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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, right, shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Saturday, June 29, 2019. (Presidential Press Service/Pool Photo via AP)

House Foreign Affairs panel chief Engel hits Trump over Turkey concessions

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, talks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, as they tour the new NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, July 11, 2018. NATO countries' heads of states and governments gather in Brussels for a two-day meeting. (Presidency Press Service via AP, Pool)

Trump-Recep Tayyip Erdogan G-20 meeting makes Russian S-400 missiles a focus

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Istanbul's mayoral candidate Ekrem Imamoglu, candidate of the secular opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, accompanied by his wife, name not given, arrives for a televised debate with Binali Yildirim, of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, ahead of the June 23 re-run of Istanbul elections, Sunday, June 16, 2019. Televised election debates are uncommon in Turkey. The last one, between AKP leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the then-leader of the CHP, took place before a 2002. The AKP has been in power since. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Opposition says ‘injustice’ will galvanize Istanbul voters

By AYSE WIETING - Associated Press

Supporters of Ekrem Imamoglu, mayoral candidate for Istanbul from Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party, hold flags with images of Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk at a rally for his campaign for the upcoming June 23 re-run elections, in Esenyurt district in Istanbul, Monday, June 10, 2019. Imamoglu, promising he would win back the seat after Turkey's electoral board ruled to void the local polls earlier this month. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Nathan Sales, top U.S. counterterror official, heading to Turkey for talks amid tensions

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Raed Alsaleh, chairman of the Syrian Civil Defense volunteer rescue group, (White Helmets) talks during a media conference in Istanbul, Friday, May 31, 2019. The group and an alliance of non-governmental organisations have gathered in Istanbul to call attention to an escalation of violence in Idlib province in northwestern Syria. Salah said a catastrophic humanitarian crisis is imminent and the Syrian NGO Alliance appealed to the United Nations Security Council to stop the escalation. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkey, Russia face conflicts over Syria’s push into Idlib

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting with farmers at his palace, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. On May 15, 2019, a bipartisan group of congressmen introduced new legislation that urges Turkey to walk away from a contentious weapons deal with Russia. (Presidential Press Service via AP) **FILE**

Turkey determined to buy Russian defense system, officials say

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People walk on Galata Bridge over the Golden Horn in Istanbul, decorated with electoral posters of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his party's Istanbul mayoral candidate Binali Yildirim, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Ruling in favor of Erdogan's governing party, Turkey's top electoral body on Monday annulled the results of the March 31 vote in Istanbul which the opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu narrowly won and scheduled a re-run for June 23.Erdogan insisted Tuesday that the repeat of the mayoral race in Istanbul will strengthen democracy and lift the shadow that was cast over the vote.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkey’s opposition seeks cancellation of 2018 elections

Associated Press

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks to the media during a news conference with Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz and Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu following a meeting of political-military consultations between the NATO countries, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, April 19, 2019. Cavusoglu says the United States has yet to respond to a Turkish proposal to set up a technical committee to review possible security threats Russia's S-400 missile defense system could pose to the U.S. F-35 fighter jet program.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey to consider Russian-made fighter jets, should U.S. cancel F-35 deal

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is seated before a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Patrick Shanahan dangles F-35 fighters to Turkey in bid to end Russia S-400 missile deal

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE-In this Tuesday, March 5, 2019 file photo Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he delivers a speech at a rally of his ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) in Istanbul. The mood among opposition supporters in Turkey's biggest city is one of jubilation but also worry - fear that their win in Istanbul's mayoral race could be overturned in a recount taking place after the ruling party challenged the election results. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Turkey’s Erdogan defends demand for full recount in Istanbul

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Backdropped by a poster of Kemal Kilicdaroglu, left, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader, and modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, right, Ekrem Imamoglu, the CHP's mayoral candidate in Istanbul, poses for The Associated Press following an interview in Istanbul, Thursday, April 4, 2019. Imamoglu said he's confident that the result of a recount of votes in the city will confirm his victory and has renewed an appeal to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to help end the standoff. Imamoglu won the tight race for Istanbul in Sunday's local elections in a major upset for Erdogan, who rose to power as the mayor of the city of 15 million and has said that whoever wins Istanbul wins to whole of Turkey. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkey’s opposition worries as Istanbul recounts votes

