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    Ambassador Ricciardone Press Roundtable

    Ambassador Ricciardone: ...I guess you have questions regarding Syria, but before we start, please let me call your attention to another issue. Believe me, there is another issue that I am engaged with on my daily agenda as much as politics - which is trade and investment...

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  • Secretary Napolitano’s Visit to Turkey

    Secretary Napolitano’s Visit to Turkey

    U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano visited Turkey to discuss the Department’s collaboration with international partners on enhancing information sharing and combating transnational crime.

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  • Secretary Clinton

    Clinton on the Attack by Syria in Akcakale, Turkey

    Secretary Clinton: With respect to what happened on the Turkey-Syria border, we are outraged that the Syrians have been shooting across the border.

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  • Ricciardone at Fenerbahce Ulker-Boston Celtics Game

    Ricciardone at Fenerbahce Ulker-Boston Celtics Game

    Ambassador Ricciardone attended Fenerbahce Ulker-Boston Celtics NBA Europe Live 2012 basketball game with Consul General Kilner, Deputy Chairman of Ülker Board of Directors Ali Ülker, and NBA Turkey representatives.

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  • Acting Under Secretary Rose E. Gottemoeller
    Acting Under Secretary Rose E. Gottemoeller Travels to Turkey and India

    Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Rose E. Gottemoeller will travel to Ankara, Turkey, October 15, 2012 and New Delhi, India, October 16-19, 2012. During her visit, the Acting Under Secretary will focus on bilateral and regional cooperation on arms control, nonproliferation, disarmament, and other international security issues. 

  • Assistant Professor Danny Hayes
    Assistant Professor Danny Hayes Visits Turkey as the 2012 U.S. Elections Speaker

    Assistant Professor Danny Hayes has visited Turkey from September 30 to October 6 to give presentations at universities, think-tanks and research organizations in Ankara, Izmir and Istanbul.  

  • Caleb Nelon in Hatay (Photo: U.S. Embassy Staff)
    Burst of Color in Hatay!

    American Graffiti Artist Caleb Neelon was in Hatay last week as part of a U.S. Embassy program to highlight American pop culture. Caleb Neelon was joined by art students of Mustafa Kemal University and alumni of our Social Entrepreneurship Undergraduate and Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship programs. During the week students had the opportunity to learn about the history of graffiti and even tried making some graffiti themselves!   Video »

  • Mayor Lokman Erturk
    U.S. Department of State Honors Lokman Erturk of Turkey As State Alumni Member of the Month

    The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) selected Lokman Erturk as October’s State Alumni Member of the Month in recognition of his success in applying the concepts learned during his exchange for the betterment of his community. 

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    Conflict in Syria

    Secretary Clinton (Sept. 28): "The United States is moving forward on all these fronts: providing humanitarian aid, supporting the civilian opposition, and increasing pressure on the regime."   Fact Sheet »

  • Ambassador Ricciardone
    Ambassador Ricciardone Expresses Condolences Regarding the Terrorist Attack in Tunceli

    We condemn yesterday’s bloody attack in Tunceli in the strongest terms. On behalf of the United States and the American people, I send our heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of the fallen.  

  • Senior State Department Official on Secretary Clinton's Meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu
    Senior State Department Official on Secretary Clinton's Meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu

    "First, the Secretary obviously opened by thanking Turkey for the public statements made by Prime Minister Erdogan and other senior Turkish officials in the wake of the violence in Benghazi, Cairo, Tunis, et cetera. That led to a general conversation building on the themes that President Obama put forward yesterday morning about the importance of defending and supporting democratic transition.."  

  • Presıdent Barck Obama
    Readout of the President’s Call with Prime Minister Erdogan of Turkey

    (September 18) President Obama and Prime Minister Erdogan spoke by phone today to continue their close consultations on regional and global issues. The President expressed condolences for today’s deadly attack on a Turkish military convoy... 

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