Turkey has rejected the press card applications of journalists Jörg Brase from the Second German Television (ZDF), Thomas Seibert from the Tagesspiegel newspaper and Halil Gülbeyaz from the Northern German Broadcasting (NDR).

Syrian President Assad has said that President Erdoğan is "a small US Pawn" and the "Kurds will become slaves for the Ottoman if they do not fight under Syrian Army."

In the wake of Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ statement that Uyghur folk poet Heyit died in prison in China, the country has released a video allegedly showing the musician. In the video, Heyit said, “I am now in good health and have never been abused.”

The US Department of Treasury has put businessperson Evren Kayakıran into the Foreign Sanctions Evaders List for violating sanctions against Iran.

France recognized the Armenian Genocide in 2001. Declaring April 24 as a day for the commemoration of the genocide was one of Macron's election promises in 2017.

Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras will start his two-day official visit to Turkey today. Tsipras, who will also visit the Halki Seminary in Heybeliada, will be the first Prime Minister of the country who has paid a visit to the seminary.

Flags of Turkey were hung on the walls of Armenian Ferrahian High School in Los Angeles, US on Wednesday morning. Los Angeles police are investigating the incident as a "hate crime".

The 2019 Trust Barometer of Edelman has shown that 52 percent of the general population in Turkey trust the government. While they have a distrust of international organizations, the rate of people trusting these organizations has still been on the rise.

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Mijatovič, who intervened in the case of Kavala at ECtHR, has submitted her written observations to the court: “The thesis that Gezi could have been orchestrated by a single person has no credibility.”

Trump talked with Erdoğan on the phone after saying “We will devastate Turkey economically if they hit Kurds” in a tweet. Statements from both sides after the talk show that tensions have dropped.

Commenting on the statements of President Trump, who said, “We will devastate Turkey economically if they hit Kurds,” US Secretary of State Pompeo has stated, “We apply sanctions in many places. I assume he's speaking about those kinds of things.”

US President Donald Trump has made a call “to stop the endless wars.” Presidential Spokesperson İsmail Kalın has responded: “There is no difference between DAESH, PKK, PYD and YPG. We will continue fighting against them all.”

More than 70 million documents on illegal affairs in the football market are delivered to Der Spiegel and are being investigated by almost 80 journalists from 15 media organizations. The Black Sea reports on the documents regarding Turkey.

During his visit to Iraq, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said, “Erdoğan has made commitments; he understands that, he talks about he has no beef with the Kurds. We want to make sure that that’s the case.”

Turkey has ranked 110th among 167 countries in 2018 Democracy Index released by the Economist. The magazine has emphasized, “Turkey’s score declined for the sixth year in a row as President Erdoğan swept aside most constraints on his power.”

President Erdoğan has not met with US National Security Adviser John Bolton, who previously stated that “the US would not withdraw its troops from Syria without protecting the Kurds.” Erdoğan has said, "The counterpart of Bolton is İbrahim Kalın."

Ahead of US National Security Adviser John Bolton’s visit to Turkey, US President Donald Trump has made a statement regarding ‘the levels of hate of different countries for ISIS.” Trump has said, “Turkey hates ISIS, maybe not as much as we do…”

Speaking one day before his visit to Turkey, Bolton said, “We expect that those who have fought with us in Syria, particularly the Kurds, will not be put in jeopardy.” Kalın responded: “The aim of Turkey is to save Kurds from the cruelty of the terrorist organization.”

The conflicts near Aleppo have spread to the Syrian province of Idlib. At least 100 people have died in the conflicts between the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and the National Front for Liberation, which identifies itself as part of the Free Syrian Army.

Republican Senator Graham has said after the meeting that the last thing they want is a conflict between Turkey and the YPG. The Senator has also said that Trump will assure Turkey of a buffer zone in Syria.