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Turkish-American Relations

Turkish-American Relations
Mending Turkey-US relations

| Opinion
It is becoming more and more apparent that the relationship with the U.S. will dominate our …
  • S-400 Air Defence Missile System
    Opinion

    Turkey's decision to purchase Russian S-400 air defense system has become a major sticking point with the U.S. While Turkey attaches great importance to procuring the air defense system, U.S. policymakers, who consider Turkey's decision a complete deviation from its traditional alliance system, have begun to threaten the country.
  • Syria
    Opinion

    While many focus nowadays on the S-400/F-35 tensions taking place in Turkish-American relations, another issue, namely Syria, is being discussed at the highest levels among officials from the two countries. For the last eight years, the divergence of policies in regards to the crisis in Syria has become one of the most significant irritants in bilateral relations.
  • Turkish commandos on duty
    Opinion

    As the last remaining Daesh territory is on the verge of elimination, a worrying number of Daesh militants, mostly women and their children, have surrendered themselves to the People's Protection Units (YPG).

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  • The White House

    In the last few years, it has become commonplace to question the future of the alliance between Turkey and the U.S. Some pundits emphasized the various disagreements between the two countries to indicate that the alliance has weakened and does not have the same strategic weight it used to have in previous decades.

  • Women and children evacuated from Daesh-held territories arrive in the eastern Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor, March 6, 2019.

    Turkish and American officials are actively working to coordinate the status of eastern Syria after the withdrawal of American troops. President Donald Trump previously announced the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria.

  • Turkish, US conduct joint patrols in Manbij, Syria

    The United States is revising its decision to exit Syria. Washington initially hoped to complete the withdrawal by April or, at the latest, the summer months. Yet the White House announced last week that 200 U.S. troops would remain on the ground for an unspecified amount of time to promote peace.

  • President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (R) and U.S. President Donald Trump (L) talk during the walk to take the family photo at the NATO summit in Brussels, July 11, 2018.

    On the condition that both sides engage in sincere negotiations, Ankara-Washington relations can easily get back on track again in a very short period of time

  • Turkish and American troops in Manbij

    The U.S. withdrawal from Syria is turning into a major debacle. Washington's superpower status enables it to exploit the disequilibrium in military might to invade other nations..

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