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Last Updated: May 4, 2021  New Updates:  On April 26, 2021, the Government of Turkey (GoT) announced additional restrictions and closures to stop the spread of…

Key Strategic Policy Themes for Mission Turkey’s Grants Program U.S. Mission Turkey announces its country-wide grants program. Funding is available to support projects that address…

NEW UPDATES: On April 26, 2021, the Government of Turkey (GoT) announced additional restrictions and closures to stop the spread of COVID-19, including a full-time curfew throughout ALL of…

Location: Turkey, countrywide Event:  Demonstrations or protests may occur following the April 24 White House statement remembering the lives of all those who died in…

THE WHITE HOUSE April 23, 2021 President Joseph R. Biden spoke today with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, conveying his interest in a constructive bilateral…

New Updates: On April 21, the Government of Turkey (GoT) announced an extension of this weekend’s COVID-19 curfew restrictions over the National Sovereignty and Children’s…

New Updates: On Tuesday, April 13, 2021, the Government of Turkey announced partial restrictions for the month of Ramadan and Bayram April 14-May 17, 2021.…

NEW UPDATES: On Monday, March 29, 2021, the Government of Turkey (GoT) announced its latest update regarding COVID-19 and the status of each of Turkey’s…

Even before signing a cultural property agreement, the U.S. and Turkey worked together to save a centuries-old synagogue that was on the verge of collapse.

By  Leigh Hartman The People’s Republic of China is stepping up baseless prosecutions of Uyghur and other Muslim minorities, sentencing innocent people to years in…

APRIL 1, 2021 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke by phone today with Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar to underscore commitment…

03/30/2021 Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Today at the fifth Brussels Conference on “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region,” U.S. Ambassador to…

Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad visited Turkey March 26-29 to discuss with Turkish counterparts the upcoming Istanbul international conference on the Afghanistan…

THE WHITE HOUSE March 21, 2021 Turkey’s sudden and unwarranted withdrawal from the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and…

THE WHITE HOUSE March 20, 2021 Statement from President Biden Marking Nowruz Spring is an eternal symbol of renewal and rebirth, with light and hope…

Ned Price, Department Spokesperson The United States is closely following events in Turkey, including troubling moves on March 17 to strip Member of Parliament Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu of his parliamentary seat.…

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson MEDIA NOTE March 15, 2021 Joint Statement by the Secretary of State of the United States of…