By: Semih Idiz / Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse The Pew Research Center indicates that Turks are still among the world champions in anti-Americanism. Pew’s “Global Attitude Project” for 2012 showed that 72% of Turks rated the US unfavorably, while only 15% rated Read More …
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Obama calls Erdogan on Gaza
The White House announced that President Obama called Prime Minister Erdogan to discuss the escalation of violence in Gaza. According to the statement, “the two leaders shared their concerns about the dangers to civilian populations on both sides and expressed Read More …
Gül and Erdoğan congratulate Obama
President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated President Barack Obama on his election victory. In his congratulatory letter, Gül stressed that ties between Turkey and the U.S. have strengthened and stated, “we are determined to maintain the Read More …
US – Turkey relations and the candidates
By: Yigal Schleifer / Washington American President Barack Obama and his challenger, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, have been spending this election season working hard to portray themselves as each representing a starkly different choice for American voters. But as the Read More …
Turkey: America's new key ally?
Speaking to the Global Post, Sinan Ulgen, chairman of the Center for Economic and Foreign Policy Studies, a think tank in Istanbul, says that U.S. – Turkey relations have peaked during the administration of President Barack Obama.