Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
Cavusoglu: Trump told Erdogan he doesn't want issues in sales of F-35 jets
US President Donald Trump told Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan that he didn't want any problems with the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Ankara, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday.
Turkish FM slams Greece over minority in Thrace
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu denounced Greece Friday, claiming it doesn't uphold the rights of the Muslim minority in Western Thrace and doesn't allow its members to call themselves "Turks."
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Turkey's foreign minister says EU comments on rule of law 'out of line'
Turkey on Friday criticized the European Union's foreign policy chief for her comments on the rule of law in Turkey, a day after she and another official rebuked Ankara over arrests of journalists and the detention of a Kurdish politician.
Turkish FM rebukes ECHR's Demirtaş ruling
The European Court of Human Rights' (ECHR) ruling calling on Turkey to release Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) who has been in prison for over two years on terrorism charges, is not legal but a politically-motivated one, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said, vowing the Turkish government will object to the decision.
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Turkey, U.S. discussed return of jailed Halkbank exec: Turkish FM
Turkey and the United States have discussed returning a jailed executive from state-owned lender Halkbank to Turkey where he can serve the rest of his sentence from an Iran sanctions-busting case, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Nov. 20.
Cavusoglu: Russian defense system buy cannot be canceled
Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems in Turkey is a done deal and cannot be canceled, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday, adding that Ankara needs further defense procurement that could be bought from the United States.
Turkish FM: UN must unite to tackle polarization
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu urged the UN on Nov. 19 to unite to counter hatred and polarization around the world.
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Ankara warns of 'another option' if all else fails
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warned on Thursday that if his country's dispute with Greece over the Aegean Sea is not resolved, there is "another option."
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Turkish FM indicates 'another option' for settling Aegean dispute with Greece
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said that the country's differences with Greece over the Aegean Sea will be put to the National Security Council for discussion, indicating that there is "another option" for the government besides diplomacy for resolving the dispute.
US State Department urges restraint in Eastern Med
As Turkey insisted again on Wednesday that it will protect what it describes as its interests in the sea area off the coast of Cyprus, a US State Department spokesperson has been quoted as saying that Washington "discourages any actions or rhetoric that increase tensions in the region."
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