Turkey–United States relations

Türkiye and the United States have discussed what roles they can play for ensuring a healthy, inclusive and stable power transition in Syria despite their differences on the continued support of Washington to the YPG terrorist organization.

We're excited to launch a new show to help you be more informed about the issues. In our first episode, our roundtable of experts breaks down Turkey & what we can expect in the US-Turkey relationship going forward. 

President Tayyip Erdogan called Donald Trump a "friend" in welcoming his return to the White House, and invited him for a visit despite longstanding strains in Turkish-US ties including some rooted in Trump's first term as president.

Here are some of the rifts between Washington and Ankara:

Defense, sanctions, NATO

President Tayyip Erdogan sought to reset Turkey's strained ties with the United States by inviting President-elect Donald Trump to visit, and said Trump spoke very positively about Turkey during a phone call.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed his belief that ties between Türkiye and the United States will improve under the "model partnership" following the reelection of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the U.S.

Six Greek-Americans have been elected to the US House of Representatives in Tuesday's presidential election, evenly representing the Democratic and Republican parties and strengthening the community's voice in Congress by one. 

Here are their names and some of their key positions on US-Greece and US-Turkey relations.

Chris Pappas, Democrat, New Hampshire

The re-election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States is creating a new global context at a time when the competition to shape the New World Order after the Cold War has intensified, which is also affecting regional conflicts and rivalries.

Turkish government officials are careful in their public statements regarding the results of the U.S. presidential elections to avoid leaving room for misinterpretations from Washington and to prevent possible shadows on their relations with the new president, whoever that may be.

The appeal by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan for the lifting of US CAATSA sanctions in a recent TV interview highlighted the difficulties of US-Turkish relations and the implicit but clear admission that Washington and Ankara are looking for a formula that would under certain conditions allow even the return of Turkey to the F-35 program.

Although a meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was not on the agenda, the Greek and Turkish missions at the NATO Summit in Washington have been in constant contact so that it can take place on Wednesday.