Central Intelligence Agency

The new director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Mike Pompeo, arrived in Ankara on Feb. 9, following a phone call between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump as part of a bid to launch a fresh beginning in bilateral ties. 

The CIA's new director, Mike Pompeo, will pay a visit to Turkey on Feb. 9 to discuss regional issues in his first overseas visit under the new U.S. administration.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo will pay a visit to Turkey on Feb. 9 in what will be his first visit abroad under the new U.S. administration, private broadcaster CNN Türk has reported.

The Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ) will reportedly mark the top of Pompeo's agenda during his discussions with Turkish officials.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has said his country will not pay for a massive wall U.S. President Donald Trump is moving to build on the border with Mexico. 

A CIA document has revealed that two nuclear submarines collided in a sea loch just off the west coast of Scotland more than 40 years ago.
The top secret memo, which has just been declassified, tells how a US submarine collided with a Russian vessel near Holy Loch in November 1974.
The cable marked “Secret eyes only” was sent to US secretary of state Henry Kissinger.

Mike Pompeo was sworn in on the night of Jan. 23 as director of the CIA at a crucial time for U.S. national security as intelligence - traditionally a nonpartisan issue - has been thrust into the political arena.

The CIA had its eye fixed on communist Yugoslavia from the 1940s, closely following developments until its final days in 1991.

After an American NGO, MuckRock won a case against the CIA, the agency had to make its already opened files more accessible. Last week, the online base of documents was opened to the public.

A ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy has said something that a few even months ago, would had been unimaginable: “NATO is a terror organization” and the alliance has become a “structure threatening Turkey“.

A ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy has declared that NATO is a "terror organization," saying the alliance has become a "structure threatening Turkey."

In an interview with pro-government daily Milat, AKP Gaziantep deputy Şamil Tayyar claimed that NATO had "always been involved in activities targeting Turkey" since its establishment.