Pompeo and Cavusoglu got into an argument at a virtual meeting of NATO foreign ministers on Tuesday.
US position is that Ankara creates tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, conducting resource exploration in disputed sea waters and buying the S-400 air defense system from a strategic enemy Russia.
The Turks accuse the United States of supporting Kurdish militants - the People's Self-Defense Forces (YPG) in northern Syria and the Eastern Mediterranean, where Washington calls on European allies to oppose Turkey "blindly supporting Greece in regional conflicts."
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