Selcan Hacaoglu

Turkey expects President Donald Trump to attend the NATO summit in Ankara next month, where alliance members will face pressure to show progress on a longstanding US demand to ramp up defense spending.

Turkey is trying to connect underground fuel pipelines as part of a $28 billion infrastructure expansion by NATO to enhance the alliance’s fuel security, according to people familiar with the matter.

The US moved to resolve a key legal dispute with Turkey involving a state bank, alleviating a major irritant in bilateral ties ahead of President Donald Trump’s anticipated visit next month.

Turkey warned it would respond forcefully to any threat against Turkish Cypriots after Cyprus signed a defense agreement with France that will allow French troops to be deployed on the island.

A plane carrying Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the first official landing at an Ankara airport that was rebuilt to receive US President Donald Trump and other leaders for an upcoming NATO summit.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will deploy an Italian SAMP/T missile-defense system to a key Turkish air base in central Anatolia, according to the Turkish defense ministry, to bolster the alliance’s air defenses.

NATO deployed an Italian SAMP/T missile-defense system in the central Anatolian city of Konya to reinforce the alliance’s air defense, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

Turkey plans to reopen the long-shuttered Halki seminary as a university, reviving an institution central to Orthodox Christianity and addressing a longstanding demand from the US and the European Union.

Turkey, ahead of a NATO summit in Ankara next month, is not only raising a security force larger than many alliance members’ militaries but also giving the Turkish capital a cosmetic makeover.

Turkish officials expect Syria’s president to visit Ankara around the time Turkey is hosting a NATO summit there next month, according to people familiar with the matter.