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A police officer patrols as Turkish police raid homes in the Haci Bayram neighborhood of the capital Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) ** FILE **

Panic in Turkey: Several injured in Ankara gas explosion

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Observers say Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is doubling down on the heavy-handed tactics that have kept him in power for the past 12 years even if his ruling party fails again Sunday to secure a majority. (Associated Press)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan determined to retain power regardless of Turkey election results

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Turkish foreign minister Feridun Sinirlioglu attends a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. Turkish jets on Friday shot down an unidentified drone that had violated Turkey's airspace at the border with Syria, the military said. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey shoots down drone at border with Syria

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his wife Sare Davutoglu arrive to offer carnations at the site of an explosion in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. Authorities in Istanbul banned a protest rally and march by the same trade union and civic society groups who lost friends and colleagues in Turkey's bloodiest terror attack. (Hakan Goktepe/Prime Ministry Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey bans rally by activists mourning colleagues

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Bodies of victims are covered with flags and banners as a police officer secure the area after an explosion in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. Two bomb explosions apparently targeting a peace rally in Turkey's capital Ankara on Saturday has killed many people a news agency and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey peace rally targeted: Suicide bombings kill 95 people in Ankara

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

A police officer patrols as Turkish police raid homes in the Haci Bayram neighborhood of the capital Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

U.S., Turkey aim for Islamic State-free zone in northern Syria

By Bassem Mroue and Julie Pace - Associated Press

About 1,000 Kurdish activists from Istanbul who arrived in response to a call for mass mobilization by the imprisoned leader of the PKK rebel group, Abdullah Ocalan, gather at the border near Suruc, Turkey, on Sept. 25, 2014. (Associated Press)

Obama denies gaining Turkey’s help in Islamic State fight means sacrificing Kurds

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples's Democracy Party celebrate election results in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Monday. Turkey's long-ruling Justice and Development Party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suffered strong losses in parliamentary elections that will force it to seek a coalition partner for the next government, but other parties vowed to resist any pact. (Associated Press)

Recep Erdogan’s party loss in Turkey won’t likely benefit U.S.

By Nathaniel Madden - The Washington Times

The legacy of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's dozen years in power is up for grabs as spillover from the Syrian civil war and a restive Kurdish minority make Turkey's June 7 parliamentary elections a crucial test for the president's political machine and his own personal staying power. (Associated Press)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s grip on Turkey threatened by pro-Kurdish party

By Jacob Resneck - The Washington Times

Pope Francis celebrates an Armenian-Rite Mass to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican Sunday, April 12, 2015. Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I, an event widely viewed by genocide scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century. Turkey however denies that the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has been inflated, and that those killed were victims of civil war and unrest. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Is there a light in the dark for Turkey’s invisible Christians?

By Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pushing a bill that would allow for arbitrary searches and detentions without charges. (Associated Press)

CLAUDE SALHANI: How Turkey miscalculated in the Mideast

By Claude Salhani

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pushing a bill that would allow for arbitrary searches and detentions without charges. (Associated Press)

Recep Erdogan’s vision for Turkey undermined by domestic strife

By Jacob Resneck — Special to The Washington Times

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, listens to Pope Francis' speech at the Presidential palace in Ankara, Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Pope Francis condemned the Islamic State assault on Christians and other religions minorities in Iraq and Syria as he arrived Friday in neighboring Turkey to encourage Muslim leaders to take a stronger stand against extremists who twist religion to justify terrorism. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Pope urges more Muslim opposition to IS in Turkey

By Nicole Winfield and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

To the rescue: Iraqi peshmerga fighters have entered the northern Syrian town of Kobani to join the Kurdish resistance. The forces have coordinated attacks against Islamic State militants, who have been besieging the strategic city for weeks. (Associated Press)

Turkey allows Iraqi reinforcements for Kurds battling Islamic State in Kobani

By Jacob Resneck — Special to The Washington Times

Syrian rebels enter Kurdish town from Turkey

By Elena Becatoros and Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Turkish soldiers on a tank hold their position on a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, overlooking Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. The fighting over Kobani has brought Syria's civil war yet again to Turkey's doorstep and allies have tried to press Ankara to take a more robust role in the U.S.-led coalition to fight the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

U.S.-led coalition ramps up strikes on Syrian town

By RYAN LUCAS and DESMOND BUTLER - Associated Press

President Obama, left, looks to Vice President Joe Biden as he speaks at a ceremony in East Room of the White House in Washington, May 12, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Turkey tells Obama, Biden ‘no-fly zone must be declared’ in Syria

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hand with Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu upon his arrival at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Kerry is in the region to speak with leaders about strategies to address the threat from the Islamic State, a militant extremist group. John Kerry said that the US would provide an additional $500 million in humanitarian aid to victims of the war in Syria, bringing total American assistance to $2.9 billion since the start of the conflict in 2011. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Kerry says no to Iran’s help against Islamic group

By Lara Jakes - Associated Press