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In this Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019 file photo, a truck carrying parts of the S-400 air defense systems, exits a Russian transport aircraft after landing at Murted military airport outside Ankara, Turkey. NATO-member Turkey has tested its Russian-made advanced air defense missile system, Turkish media reports said Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, raising the specter of a new standoff with the United States. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool, File) **FILE**

Turkey test-fires Russian-built air defense system: reports

By Mike Glenn and Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, April 4, 2016 file photo, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci sits in his office in front of a portrait of the Turkish Republic founder Kemal Ataturk, during an interview for the Associated Press in the Turkish breakaway north part of the divided capital Nicosia in this ethnically Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Turkish Cypriots will vote Sunday Oct. 11, 2020 to choose a leader who will explore, with rival Greek Cypriots, whether there's enough common ground left for a deal to end the island's decades of ethnic division. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

Turkish Cypriots choose leader as Cyprus talks reboot looms

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, wearing a face mask to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, inspects a military honour guard at the parliament, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. Turkey's government is being accused of hiding the true extent of the country's coronavirus outbreak after the health minister revealed that the daily COVID-19 figures published by his ministry reflect only patients with symptoms and not all positive cases. (Turkish Presidency via AP. Pool)

EU lashes out at Turkey over rule of law, rights, freedoms

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Greek Defense Ministry on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, air force jets participate in a joined training drill with armed forces from Greece and the United Arab Emirates near the Greek island of Crete, southern Greece. Turkey's president on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, has warned Greece to enter talks over disputed eastern Mediterranean territorial claims or face the consequences. Ankara is currently facing off against Greece and Cyprus over oil and gas exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean. All sides have deployed naval and air forces to assert their competing claims in the region. (Greek Defense Ministry via AP)

Greece to boost military amid tensions with neighbor Turkey

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

In this photo provided on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, by the Greek Defense Ministry, worships from Greece, Italy, Cyprus and France, participate in a joint military exercise which was held from 26-28 of August, south of Turkey in eastern Mediterranean sea. Turkey on Monday, Aug. 31, accused Greece of &quot;piracy&quot; and warned it will stand up to Athens' alleged efforts to militarize islands near its coast. (Greek Defense Ministry via AP)

NATO: Turkey, Greece start talks to reduce risk of conflict

By ELENA BECATOROS and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Erdogan waves as he attends celebrations marking the anniversary of the 1071 battle of Manzikert, during which Turkish Seljuks beat Byzantine forces, gaining entry into Anatolia, in Malazgirt, eastern Turkey, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Erdogan warned Greece on Wednesday not to test his country's patience or courage, further stoking tensions between the NATO allies over offshore energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean.(Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

AP Explains: What’s behind the Turkey-Greece saber rattling

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this photo taken Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, Turkey's research vessel, Oruc Reis, center, is surrounded by Turkish navy vessels as it was heading in the west of Antalya on the Mediterranean, Turkey. Greece says it will conduct a navy and air force exercise in an area of the eastern Mediterranean where Turkey is prospecting for oil and gas in an area as the neighboring countries remain locked in a dispute over offshore energy rights. (IHA via AP)

Greece plans Mediterranean navy exercises; Turkey objects

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press

This photo provided Friday Aug.14, 2020 by the French Defense Ministry shows the French Tonnerre helicopter carrier, center, escorted by Greek and French military vessels during a maritime exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Greece's prime minister warmly thanked France Thursday for boosting its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean, where Greek and Turkish warships are closely shadowing each other over a Turkish energy exploration bid in waters Athens claims as its own. (French Defense Ministry via AP)

EU holding urgent talks on Greece-Turkey energy dispute

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, July 25, 2020 file photo, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Fayez Sarraj, the head of Libya's internationally-recognized government, pose for photographs prior to their talks in Istanbul. Turkey is secretly expanding its footprint in conflict-ridden Libya, fueling the country’s civil war and deepening fault lines with Mediterranean neighbors and between international allies. Turkey seems to be after lucrative construction and port contracts, according to Libyan officials. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool, File)

Joining the conflict in Libya, Turkey sees economic gains

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

In this photograph taken from the Mediterranean shores near the city of Antalya, Turkey, a view of the research vessel Oruc Reis, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Turkey rejected claims by Greece that its oil-and-gas research vessels were encroaching on Greek territory in the eastern Mediterranean and said it would continue to defend its legitimate rights and interests in the region. But a Foreign Ministry statement issued Wednesday also renewed a call by Ankara for dialogue to resolve the dispute between the two NATO allies. (Semih Ersozler/DHA via AP)

Greece will do ‘whatever necessary’ in dispute with Turkey

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

A child walks on the bank of the Shatt al-Arab waterway in Basra, Iraq on July 13, 2020. Iraq’s minister of water resources said Thursday, July 16, 2020 that severe shortages loom ahead if Iraq and neighboring Turkey fail to strike agreements over irrigation and dam projects. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Minister: Iraq to face severe shortages as river flows drop

By SAMYA KULLAB and RASHID YAHYA - Associated Press

People walk outside a court in Istanbul, Thursday, July 16, 2020, where the trial of Deniz Yucel, a German-Turkish journalist, accused of terror charges was held. The court convicted Yucel on charges of engaging in propaganda in favor of Kurdish rebels, and sentenced him to two years and nine months in prison. (AP Photo/Mehmet Guzel)

Turkey convicts German newspaper reporter of propaganda work

By MEHMET GUZEL - Associated Press

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell reads a statement as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, July 13, 2020. European Union foreign ministers meet for the first time face-to-face since the pandemic lockdown and will assess their fraught relations with China and discuss the troubled relation with Turkey. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)/

EU, Turkey clash over Hagia Sophia, Mediterranean drilling

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Turkey accuses France of dragging Libya into ‘chaos’

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Turkish lawyers stage sit-in protest near capital

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In this Jan. 17, 2020, file photo, Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hafter joins a meeting with the Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in Athens. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File) ** FILE **

Tripoli forces say they have ended siege of Libyan capital

By Noha Elhennawy - Associated Press

Turkish soldiers atop an armored personnel carrier patrol the northwestern city of Afrin, Syria, during a Turkish government-organized media tour into northern Syria, Saturday, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ** FILE **

Bomb in Syria town run by Turkish-backed fighters kills 20

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A passenger boat in the normally crowded but now mostly deserted Golden Horn with New Mosque in the background hours after the two-day curfew declared by the government to slow coronavirus spread, in Istanbul, Saturday, April 11, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkish minister offers resignation over weekend lockdowns

By SUZAN FRASER and AYSE WIETING - Associated Press

In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right and Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, talk during a ceremony in Istanbul for the inauguration of the TurkStream pipeline. A summit meeting between the Turkish and Russian leaders scheduled for Thursday, March 5, 2020, may be the last chance to work out a deal that avoids a calamity in Syria's northwest. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Russian, Turkish presidents meet as Syria violence continues

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and European Council President Charles Michel shake hands before a meeting, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The two are expected to discuss the situation in Syria and migrants.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

EU, Turkey trade blame on deal as thousands gather at border

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press