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A person walks past billboards of Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan a day after the presidential election day, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, May 15, 2023. Turkey's presidential elections appeared to be heading toward a second-round runoff on Monday, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled his country with a firm grip for 20 years, leading over his chief challenger, but falling short of the votes needed for an outright win. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

With Turkey’s presidential election going to a runoff, what comes next?

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he delivers a speech during an election campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May 13, 2023. Turkish politicians held their final rallies on the last hours of campaigning before Saturday, the eve of pivotal presidential and parliamentary elections that could significantly shape the NATO member's future, before a so-called propaganda ban went into effect. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey awaits presidential election results as Erdogan’s leadership hangs in balance

By Suzan Fraser and Zeynep Bilginsoy - Associated Press

Syrian Muhammed Al Zakret, 57, works in a hot drinks and coffee shop in an open public market in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Tuesday, April 29, 2023. Syrians fleeing their country's civil war were once welcomed in Turkey out of compassion, making the country home to the world’s largest refugee community. But as their numbers grew — and as Turkey began to grapple with a battered economy, including skyrocketing food and housing prices — so did calls for their return, with the repatriation of Syrians and other migrants has become a top theme in presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday, May 14. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

As key votes loom, Turkish parties vow to send migrants home

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Supporters of the Turkey Youth Union are seen through a Turkish flag during a protest against U.S. President Joe Biden's statement, outside the U.S. consulate, in Istanbul, Monday, April 26, 2021. On Saturday Biden followed through on a campaign promise to recognize the events that began in 1915 and killed an estimated 1.5 million Ottoman Armenians as genocide. The statement was carefully crafted to say the deportations, massacres and death marches took place in the Ottoman Empire. Turkey rejects the use of the word, saying both Turks and Armenians were killed in the World War I-era fighting, and has called for a joint history commission to investigate. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey closes airspace to Armenian flights over monument

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

A man punches Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party, CHP, outside Ankara, Turkey, on Sunday, April 21, 2019, during the funeral of a soldier killed during clashes with Kurdish rebels at the Iraq border. Kilicdaroglu is the main challenger to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the May 14 presidential election, and he cuts a starkly different figure than the incumbent who has led the country for two decades. As the polarizing Erdogan has grown increasingly authoritarian, Kilicdaroglu has a reputation as a bridge builder and vows to restore democracy. (DHA via AP) **FILE**

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, challenger in Turkey presidential race, offers sharp contrast

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

The Turkish army patrols as rescue workers continue the search for victims of the earthquake in Antakya, Turkey, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. Rescue crews on Saturday pulled more survivors, including entire families, from toppled buildings despite diminishing hopes as the death toll of the enormous quake that struck a border region of Turkey and Syria five days continued to rise. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) **FILE**

Group: Turkish troops shooting Syrian civilians along border

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US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, and Sweden's Minister for Defence, Pål Jonson, hold a joint press conference at the Muskö Naval Base, in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)

Lloyd Austin hopes Turkey will act on Sweden NATO bid before July

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a joint news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu after their talks, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, April 7, 2023. Lavrov and Cavusoglu have discussed regional issues and bilateral relations.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Russia: West must remove obstacles to its grain exports

By Suzan Fraser and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at his presidential palace, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, March 10, 2022. Erdogan suggested Wednesday, March 15, that his country could soon ratify Finland's application to join NATO, allowing the country to join the military alliance separately from Sweden.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Erdogan hints Turkey may ratify Finland’s NATO membership

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, disembarks his plane upon arrival at Esenboga Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. Blinken has taken a helicopter tour of one of the provinces worst-affected by the Feb. 6 earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria. The secretary of state is making his first trip to NATO ally Turkey since he took office. Blinken arrived at Incirlik Air Base on Sunday after attending the Munich Security Conference in Germany. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Key developments in the aftermath of the Turkey, Syria quake

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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson speaks during the annual Society and Defence Conference in Salen, Sweden, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP)

Sweden: Erdogan effigy ‘act of sabotage’ against NATO bid

By Suzan Fraser and Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Representatives of the Turkish communities put flowers over a memorial placed on the spot of Sunday's explosion on Istanbul's popular pedestrian Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.Turkish police said Monday they have detained a Syrian woman with suspected links to Kurdish militants and that she confessed planting a bomb that exploded on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul, killing six people and wounding several dozen others. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Turkey detains suspect linked to Istanbul bombing in Syria

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg left, shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu following a press conferences in Istanbul, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

NATO chief urges Turkey to endorse Finland, Sweden accession

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands during their meeting on sidelines of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit, in Astana, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin tempts Turkey, suggests making it Europe’s new gas hub

By Suzan Fraser and Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

In this handout photo provided by the Turkish Presidency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands prior to their meeting at the Rus sanatorium in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022.( Turkish Presidency via AP )

Putin hosts Erdogan for talks on trade, Ukraine, Syria

By Vladimir Isachenkov and Zeynep Bilginsoy - Associated Press

President Joe Biden meets with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the NATO summit in Madrid, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden backs F-16s for Turkey in sign of warming relations with NATO

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Police forces drive to Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Monday, June 27, 2022. The G-7 leaders will begin Monday's session of their three-day summit with a focus on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Live updates | Erdogan adamant on Sweden, Finland NATO bids

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov listens to questions during a news conference following a tripartite meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, in Antalya, Turkey, Thursday, March 10, 2022. Lavrov is scheduled Wednesday, June 8, 2022 to hold talks with Turkish officials on a plan that would allow Ukraine to export its grain through the Black Sea to global markets amid an escalating food crisis. (AP Photo, File)

Russia open to Ukraine grain exports but demands conditions

By Ayse Wieting and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Villagers walk past unexploded artillery shells as they collect scrap metal from a bombed warehouse in the village of Malaya Rohan, Kharkiv region, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Live updates | UN Chief: War in Ukraine driving world hunger

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

People hold posters of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Oct. 2, 2020, marking the two-year anniversary of his death. In a surprise development, the prosecutor in the case against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi requested Thursday March 31, 2022, that their trial in absentia be suspended and the case be transferred to Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)

Turkey to OK Khashoggi murder trial’s move to Saudi Arabia

By Suzan Fraser