Tag: Mevlut Cavusoglu

Blinken’s Visit to Quake-Hit Turkey Highlights Longstanding Tensions

ANKARA, Turkey—U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Feb. 20 in Ankara. Talks focused largely on the aftermath of twin earthquakes that recently struck southern Turkey, leaving tens of thousands dead and causing widespread destruction. But they also served to highlight the tensions that continue to dog relations…


Top Turkish Diplomat’s Washington Visit Highlights Complex Relationship

A visit to Washington on Jan. 18 by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, during which he met U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken, served to highlight the complex relationship between the NATO allies. At the meeting, both men reaffirmed their “longstanding commitment to collective defense as [NATO] allies,” according to a joint statement released afterward. While both…


Greece Rejects Turkish Minister’s Comments on Muslim Minority

ATHENS—Greece reacted angrily on Sunday to a statement by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu that described members of a Muslim minority in northern Greece as Turkish and that said they were not accorded full civic rights. The statement by Cavusoglu, during a private visit to the northern Greek region of Thrace on Sunday, came ahead…