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Korea Herald
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Korea Herald
Trump says he had productive call with Turkey's Erdogan, visits planned
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- United States President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan held a telephone call on Monday that both leaders described as "very productive" and said they discussed everything from how to end Russia's war in Ukraine to Syria and the Gaza war. In a social media post, Trump said the Turkish leader had invited him to Turkey "at a future date" and that he would also be coming to Washington, but did not say when. Erdogan, in a subsequent X post confirmed the mutual invite. "The phone call that I had today with my friend Donald Trump was very productive, comprehensive and sincere," Erdogan said. The bilateral ties between Turkey and the US had gradually soured over the past decade over disagreements on key policy issues including Syria and Ankara's closer ties with Moscow. Under the administration of former President Joe Biden, who kept Erdogan at an arm's length, the nature of US-Turkey ties further evolved into a more transactional one from the values-based partnership that it traditionally had been since Ankara joined NATO decades ago. With the arrival of Trump, Ankara is hoping for a friendlier Washington, even though it was the Republican president who imposed sanctions on Turkey in late 2020 over its purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense systems. Trump, who described as "excellent" his relationship with Erdogan during his first tenure at the White House, said the two countries would cooperate on ending the war in Ukraine. "I look forward to working with President Erdogan on getting the ridiculous but deadly, War between Russia and Ukraine ended -- NOW!," Trump said in his post. Erdogan welcomed the US efforts to end the war, Turkey's presidency said. Neither side gave any details what specific role Ankara would play in the process, which has stalled even as the Republican president during his campaign pledged that he would end the war on day one of his tenure. Since taking office in January, Trump has upended US policy toward the war in Ukraine, pressing Kyiv to agree to a ceasefire while easing pressure on Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbor in 2022. After repeatedly blaming Ukraine over the war even though Moscow invaded its smaller neighbor, Trump has turned some of his ire on Russian President Vladimir Putin recently, questioning his sincerity on making a deal to end the war. Erdogan also expressed the need for the uninterrupted delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza in the phone call adding that Ankara is ready to provide support for the establishment of a ceasefire and lasting peace, according to the Turkish readout. The Turkish leader also told Trump that Ankara was working to help preserve Syria's territorial integrity and urged Trump to consider sanctions relief for Damascus.
Express Tribune
05-05-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Trump eyes Erdogan's help to end Ukraine war
US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan held a telephone call on Monday that both leaders described as "very productive" and said they discussed everything from how to end Russia's war in Ukraine to Syria and the Gaza war. In a social media post, Trump said the Turkish leader had invited him to Turkey "at a future date" and that he would also be coming to Washington, but did not say when. Erdogan, in a subsequent X post confirmed the mutual invite. "The phone call that I had today with my friend Donald Trump was very productive, comprehensive and sincere," Erdogan said. The bilateral ties between Turkey and the United States had gradually soured over the past decade over disagreements on key policy issues including Syria and Ankara's closer ties with Moscow. Under the administration of former President Joe Biden, who kept Erdogan at an arm's length, the nature of US-Turkey ties further evolved into a more transactional one from the values-based partnership that it traditionally had been since Ankara joined NATO decades ago. With the arrival of Trump, Ankara is hoping for a friendlier Washington, even though it was the Republican president who imposed sanctions on Turkey in late 2020 over its purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense systems. Trump, who described as "excellent" his relationship with Erdogan during his first tenure at the White House, said the two countries would cooperate on ending the war in Ukraine. "I look forward to working with President Erdogan on getting the ridiculous but deadly, War between Russia and Ukraine ended -- NOW!," Trump said in his post.
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump Speaks to Erdogan, Says Turkish Leader to Visit US
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said that he had spoken with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and that his counterpart would visit Washington in the future. The Battle Over the Fate of Detroit's Renaissance Center NYC Real Estate Industry Asks Judge to Block New Broker Fee Law NJ Transit Strike Would Be 'Disaster' for Region, Sherrill Says Iceland Plans for a More Volcanic Future NJ Transit Urges Commuters to Work Remotely If Union Strikes 'The President invited me to go to Turkey at a future date and, likewise, he will be coming to Washington, D.C.,' Trump said in a post to Truth Social on Monday. Trump described their discussion as 'very good and productive' and said the two had discussed 'many subjects,' including Russia's war in Ukraine, Syria and Gaza. Erdogan had sought a meeting with Trump as the Turkish leader seeks to strengthen the partnership between Ankara and Washington and as Turkey looks to become a power broker on issues ranging from Ukraine to Syria. Earlier: Turkey's Erdogan Seeks White House Meeting With Trump in April US-Turkey ties have long been strained by Ankara's purchase of a Russian missile-defense system and Washington's support for a Syrian Kurdish militia that Turkey views as a terrorist group. In a call with Trump in March, Erdogan had urged him to lift sanctions imposed during his first term on Turkey's defense industries as a result of the Russian purchase. Turkey is also facing a 10% tariff on its exports to the US, stemming from Trump's April 2 announcement imposing duties on almost all American trading partners. US Border Towns Are Being Ravaged by Canada's Furious Boycott Made-in-USA Wheelbarrows Promoted by Trump Are Now Made in China 100 Moments You Might Have Missed From Trump's First 100 Days How an Israeli Hostage Negotiator Outsmarts Ransomware Hackers Can the Labubu Doll Craze Survive Trump's Tariffs? ©2025 Bloomberg L.P. Sign in to access your portfolio
Al Arabiya
12-02-2025
- Al Arabiya
Turkish writer, son accused of fleeing after crash can be extradited, US judge rules
A US judge on Tuesday ruled that a Turkish author and her son can be extradited to Turkey to face charges that he caused a reckless, fatal car crash in Istanbul and then fled the country with the help of his mother. US Magistrate Judge Donald Cabell in Boston rejected arguments that Turkish novelist and poet Eylem Tok and her 17-year-old son, Timur Cihantimur, had not been charged with extraditable offenses, clearing the way for the US State Department to consider turning them over. Further litigation is likely and could delay their extradition, which Turkey has been pursuing since their arrest in June as the mother and son were about to tour a private school in Boston. David Russcol, Tok's lawyer, said her attorneys were evaluating their options for further judicial review. Her son's lawyer, Martin Weinberg, said the ruling raised important issues concerning whether the juvenile could be extradited despite a lack of a formal criminal charge. The US Department of Justice declined to comment. The Turkish Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment. According to prosecutors, the teenager was driving a Porsche on the night of March 1 when, while speeding around a corner, he crashed into a group of people on all-terrain vehicles. One person, Oguz Murat Aci, died and four others were injured. Prosecutors said the teenager immediately fled the scene after saying something like 'my life is over.' He was picked up by the family's driver, and within hours Tok had purchased one-way plane tickets for them to fly to Cairo, Egypt. They then continued on to the United States. Their lawyers argued the teenager could not be extradited for the crime of causing reckless killing and injury because the US-Turkey extradition treaty only covered individuals who are formally charged, while he was only facing an arrest warrant. They also argued that Tok's alleged offenses of concealing a cellphone that authorities viewed as evidence and protecting an offender by helping her son flee were not extraditable under that treaty. Cabell rejected those arguments. With regard to Tok's son, he said it was clear that the term 'charged' in the treaty did not mean a formal charge. 'Rather, construed in the generic and more elastic sense, it is synonymous with accused,' he said.
