John Bass

PM Davuto?lu is left apoplectic after the US gives weapons to the Kurdish PYD, an enemy of Ankara, amid additional ire for MoscowTurkey's prime minister has lashed out at both the United States and Russia for supplying weapons and support to the Democratic Union Party (PYD) of Syria in its bid to fight extremist jihadists, raising concerns that the arms could be used against Turkey by the outla

Turkey and the United States should ally closer in security and military terms to overcome violence in the Middle East, said Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President Rifat Hisarc?kl?o?lu at an annual meeting of the American-Turkish Council (ATC) in Washington.

American aircraft will remain at Turkey?s ?ncirlik airbase as long as required in the struggle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the top U.S. diplomat in Ankara has said. 

The co-leaders of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) have met with foreign ambassadors in Ankara to inform them about recent tension with the government, as clashes between militants and security officials have intensified. 

The U.S. ambassador to Ankara has underlined Washington?s commitment to a future Syria that is ?unified,? adding that it has been clearly conveying its expectations to Syria?s Democratic Union Party (PYD) with regard to practices in areas that the group has seized control of.

A U.S. State Department spokesperson who was called a ?stupid blonde? by the mayor of Ankara has voiced surprise that journalists are still interested in the issue.

The United States does not want to see a return to violence in Turkey, Washington?s envoy to Ankara has said, urging both the government and the Kurdish movement to remain committed to the peace process.  

Bully on him! America’s ambassador to neighboring Turkey on Friday mocked Ankara’s mayor for the latter’s derogatory rant against the US State Department’s spokeswoman last Wednesday, when the Turkish politician cited the Baltimore riots to goad Marie Harf, “come blonde, answer now.”

Some 123 U.S. soldiers arrived in Turkey as part of a program to train and equip the putatively moderate Syrian opposition, along with weapons that are being transferred to ?ncirlik Airbase in the southern province of Adana.

Some 123 U.S. soldiers arrived in Turkey for training of moderate Syrian opposition, along with weapons that are being transferred to ?ncirlik Airbase for equipping part of the program.