content tagged with US Department of State

Websites of the two outlets were banned last week after a request by Turkey's media authority.

"Our country's resolve to promote and protect human rights remains firm," the ministry has said.

US Department of State has released its 2020 country report on human rights practices in Turkey, listing a series of violations of rights including “torture”, “limited steps to investigate and penalize members of security forces” and “violence against minorities.”

The foreign minister and the US secretary of state had a brief talk on the sidelines of a NATO meeting, marking the first in-person meeting between the Biden administration and Turkey.

The president lashed out at the US after it initially said it condemned the killings of captured security personnel in Iraq "if the reports were confirmed."

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and US Department of State have made statements about the airstrike in Syria’s Idlib that claimed the lives of 33 soldiers.

US State Department Spokesperson Ortagus has stated, “We have said that Turkey will face real and negative consequences if they accept the S-400. Those consequences include participation in the F-35 program.”

After Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has announced that Turkey has started natural gas exploration activities in western Cyprus, the US Department of State has released a written statement: “We urge Turkish authorities to halt these operations.”