11 members of the US House of Representatives, both Democrat and Republican, have addressed a letter to US President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken and called on them to not sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey.

Arrested in Turkey for a year, journalist and writer Deniz Yücel has been elected the new President of PEN Germany.

The Senate has confirmed former Senator Jeff Flake to be the US's new envoy to Ankara. Flake will now succeed current ambassador David Satterfield.

The US administration has reiterated its support for the reopening of the Halki seminary, which had been the main theological school for the Eastern Orthodox Church until its closure in 1971.

"What we issued was a statement to underscore that the statement that we put out on October 18 was consistent with Article 41 of Vienna Convention," says US Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price about yesterday's statement.

After Erdoğan announced that he ordered 10 ambassadors who called for Kavala’s release to be declared “personae non gratae”, politicians from the EP and Germany have slammed the move. The Open Society Foundations have also released a statement.

43 countries from the United Nations, including Turkey, have made a joint call to China in the face of mounting violations of rights targeting the Uyghurs in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

The Libyan Stability Initiative conference will be held today at the ministerial level.

We have interviewed retired Ambassador Yalım Eralp about the Osman Kavala case and Turkey-US relations.

The European Commission has issued its 2021 Report on Turkey, raising concerns about the state of fundamental rights, rule of law, judicial independence and press freedom. Foreign Ministry has slammed the report over “double standards.”

A YPG spokesperson has said that Russia pursues its own interest in Syria while the Damascus government acts "irresponsibly."

As part of her "farewell trips," Germany's outgoing chancellor met President Erdoğan in İstanbul.