Turkish Embassy in Washington

As if there were not enough issues in Turkish-U.S. relations, a new one has been added to the mix.  

This new one is the unpleasant incident that occurred in front of the Turkish ambassador's residence in Washington on the day President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met U.S. President Donald Trump. 

The United States will be beating a path to Turkey's door regarding upcoming moves in Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said after a meeting with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in Washington on May 16, noting that Turkey cannot be excluded from the Syrian table.

"Turkey cannot be excluded as a decision-maker," Erdoğan told journalists at the Turkish Embassy in Washington.

President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who was fired from his prominent White House job last month, has registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for $530,000 worth of lobbying work before Election Day that may have aided the Turkish government.

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said he has submitted more evidence to his U.S. counterpart for the extradition of Fethullah Gülen during a meeting in Washington. 

The United States' top soldier, Gen. Joseph Dunford, met Turkey's Chief of General Staff, Gen. Hulusi Akar, at the Turkish Embassy in Washington on Oct. 16 to discuss recent regional developments, including an operation to free Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).        

Turkish citizens in the U.S. began voting at polling stations inside the Turkish Embassy in Washington and consulates across the country on May 16, for the upcoming June 7 elections.

Some 14,000 Turkish citizens are eligible to vote in Washington D.C., while the overall number of registered Turkish voters in the U.S. is about 90,000.

Aren’t you also fed up by the determination of American and Turkish officials to avoid publicly reflecting tension, at a time when the biggest tension in Turkey-U.S. relations in recent memory is going on over the Syrian issue?