Ankara

Latest Stories

Illustration on U.S./Turkish relations by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

U.S.-Turkish relations in a tailspin

By Ilan Berman

American Christian pastor Andrew Brunson, a North Carolina native who has lived and worked in Turkey for two decades, has been held in a Turkish jail for the past 18 months on charges relating to ties with U.S.-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK. He is also accused of playing a role in the failed 2016 military coup to overthrow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Associated Press/File)

U.S. sanctions Turkey for Andrew Brunson’s detention

By Carlo Muñoz and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this July 25, 2018, file photo, Andrew Craig Brunson, an evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, North Carolina, arrives at his house in Izmir, Turkey. An American pastor who had been jailed in Turkey for more than one and a half years on terror and espionage charges was released Wednesday and will be put under house arrest as his trial continues. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul) ** FILE **

U.S. European Command chief visits Turkey, amid growing tensions

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attends a panel discussion during the International Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP) ** FILE **

Turkey to continue importing Iranian oil, despite U.S. sanctions

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he speaks during a commemoration event for the second anniversary of a botched coup attempt, at the Presidential Palace, in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, July 15, 2018. (Presidency Press Service via AP, Pool)

Top U.S. diplomat warns Turkey on ‘serious downside’ to Russian missile deal

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government is pushing ahead with the purchase of 10 F-35 jets. The 10-plane, $100 billion deal was reached in 2002. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan presses U.S. over F-35 jet sale

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian government forces overseeing the evacuation of Army of Islam fighters and their families in buses, from the besieged town of Douma, just east of Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 2, 2018. The most powerful Syrian rebel faction on the fringes of Damascus began abandoning its stronghold in the once rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta on Monday, opening the way for government forces to secure full control of the area, after seven years of revolt. (SANA via AP)

The Latest: US forces setting up positions in north Syria

Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, walks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, centre, during a welcome ceremony, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, April 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey’s Erdogan says missile deal with Russia is final

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

This photo released by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a member of the Syrian Civil Defense group carrying a victim after airstrikes and shelling hit in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, March. 7, 2018. Government forces carried out punishing airstrikes against an opposition-held suburb of Damascus, seeking to divide the besieged enclave in two and further squeeze rebels and tens of thousands of civilians trapped inside, state-run media and opposition activists reported. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP) ** FILE **

Turkey, allies say siege of Syria’s Afrin underway

By Bassem Mroue and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

From left, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster arrive for a joint news conference between President Donald Trump and Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 6, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Washington-Ankara partnership

By Peter Tase

A general view of the MBC building at Media City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, March 5, 2018. The Dubai-based MBC Group stopped broadcasting its popular Arabic-dubbed Turkish soap operas on March 1, a decision coming just after its chairman Waleed al-Ibrahim was released from being detained in a mass arrest by Saudi authorities. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Turkish soap operas latest casualty of Mideast conflicts

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the Turkish parliament recently that American forces in Syria should prepare for an "Ottoman slap." (Associated Press/File)

James Mattis, Rex Tillerson tread carefully on U.S.-Turkey relations

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the Turkish parliament recently that American forces in Syria should prepare for an "Ottoman slap." (Associated Press/File)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan turns Turkey away from U.S.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Turkish troops take control of Bursayah hill, which separates the Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin from the Turkey-controlled town of Azaz, Syria. (DHA-Depo Photos via AP, File)

Civilians have no place to run as Turkey offensive drags on

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

This Tuesday, March 7, 2017, file frame grab from video provided by Arab 24 network, shows U.S. forces take up positions on the outskirts of the Syrian town, Manbij, a flashpoint between Turkish troops and allied Syrian fighters and U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters, in al-Asaliyah village, Aleppo province, Syria. (Arab 24 network, via AP, File)

Turkey, U.S. forces on course for clash in Manbij, Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

A Turkish Forces vehicles is driven past people watching at the Oncupinar border crossing with Syria, known as Bab al Salameh in Arabic, in the outskirts of the town of Kilis, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. Renewed clashes erupted on Monday on a strategic hilltop in northwestern Syria captured by Turkish troops the day before as Syrian Kurdish militiamen try to regain control. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkey detains more than 300 over criticism of Syria offensive

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A plume of smoke rises on the air from inside Syria, as seen from the outskirts of the border town of Kilis, Turkey, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says Turkish jets have begun an aerial offensive against the Syrian Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin. Turkey's military fired into the enclave in north Syria for a second day on Saturday. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkish jets bombard Kurdish-run city of Afrin in Syria

By MEHMET GUZEL and PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

A Turkish army tank moves toward the Syrian border, in Reyhanlı, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Thursday complained about inconsistent statements from the United States concerning the creation of a border security force in northern Syria, saying Washington has to put an end to the confusion and stand by Turkey. Turkey has reacted angrily to the U.S.-led coalition's plans to form a 30,000-strong Kurdish-led force, calling it an &quot;army of terror&quot; and vowing to crush it. (AP Photo)

Turkish artillery hammers Kurdish-held territory in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to supporters of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), at a rally in Yozgat, eastern Turkey, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018. Erdogan said Sunday the country will launch a military assault on a Kurdish enclave in northern Syria &quot;in the coming days,&quot; and urged the U.S. to support its efforts. (Pool Photo via AP)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish leader, vows to destroy U.S.-backed ‘terror army’ in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at an event in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. Erdogan accused its NATO ally, the United States of forming a &quot;terrorist force&quot; at Turkey's border, and vowed to &quot;drown&quot; the new 30,000-strong border security force. (Yasin Bulbul/Pool Photo via AP )

Turkey vows to ‘drown’ US-backed Syrian Kurdish force

By SUZAN FRASER and SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press