Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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UNGA summit: EAM Jaishankar discusses Ukraine conflict, food security & Cyprus with his Turkish counterpart
•The talks comes a day after the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raked up the Kashmir issue during his address at the high-level UN General Assembly session and urged for the establishment of a "fair and permanent" peace and prosperity in Kashmir
Explained: Why Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan is threatening incursions into Syria
•Analysts say the Turkey President is taking advantage of the Ukraine war to push his own goals in neighbouring Syria — even using its ability as a NATO member to veto alliance membership by Finland and Sweden as potential leverage
Explainer: Turkey's position on Nordic states' NATO bid, what it could gain and likely repercussions
•Turkey’s approval is crucial because the military alliance makes its decisions by consensus. Any of its 30 member countries can veto a new member
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says current course of US-Turkey ties 'does not bode well'
•Erdogan highlighted divisions between the NATO allies over Turkey’s purchase of a Russian missile defence system and its consequent removal from the US-led F-35 stealth fighter aircraft program.
France to ban Grey Wolves: Why Macron regime is targeting Turkish group, potential impact on relations with Ankara
Fp Staff •France's decision to ban the far-right Turkish group comes after a memorial to the Armenian genocide near Lyon was defaced with pro-Turkish slogans
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad says he does not want neighbouring Turkey as an 'enemy' despite stand-off between forces
•Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he did not want to make an "enemy" of neighbouring Turkey despite the stand-off between their forces in the north of the country
US says it will increase military presence in Syria to protect oil after Kurdish forces pull back to comply with Russian deal
•The US said Thursday it would beef up its military presence to protect northeastern Syria oil fields as Kurdish forces abandoned several positions to comply with a deal allowing Damascus, Ankara and Moscow to carve up their now-defunct autonomous region
Russian forces head towards Syria-Turkey border in blow to Kurds; Donald Trump lifts sanctions on Ankara
•Russia's defence ministry said Wednesday a convoy of its military police had crossed the Euphrates River and advanced towards the Syria-Turkey border
After Donald Trump's announcement of withdrawal from Syria, US-led military coalition begins pulling out troops
•On 19 December, Trump said he had ordered the withdrawal of all US forces in Syria, which are believed to number around 2,000
Recep Tayyip Erdogan invites Donald Trump to visit Turkey in 2019; US president open to 'potential meeting'
•President Erdogan's invite comes a day after Trump said his Turkish counterpart had assured him that he would "eradicate" the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group after the US leaves Syria