Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is poised to meet US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the NATO summit in a bid to turn the page on strained relations between the two countries, people familiar with the matter said.

Confidence in U.S. President Donald Trump's ability to handle world affairs, and in the United States overall under his leadership, has sunk in some key U.S. allies, but has risen in some other countries.

Courtesy of Mr Trump and his associates, Turkey’s relations with America, having plumbed new depths over much of the past decade, are undergoing a remarkable reboot. The American president’s attempts to impose a peace deal on Ukraine,

Turkey was removed from the F-35 program after it purchased Russian S-400 air defense radars—but it may be willing to give them up in exchange for its return.

President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey has not given up on acquiring F-35 fighter jets from the United States and has conveyed its desire to rejoin the programme from which it was removed over its purchase of Russian defence systems.

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, at the pre-summit dinner of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization at the Royal Palace of the Hague, broke bread and talked turkey with President Trump, outlining a roadmap toward a more peaceful and prosperous tomorrow.

The truth is, he believed me 10%,' Trump said of the threat he made to Putin that he would bomb Moscow if Russia invaded Ukraine.

The U.S. ambassador to Turkey said he expects Donald Trump and Tayyip Erdogan to resolve long-standing defence-related sanctions on Turkey by year end, according to an interview with state owned Anadolu Agency.