May 31, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday (May 29) said Turkey’s newly re-elected president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, raised the possibility of U.S. sales of F16 aircraft to Turkey and that Biden brought up Turkey’s dropping its opposition to Sweden entering NATO, Reuters reports.   Biden spoke after talking to Erdogan on the phone to congratulate him…

Turkey’s president-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be sworn in on June 3, while the country’s new government may take the oath on the following day, a source in Ankara has told TASS.   “The president will take oath and assume the office on Saturday. On Sunday, cabinet members are expected to be sworn in, and…