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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves to supporters outside his residence in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Turkey's incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared victory in his country's runoff election, extending his rule into a third decade. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Turkey’s Erdogan wins another term as president, extends rule into 3rd decade

By Suzan Fraser and Zeynep Bilginsoy - Associated Press

In this photo released by Turkish Presidency, Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Sinan Ogan, former presidential candidate from ATA alliance, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, May 19, 2023. (Turkish Presidency via AP)

Turkey’s electoral board confirms 1st round election results; Erdogan meets 3rd party candidate

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Crew members of the cargo ship Med Island, which came from Ukraine loaded with grain, prepare the ship for inspection by U.N. officials, while it is anchored in the Marmara Sea in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Kyiv is seeking to extend the unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat, a top Ukrainian official said Thursday, May 11, 2023 after the talks on prolonging the agreement concluded in Turkey. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Ukraine pushes to extend wartime grain deal at talks with Russia, Turkey and U.N.

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A supporter of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, demonstrates in front of Anadolu courthouse in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Turkey’s opposition denounces fairness of vote under Erdogan

By Andrew Wilks - 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

A man holds a picture of Turkey's President and ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan while celebrating outside the party headquarters in Istanbul, on June 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Key dates in Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 20-year rule of Turkey

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

A man receives medical assistance after being injured in the latest earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. A new 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday killed three people and injured more than 200 in parts of Turkey that were laid waste two weeks ago by a massive quake that killed tens of thousands. Officials said more buildings collapsed, trapping occupants, and several people were injured in both Turkey and Syria. (Efekan Akyuz/Depo Photos via AP)

New quake brings fresh losses to residents of Turkey, Syria

By Zeynep Bilginsoy and Susan Fraser - 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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Security and ambulances at the scene after an explosion on Istanbul's popular pedestrian Istiklal Avenue, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. An explosion on one of Istanbul's most popular pedestrian thoroughfares killed a handful of people and injured dozens on Sunday, authorities said. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey detains Syrian suspect in bombing that killed 6

By Mehmet Guzel and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Demonstrators hold banners that read, &quot;Law for the development of the spirit and moral&quot; and &quot;LGBTQ, remove your dirty hand from our children&quot; during an anti LGBTQ protest in Fatih district of Istanbul, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Turkey: Anti-LGBTQ display reflects nation’s political shift

By Zeynep Bilginsoy and Robert Badendieck - Associated Press

People examine the damage after shelling of a shopping center, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. Eight people were killed in the attack. (AP Photo/ (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

3 more ships with grain depart Ukraine ports under U.N. deal

By Zeynep Bilginsoy - Associated Press

Cargo ship Razoni, arrives to the entrance of the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. Meanwhile, the first cargo ship to leave Ukraine since Russia invaded more than five months ago was off the coast of Bulgaria on Tuesday as it headed toward Istanbul and its final destination, Lebanon, putting to the test an agreement signed last month by Moscow and Kyiv to unblock Ukraine's agricultural exports and ease the global food crisis. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

First ship with Ukrainian grain cleared to sail on to Lebanon

By Zeynep Bilginsoy - Associated Press

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks during his interview to The Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Ukraine's foreign minister says grain exports from his country's ports won't resume without security guarantees for ship owners, cargo owners and Ukraine as an independent nation.Military officials from Russia and Ukraine were set to hold their governments’ first face-to-face talks in months Wednesday during a session in Istanbul devoted to a United Nations plan to export blocked Ukrainian grain to world markets through the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

Ukrainian foreign minister says nation needs assurances to resume grain exports

By Oleksandr Stashevskyi, Hanna Arhirova and Maria Grazia Murru - Associated Press

The regional government headquarters of Mykolaiv, Ukraine, following a Russian attack, on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says seven people were killed in a missile strike on the regional government headquarters in the southern city of Mykolayiv. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Live updates: Recall Ukraine ambassadors to Georgia, Morocco

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A resident stands next to parts of a destroyed Russian tank in the town of Trostsyanets, Ukraine, Monday, March 28, 2022. Trostsyanets was recently retaken by Ukrainian forces after being held by Russians since the early days of the war. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Live updates: Ukraine ambassador: Russia being demilitarized

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Turkish Presidency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, welcomes the Russian, right, and Ukrainian delegations ahead of their talks in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. The first face-to-face talks in two weeks between Russia and Ukraine were due to start Tuesday, raising flickering hopes of an end to a war that has ground into a bloody campaign of attrition. (Turkish Presidency via AP)

Russia says it will cut back operations near Ukraine’s capital

By Nebi Qena and Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

A tablet on the breakfast table of Alparslan Atas and his wife Gulistan at their home in Istanbul shows the latest video of Sedat Peker, a Turkish fugitive crime boss, Sunday, June 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Mehmet Guzel)

Turkish mafia boss dishes dirt, becomes YouTube phenomenon

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020 file photo, the Champions League trophy is displayed before the semifinal soccer match between RB Leipzig and Paris Saint-Germain at the Luz stadium in Lisbon, Portugal. Chelsea and Manchester City are due to meet on May 29 in Istanbul and UEFA was hoping to allow around 10,000 fans into the biggest club game of the European football season. But the British government on Friday May 7, 2021 warned supporters not to travel to Turkey after imposing the new travel restrictions, and said the English Football Association was in talks with Champions League organizer UEFA about staging the game in Britain, instead. (David Ramos/Pool Photo via AP, File)

England could host CL final due to new Turkey travel curbs

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

People walk in central Istanbul, Monday, April 26, 2021. Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced the country's strictest pandemic restrictions so far, closing businesses and schools and limiting travel for nearly three weeks starting Thursday to fight a surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths. Turkey had so far instituted partial lockdowns to curb infections and to keep the economy running as it faces a significant economic downturn.The measures will be in place until May 17. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Full COVID-19 lockdown adds to financial strain in Turkey

By MEHMET GUZEL and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, March 8, 2021, photo, protesters chant slogans during a rally to mark International Women's Day in Istanbul. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree early Saturday, March 20, 2021, annulling Turkey's ratification of the Istanbul Convention, a blow to women's rights advocates, who say the agreement is crucial to combating domestic violence. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)

Turkey withdraws from European treaty protecting women

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press