Turkey–United States relations

Until early 2023, it seemed that Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Turkey was set to celebrate the 100 years since its founding on October 29 with an emphasis on how the founders "threw the Greeks into the sea." The Turkish president's oft-repeated threat, "We will come one night," stressed this past and the later invasion of Cyprus.

Israel said Saturday that it was recalling its diplomats from Turkey over "increasingly harsh statements" coming from the government in Ankara.

The announcement came after Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told a massive protest crowd in Istanbul that his government was preparing to declare Israel a "war criminal" due to its actions in the Gaza Strip. 

The stalemate in Washington on the issue of the approval for the modernization and sale of the F-16s is increasingly concerning Ankara, prompting skepticism about the future of US-Turkish relations.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday accused the country's opposition parties of playing into the hands of Greece ahead of elections in 2023.

As the political crisis in Cyprus escalated in 1964, Turkey's National Security Council decided that it would invade the island and ordered preparatory actions. The United States immediately intervened and on June 5, 1964, president Lyndon B. Johnson sent a letter to Turkish premier Ismet Inonu to prevent the invasion.

Turkey is increasingly aggressive. It is occupying, bombing, or threatening Cyprus, Syria, Iraq, Armenia, and, in recent weeks, Greece

Turkey is taking steps to establish a 30 kilometer security zone south of its border with Syria against the threat posed by the PKK/YPG terror group, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on June 4. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on June 3, the call addressed Sweden and Finland's bid to join NATO, according to a statement by Turkish Communications Directorate. 

Turkey has summoned ambassadors of France and Germany over the activities of the terrorist organization PKK on their territories, warning all NATO members, as well as Sweden and Finland, who wish to join the alliance, to end their ties and links with all anti-Turkey terror groups.

Turkey has officially started the Turkish Space Traveler and Science Mission project, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on May 23.

"We are officially starting the process of sending a Turkish citizen to space, within the scope of our National Space Program," Erdoğan said during a speech after the cabinet meeting.