Trump Signs Executive Order to Impose Sanctions, Visa Bans on Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses people demonstrating against the failed military coup attempt in Turkey, via video conferencing at the Turkish Presidency in Ankara, Turkey on July 24, 2016; President Donald Trump attends a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 7, 2017. (Yasin Bulbul/AFP/Getty Images;

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to place sanctions and visa bans on the Turkish government following Ankara’s offensive into northern Syria.

The move was announced by Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outside the White House.