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FILE - Turkish Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen meets members of the media at his compound in Saylorsburg, Pa. in July 2016. (AP Photo/Chris Post, File)

Erdogan says the cleric accused of orchestrating a 2016 coup attempt had a ‘dishonorable death’

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Turkish Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen speaks to members of the media at his compound in Saylorsburg, Pa. in July 2016. (AP Photo/Chris Post, File)

Fethullah Gulen, self-exiled Turkish spiritual leader, dies in Pennsylvania

By Mike Rubinkam - Associated Press

Turkish Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen speaks to members of the media at his compound in Saylorsburg, Pa. in July 2016. (AP Photo/Chris Post, File)

Self-exiled Turkish spiritual leader Fethullah Gulen dies in the U.S.

By Michael Rubinkam - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint statement to the media in Baghdad, Iraq, April 22, 2024. The Turkish president has hit out at military graduates who took a pro-secular oath during their graduation ceremony, promising that those behind it would be "purged" from the military. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye /Pool Photo via AP, File)

Turkish president vows to ‘purge’ military graduates who took a pro-secular oath

By Cinar Kiper - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

As Instagram remains blocked in Turkey, Erdogan accuses social media companies of ‘digital fascism’

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A stray dog rests outside Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. A Turkish parliamentary commission on Wednesday began a tense debate on a bill designed to manage the country's large stray dog population which animal rights advocates fear could result in the widespread killing of the animals. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Turkish legislators hold tense debate on bill to control stray dogs. Critics fear a mass culling

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Syrians cross into their country from the Turkish crossing point of Cilvegozu, in Reyhanli, southeastern Turkey, on Feb. 18, 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar Assad have recently signaled that they are interested in restoring diplomatic ties that have been ruptured for more than a decade. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

A rapprochement between Syria and Turkey is on the table. Here’s what it might mean for the region

By Abby Sewell and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, welcomes the Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. Old foes Turkey and Greece will test a five-month-old friendship initiative on Monday, May 13, 2024 when Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Ankara. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

Greece’s prime minister in Turkey for talks as the regional rivals seek to improve relations

By Andrew Wilks - Associated Press

A Muslim cleric walks along a former Byzantine church which formally opened as a mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, May 6, 2024. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally opened a former Byzantine church in Istanbul as a mosque on Monday, four years after his government had designated it a Muslim house of prayer, despite criticism from neighboring Greece. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey formally opens another former Byzantine-era church as a mosque

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint statement to the media in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 22, 2024. Erdogan arrived in Iraq on Monday for his first official visit in more than a decade. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye /Pool Photo via AP)

Kurdish separatists and water issues loom large in long-awaited visit of Turkey’s Erdogan to Iraq

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Republican People's Party, or CHP, supporters gather to celebrate outside City Hall in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 31, 2024. Turkey's main opposition party retained its control over key cities and made huge gains elsewhere in Sunday's local elections, preliminary results showed, in a major upset to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had set his sights on retaking control of those urban areas. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

In setback to Turkey’s Erdogan, opposition makes huge gains in local election

By Suzan Fraser and Cinar Kiper - Associated Press

A voter walks at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 31, 2024. Turkey is holding local elections on Sunday that will decide who gets to control Istanbul and other key cities. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Voters in Turkey cast ballots in local elections to decide who runs Istanbul and other key cities

By Suzan Fraser and Cinar Kiper - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. As chances rise of a Biden-Donald Trump rematch in the U.S. presidential election race, America’s allies are bracing for a bumpy ride, with concerns rising that the U.S. could grow less dependable regardless of who wins. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

American allies worry the U.S. is growing less dependable, whether Trump or Biden wins

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

A girl touches fake Turkish liras, euros and US dollars' banknotes in a shop in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Turkey’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by another 2.5 percentage points. The move was the latest in a series of rate increases aimed at combating inflation that reached nearly 65% in December. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

Turkey’s central bank hikes key interest rate again to 45% to battle inflation

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FILE - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint statement with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. Turkey's president has vowed to widen military operations against groups linked to Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq and Syria, days after nine soldiers were killed in an attack on a Turkish military base in Iraq. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)

Turkey’s Erdogan vows to widen operations against Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq

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Crowds of supporters gather on the National Mall at the March for Israel on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Erdogan’s double standard on Hamas reflects his antisemitism and racism

By Michael Rubin

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes statements with Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis after their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, on Dec. 7, 2023. Erdogan used a speech on human rights Saturday Dec. 9, 2023 to accuse the West of “barbarism” for its stance on the Israel-Hamas war and what he alleged was its toleration of Islamophobia. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas, File)

Turkey’s Erdogan accuses the West of ‘barbarism’ and Islamophobia in the war in Gaza

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to the media during his visit at the chancellery with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Erdogan to visit Budapest next month as Turkey and Hungary hold up Sweden’s membership in NATO

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on his way to open the new mosque in Cologne, Germany, on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected in Berlin on a short visit to Germany as the two countries’ stances on the war between Israel and Hamas are poles apart. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Turkey’s Erdogan to visit Germany as differences over the Israel-Hamas war widen

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaks to the attendees during a rally to show their solidarity with the Palestinians, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Israel is reassessing diplomatic relations with Turkey due to leader’s ‘increasingly harsh’ remarks

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