There is a cycle of tyranny and a cycle of radicalization that seems to be going on in Turkey that is frightening about where that could lead.
Our hope for a better situation and things would turn around has not happened, and we have been disappointed.
President Erdogan's party has used the levers of power to limit dissent and to crack down on free journalism.
Seemingly erratic, Erdogan has officially designated the followers of Mr. Gulen as a terrorist group.
These kind of steps have taken Turkey further away from the shared values at the heart of our American-Turkish alliance.
Turkey remains one of the worst countries in the world when it comes to freedom of the press.
I will be submitting a Sense of the House resolution expressing concern about the direction of various societal trends and governmental tren...
It would be a disaster for us to lose Turkey as a military partner.
I think that Erdogan represents more of a nationalistic Turkey focus rather than Europe focus approach.
The Gulen movement... tend to be people who have high values and are looking for a more open and you say tolerant Islam.
We should speak out strongly against abuses of freedom of the press and politically motivated arrests in Turkey.