Trump bets on former NATO troublemaker as Turkey's strategic value surges
President Donald Trump says he’s attending the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, for one reason: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. “I’m going because of Erdoğan,” Trump told reporters June 24,…
NATO summit host Turkey sees its alliance clout rising amid war raging nearby
ANKARA — Host country Turkey expects from the NATO summit here this week that national leaders will reaffirm the alliance’s principle of collective defense enshrined in Article 5, according to…





