The $400 Million Question: Trump’s Qatar-Gifted Air Force One Was Too Unsafe to Fly Out of Turkey — Here’s What That Means Washington, D.C. / Ankara / London — It was supposed to be the most glamorous airplane in the world. The most powerful symbol of American prestige. A “beautiful plane for a beautiful price,” […]
A Historic Moment — or a Battle Still to Be Won? Trump, Turkey, and the F-35 Fight That Will Define the Future Washington, D.C. / Ankara — The flags of 32 nations lined the grand boulevards of Ankara last week. NATO leaders shook hands, made promises, and posed for cameras inside a city that was,
A Historic Turning Point: Trump, Türkiye, and the F-35 — What It Means for Turkish Americans The Big Picture: Something Shifted at NATO’s Ankara Summit For the first time in years, something real is happening between the United States and Türkiye — and Turkish Americans need to pay close attention. This past week, President Donald
Türkiye Pushes a “Reset” With Trump — and Prepares for a Smaller U.S. Role Ankara’s NATO Summit Moment: Türkiye Pushes a “Reset” With Trump — and Prepares for a Smaller U.S. Role In remarks that landed like a diplomatic flare across Europe, Türkiye’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, urged NATO allies to use the alliance’s next
A New Chapter: Why Trump’s Republicans Offer a Stronger Path for U.S.–Türkiye Relations Obama-Era Strains: U.S. Support for YPG and the PKK Dilemma Under President Barack Obama and Democratic leadership, U.S.–Türkiye relations became increasingly strained – largely due to Washington’s collaboration with Kurdish militias in Syria that Ankara links to the PKK insurgency. Notably, the
