clash outside DC embassy

Mandy Mayfield · March 22, 2018 7:55 pm

Turkey's President and leader of ruling Justice and Development Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters and lawmakers at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Yes, Turkey has definitely become a rogue regime

Michael Rubin · March 21, 2018 1:28 pm

Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army soldiers celebrate around a statue of Kawa, a mythology figure in Kurdish culture, after they have destroyed it in the city center of Afrin, northwestern Syria, early Sunday, March 18, 2018. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that allied Syrian forces have taken "total" control of the town center of Afrin, the target of a nearly two-month-old Turkish offensive against a Syrian Kurdish militia, which said fighting was still underway. Erdogan said the Turkish flag and the flag of the Syrian opposition fighters have been raised in the town, previously controlled by the Kurdish militia known as the People's Defense Units, or YPG.

National Security

Pentagon sharply critical of an unnamed country that sounds a lot like Turkey

Jamie McIntyre · March 19, 2018 6:51 pm

Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army fighters advance in Der Mismis village at the south east of Afrin, Syria, Tuesday, March 13. Turkish troops and allied Syrian opposition fighters have begun a siege of the Syrian Kurdish-held town of Afrin, the Turkish military said Tuesday.

Beltway Confidential

Turkey’s operation in Syria shows its military limitations

Tom Rogan · March 16, 2018 4:21 pm

Beltway Confidential

Have Iran join NATO? Preposterous. Keep Turkey in? Equally insane.

Michael Rubin · March 15, 2018 7:49 pm

Erdogan’s Rising Islamist Militarism

Eric Edelman and merve-tahiroglu · March 6, 2018 4:40 pm

The Turkish leader is behaving very strange. (Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Pool Photo via AP)

Beltway Confidential

The madness of Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Tom Rogan · February 26, 2018 7:24 pm

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu hinted at the possibility of a joint Turkish-American effort to hold northern Syria. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

National Security

Turkish diplomat defends ‘Ottoman slap’ threat to US amid signs of deal

Joel Gehrke · February 16, 2018 7:54 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey. Tillerson started a two-day trip to Turkey amid growing tensions between the two NATO allies. (Pool Photo via AP)

Rex Tillerson denies Turkish complaint: No ‘heavy arms’ to Syrian Kurds

Joel Gehrke · February 15, 2018 8:24 pm

Editorial: Will Tillerson Raise the Brunson Case in Turkey?

The Editors · February 15, 2018 10:10 am