Erdogan will "prod Putin to think about conflict resolution in terms that don't lead to further escalation," Outzen said. In comments made to the media on July 21, ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian leader Vladimir Putin met on Monday in Russia’s southern coastal city of Sochi amid efforts to bring Moscow back into the critical Black Sea ...

The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor and purge of the opposition marks a dangerous shift in Turkey’s democracy, threatening ...

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump told him he would attend potential peace talks between the leaders of Ukraine and Russia in Turkey, if Russian ...

Mr. Erdogan staked out a more complex position, condemning Russia’s invasion and offering aid to Ukraine while expanding his country’s economic ties with Russia and referring to Mr. Putin as ...

Putin and Erdogan have been deeply at odds at times -- in 2015, Putin said the downing of a Russian warplane by Turkish fighter jets near the Syrian-Turkish border was a "stab in the back" -- and ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara is working to organize a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky and ...

SOCHI, RUSSIA - SEPTEMBER 4 (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) talks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) during their meeting on September 4, 2023 in Sochi, Russia.

The Putin-Erdogan relationship is a strange one, with both countries “openly cooperating but also fighting proxy wars” in Syria and Libya, while Turkey needs Russian acquiescence to go after ...

Erdogan Appreciates Putin's Invite. Russia is preparing for parliamentary elections next month and is still at odds with western neighbors due to its intervention in Ukraine.

During Erdogan’s campaign, Putin agreed to defer gas payments as Ankara grappled with a pinching economic crisis. The Russian leader also inaugurated Turkey’s first nuclear plant in a virtual ...