Joint Press Conference by President Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan, May 2013
President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan held a joint press conference on May 16, 2013. They discussed trade,...
Speaker: Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
October 4, 2012
Turkey's parliament has authorized the country's military to take further action against Syria after a mortar attack on Turkish territory killed five civilians. CFR's Steven A. Cook says the decision is unlikely to lead to war between Turkey and Syria for three reasons:
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