Decoding Erdoğan’s visit to Washington

By: Ian Lesser / German Marshall Fund of the US The visit of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the United States has been animated by the deepening crisis in Syria and its mounting costs for Turkey and the region. Read More …

White House Fact Sheet: U.S.-Turkey Partnership

The White House released the “U.S.-Turkey Partnership” fact sheet on May 16 with Prime Minister Erdogan’s Washington visit. Below you can find the full text (see also “U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership“). Fact Sheet: U.S.-Turkey Partnership The United States and Turkey share Read More …

White House Fact Sheets: U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership

The White House released the “U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership” fact sheet on May 16 with Prime Minister Erdogan’s Washington visit. Below you can find the full text (see also”U.S.-Turkey Partnership“): Fact Sheet: U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership In April 2009, President Obama and Read More …

Op-Ed by President Obama: A Partnership That Delivers

By: President Barack Obama Turkey and the United States have been partners since shortly after the birth of the modern Turkish Republic. As NATO allies, we have defended our common security for more than six decades. And in the United Read More …

Erdogan back at the White House

By: Bulent Aliriza / CSIS On May 16 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets President Barack Obama on his first visit to the White House since December 2009. Obama has reserved much of his schedule for the day to Read More …