The demands are unlikely to be met anytime soon, but they reflect a renewed swagger for Erdogan as Turkey emerges as a more prominent power broker and NATO linchpin as the US reconfigures its ...

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"We face such things in every election (calls for ending Turkey’s membership of NATO). These are not the things that we will worry about. Those who call for terminating Turkey’s membership of ...

Turkey will block any new cooperation, including military drills, between Israel and Nato until a permanent ceasefire is reached in Gaza, Turkish official sources told Middle East Eye on Monday.

Turkey's president suggested that he will attempt to stop Sweden and Finland from joining NATO. Sweden and Finland are soon expected to apply to join the military alliance, a development prompted ...

Nato has urged the EU and Turkey to improve their relations as US President Donald Trump’s retreat from European security forces the continent’s capitals to rapidly rethink their alliances.

Trump’s call for NATO member states to increase their defense contributions to 5 percent of GDP has prompted discussions about strengthening ties with non-EU countries, including Turkey.

Turkey has blocked Israel from participating in the annual “resilience and emergency preparedness” military drill of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Israeli media reports.