By SUZAN FRASER and AYSE WIETING - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, in a first public appearance after Sunday elections in Istanbul, Thursday, April 4, 2019, listens as he visits an uncompleted museum dedicated to the July 15, 2015 coup attempt. Erdogan's ruling party is appealing the results of the local elections in Istanbul, where the opposition has a razor-thin lead. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Istanbul mayoral candidate confident of win after recount

By AYSE WIETING - Associated Press

Ekrem Imamoglu, the candidate from an alliance led by the secular Republican People's Party, (CHP) gestures as he declares victory during a news conference in Istanbul, Monday April 1, 2019. Unofficial results by state-run Anadolu news agency said he had won 48.8 percent of the vote Sunday and his opponent, former Prime Minister Binali Yildirim of the ruling party, had captured 48.5 percent. One percent of the votes were still to be counted. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Erdogan’s ruling party challenges results of local elections

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Supporters of the Republican People's Party, CHP, wave Turkish flags, and one with a portrait of Kemal Ataturk, right, as they celebrate after preliminary results of the local elections were announced in Ankara, Turkey, early Monday, April 1, 2019. Erdogan's ruling party has declared victory in the race for mayor of Istanbul, even though the result in Turkey's most populous city and commercial hub is too close to call. State broadcaster TRT says former Prime Minister Binali Yildirim received 48.71 percent of the votes in Sunday's municipal elections while the opposition's candidate, Ekrem Imamoglu, got 48.65 percent. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

The Latest: Election observers urge Turkey to honor results

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In this Feb. 3, 2019, photo released by U.S. Marine's 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, an F-35B Lightning II with the F-35B detachment of Medium Marine Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced) releases Guided Bomb Units on-target above the Pacific Ocean. The training mission demonstrated an “increase in lethality and integrated amphibious capability,” it quoted Col. Robert Brodie, commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit as saying. (Maj. Jesse Peppers/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

U.S. moves closer to killing F-35 jet sale to Turkey over Russia fears

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Supporters of the Republican People's Party, CHP, wave Turkish flags, and one with a portrait of Kemal Ataturk, right, as they celebrate after preliminary results of the local elections were announced in Ankara, Turkey, early Monday, April 1, 2019. Erdogan's ruling party has declared victory in the race for mayor of Istanbul, even though the result in Turkey's most populous city and commercial hub is too close to call. State broadcaster TRT says former Prime Minister Binali Yildirim received 48.71 percent of the votes in Sunday's municipal elections while the opposition's candidate, Ekrem Imamoglu, got 48.65 percent. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan loses ground in Turkey’s big cities in local voting

By Zeynep Bilginsoy and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

An official female shows the ballot voting paper with names and the parties a polling station during the municipal elections in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, March 31, 2019. Turkish citizens have begun casting votes in municipal elections for mayors, local assembly representatives and neighborhood or village administrators that are seen as a barometer of Erdogan's popularity amid a sharp economic downturn. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey’s ruling party leads local elections but loses Ankara

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Voters wait in the line for cast their ballots at a polling station during the local elections in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, March 31, 2019. Turkish citizens have begun casting votes in municipal elections for mayors, local assembly representatives and neighborhood or village administrators that are seen as a barometer of Erdogan's popularity amid a sharp economic downturn. (AP Photo/Ali Unal)

The Latest: Opposition candidate says he won Istanbul

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the supporters of his ruling Justice and Development Party during a rally in Eregli, Turkey, Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Ignoring widespread criticism, Erdogan has again shown excerpts of a video taken by the attacker who killed 50 people in mosques in New Zealand at a campaign rally. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan sparks diplomatic row with New Zealand, Australia

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

In this Feb. 17, 2019, photo, Dia Hassakeh, 45, a fighter in the Kurdish-led U.S-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, looks out of a building in Baghouz, Syria. Eight years of war have left their mark on him. In the early days of the conflict, two of his brothers were wounded fighting in the government military against the armed opposition. In November, another brother was killed by the Islamic State group. Now Dia is battling the militants at IS’ last holdout, a speck of territory along the Euphrates River near the Iraqi border called Baghouz. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) **FILE**

Turkey, Iran team up to fight U.S. Kurdish allies in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times