Obama administration

This is not the first time we have see U.S. press have a huge discrepancy with reality. Still, they could not have got it more wrong.

The office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on March 30 vehemently denied a media report alleging that Erdo?an "blasted" the U.S. administration in a closed-door meeting.

According to Turkish government spokesman Numan Kurtulmu?, the name of the suicide bomber is irrelevant. The only relevant thing is the fact that the terrorist act on Feb. 17 that killed 29 people (after another injured person lost their life on Feb. 23) in Ankara was carried out by both the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the People's Protection Units (YPG).

The first recent crisis between Turkey and the U.S. erupted in early October last year, after the latter announced that it had airdropped ammunition and other military equipment to Syria's Democratic Union Party (PYD) despite Ankara's strong objection. 

Russian officials and Russian news outlets have started making a very serious claim that Turkey was preparing a land operation in Syria. Turkey immediately and flatly denied the claim, saying Russia was trying to cover up the crimes it has been committing in Syria with ludicrous charges.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Jan. 14 stood by ally Saudi Arabia in its widening rift with Iran over the execution of a Shiite cleric while urging the regional rivals to pursue a diplomatic solution.

A county sheriff and judge on Jan. 4 demanded that self-styled militiamen occupying a remote U.S. wildlife center in Oregon peacefully end their 3-day-old anti-government siege, telling the protesters: "It's time for you to leave our community."

The White House has delayed imposing new financial sanctions on Iran over its ballistic-missile program, The Wall Street Journal reported on Dec. 31. 

U.S. State Department has rejected reports that the U.S. was continuing to eavesdrop on Turkish authorities even after the Snowden leaks in 2013. 

The denial came hours after the Wall Street Journal newspaper reported that the U.S. had conducted surveillance on some of its NATO allies, including Turkish authorities.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter used a personal email account for some work-related business earlier this year at the Pentagon, although he has since stopped such use of his personal email, the Pentagon said on Dec. 17.