Turkey’s President Erdogan announces elections on May 14
Erdogan, who plans to seek re-election, made the announcement during a Saturday youth conference in northwestern Bursa province.
Erdogan, who plans to seek re-election, made the announcement during a Saturday youth conference in northwestern Bursa province.
In a more recent spat in 2018 when the United States moved its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Turkey expelled the Israeli ambassador from Ankara.
The Turkish leader also said the world was facing a socio-economic crisis on a global scale because of the impacts of the pandemic.
He said that some 18,000 refugees had "pressed on the gates and crossed" into Europe.
The de-escalation zone in Idlib is turning into "an escalation zone" as militants there attack targets outside the zone, he said.
The two leaders agreed that the attacks of the Syrian government forces against the Turkish soldiers in Idlib were unacceptable.
On January 28, President Trump unveiled his long-awaited Middle East peace plan, envisaging a two-state solution but keeping Jerusalem as Israel’s undivided capital.
It also claimed that the Trump administration should impose sanctions on Turkey over the S-400 purchase.
The visit comes as tension between NATO's member states becomes more public, most notably on the issue of burden-sharing, which pitted the United States and European members against each other.
However, Trump made it clear that he has moved on and was no longer affected by tensions generated by the offensive.
