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Ezgi Akin

Aug 28, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. — Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation leaders' summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Sept. 16, 2022. — ALEXANDR DEMYANCHUK/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

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Russia hosts Turkey's Fidan, presses for guarantees on grain deal

Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visits the Memory Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine during his official visit in Kyiv, on August 25, 2023, the Independence Day of Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by GLEB GARANICH / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GLEB GARANICH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Turkey’s Fidan to visit Russia as Ukraine's grain deal, Syria talks stall

Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Erdogan: Revival of Russia-Ukraine grain deal hinges on West

Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

The Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Asl Tia en-route to China transits the Bosporus.

Russia pulls inspectors from Turkey after Kremlin nixes grain deal

Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO