One of the key moments of the July 7–8 NATO Summit was the meeting between Erdoğan and Trump. CAATSA sanctions, S-400, the F-35, KAAN: intertwined quartet in Türkiye-US military relations During the meeting, Trump struck a positive tone on lifting the CAATSA sanctions imposed by the US on Türkiye and on Türkiye’s possible return to the F-35 program. These two ...
By Tevfik Kadan Recently, the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations organized a hearing titled “US Policy on Turkey”. Issues such as the S-400 defense systems purchased by Turkey from Russia, the Turkish policy on Syria, Turkish actions in the Eastern Mediterranean, the reopening of the Cypriot town of Maras (Varosha) and the human rights report of Turkey were discussed ...