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The Lawfare Podcast: The State of the U.S.-Turkey Relationship When President Biden entered office, he inherited a bilateral relationship with Turkey that was strained to the limits by the growing independent streak in that country's foreign policy—and one that had been pushed in unfamiliar directions by his predecessor's direct and often unpredictable personal relationship with Turkey's longstanding president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. This past week, the Biden administration made its first major move on the U.S.-Turkey relationship by recognizing the atrocities committed against Armenians by...

Biden - AAP 5370537724001 US President Joe Biden says the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, a historic declaration that infuriated Turkey. The move breaks away from decades of carefully calibrated language from the White House and will likely be celebrated by the Armenian diaspora in the United States. But it comes at a time when Ankara and Washington have deep policy disagreements over a host of issues and is set to further strain frayed ties between the two NATO allies. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey "entirely rejects" the US dec...

Turkey's government and most of the opposition have shown rare unity in their rejection of the largely symbolic move which breaks away from decades of carefully calibrated language from the White House.

US President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, a historic declaration that infuriated Turkey and further strained frayed ties between the two NATO allies.

Source: Highlights Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey "entirely rejects" the U.S. decision which he said was based "solely on populism". In his statement, Biden said the American people honor "all those Armenians who perished in the genocide that began 106 years ago today." For decades, measures recognizing the Armenian genocide stalled in the U.S. Congress and U.S. presidents. Washington: U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday said the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, a historic declaration that infuriated Turkey and is set to further ...