Erdogan

US Representative John Sarbanes holds Turkish President Erdogan accountable for the attacks by Turkish Cypriots against UN peacekeepers in Pyla and calls on US President Joe Biden to ensure that the crisis is "meaningfully addressed" by the United Nations.

In the months since Turkish President Erdogan's reelection, we've heard a lot about the potential for a new page in EU-Turkey relations, and Erdogan even raised the issue of Turkey's membership in the EU at the July NATO summit.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed to tackle the "escalating cost of living caused by global crises," pledging to find solutions to alleviate the burden on the Turkish population.

Turkey must sustain its push on production and exports to prevent the economy falling into recession even as it fights inflation, Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said on Friday. 

Since May elections, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government launched a U-turn away from unorthodox policies including interest rate cuts that had sparked a lira crisis and sent inflation soaring. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Aug. 8 that the revival of the crucial deal with Russia to allow Ukrainian grain exports "depends on Western countries which must keep their promises."

Following a decade-plus of fractured relations with key Western partners, including the US, Turkey's President Erdogan has made some moves to seemingly rebuild these relationships.

The plea for an end to further escalations came after Moscow bombed facilities vital for grain deliveries from Ukraine, writes the Kyiv Post.
Erdogan was a key player in the now-collapsed deal that allowed Ukrainian grain shipments to pass safely through the Black Sea, and positioned himself as a mediator in the conflict.

"Is Turkey fundamentally reassessing its pro-Western foreign policy?" Fareed Zakaria's question to Joe Biden's National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on June 4 made me turn up the TV volume. Sullivan's answer was fascinating:

This month Turkey's President Erdogan finally ended his opposition to Sweden's NATO membership bid after months of brinkmanship and threats, while this week saw him travel to the oil-rich Gulf in a bid to attract investment and bolster his country's ailing economy.

The American Hellenic Institute released a statement on Thursday to mark the 49th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and called for an end to the occupation.

AHI condemned proposals of a "two-state solution" for the island as well as Turkey's reopening of the beach at Varosha.