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President Donald Trump greets members of the five branches of the military by video conference on Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018, in the Oval Office of the White House. The military members were stationed in Guam, Qatar, Alaska, and two groups in Bahrain. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Donald Trump: Turkey ‘strongly informed me’ they will finish off ISIS

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a meeting of a youth organisation founded by his elder son Bilal Erdogan and his friends, in Istanbul Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. Erdogan said Friday the United States decided to withdraw troops from Syria after he reassured U.S. President Donald Trump that Turkey could eradicate the remnants of Islamic State group from the country with logistical help from Washington.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey invites Trump, White House says nothing being planned

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right and Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, left, shake hands prior to their talks at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. The men are expected to co-chair the 5th Turkey-Iran High Level Cooperation Council meeting.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey’s president criticizes US sanctions on Iran

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Turkey’s Erdogan reveals part of Khashoggi killing audio

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a defence industry meeting event in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. Erdogan said Turkey will begin &quot;within a few days&quot; a new military operation to drive out U.S-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters in Syria, east of the Euphrates River. The move is likely to increase tensions between NATO allies, Turkey, and the United States. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey vows to take on US-backed Kurdish militia in Syria

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Soros-founded group ends operations in Turkey

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Nationalists support Erdogan in vote for Turkey’s big cities

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan through an interpreter, as they attend an event marking the completion of one of the phases of the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline, in Istanbul, Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Putin and Erdogan mark key phase in natural gas pipeline

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu leave the Arc de Triomphe after attending a ceremony as part of the commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the 11 November 1918 armistice, ending World War I, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)

Turkey: ‘Atrocious’ recording suggests killer used drugs

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to members of the media at the airport in Ankara, Turkey before departing to France, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. Erdogan said at the news conference that officials from Saudi Arabia, the United States, Germany, France and Britain have listened to audio recordings related to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Erdogan's comments were the first public confirmation of the existence of recordings of the Oct. 2 killing of The Washington Post columnist at the consulate. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Erdogan: Saudi officials, others heard tapes of writer death

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses supporters at the parliament, in Ankara, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. Erdogan said the Turkish prosecutor repeated to his Saudi counterpart Turkey's extradition request of 18 suspects detained in Saudi Arabia for the Oct. 2 killing to be put on trial in Istanbul. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Erdogan, Trump discuss Turkish bank, joint patrols in Syria

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Istanbul's new airport ahead of its opening, Monday Oct. 29, 2018. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to inaugurate Istanbul's new airport, slated to be the world's biggest, a megaproject that he has pushed to meet its symbolic deadline. The airport will start operations on the 95th anniversary of Turkey's establishment as a republic Monday but will initially only serve limited destinations. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey’s leader opens new Istanbul Airport as global hub

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

In this Oct. 25, 2018, photo, workers walk inside a terminal at Istanbul's new airport, ahead of its opening. The first phase of the airport, one of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's major construction projects, is scheduled to be inaugurated on Oct. 29 when Turkey celebrates Republic Day. The massive project, has been mired in controversy over worker's rights and environmental concerns amid a weakening economy. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Istanbul to unveil new airport, seeks to be world’s biggest

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and NEYRAN ELDEN - Associated Press

An activist, wearing a mask depicting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, holds up his hands, painted with fake blood as he protests the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, during a candlelight vigil outside Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. The poster reads in Arabic:' Khashoggi's Friends Around the World'. A group of Arab and international public, political and media figures are establishing a global association called &quot;Khashoggi's Friends Around the World&quot;; &quot;to achieve justice for the freedom martyr&quot;.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

The Latest: Turkey seeking return of Saudi slaying suspects

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to members of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. The Saudi officials who killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate must reveal the location of his body, Erdogan said Friday in remarks that were sharply critical of the kingdom's handling of the case. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey seeks political solution for Syria at 4-way summit

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, shakes hands with Salah Khashoggi, a son, of Jamal Khashoggi, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Saudi Arabia, which for weeks maintained that Jamal Khashoggi had left the Istanbul consulate, on Saturday acknowledged he was killed there in a &quot;fistfight.&quot; (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

The Latest: Turkish media say Saudi vehicle scouted forest

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Officials enter Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Saudi officials murdered Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate after plotting his death for days, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday, contradicting Saudi Arabia's explanation that the writer was accidentally killed. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Key moments surrounding the killing of Jamal Khashoggi

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In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, white smoke billows from the courtyard of Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul. A video shared by a television channel that is close to Turkey's government broadcasted on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 appears to show three men burning documents at the Saudi Consulate's backyard a day after Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed. A Haber news channel said the surveillance camera video - allegedly showing &quot;evidence&quot; being burned inside a drum - was recorded on Oct. 3. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkish president: Saudis must name masterminds of killing

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Turkish president in Moldova for 2-day visit to boost ties

By CORNELIU RUSNAC - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 12, 2016 photograph, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Saudi Arabia's King Salman embrace each other during a medal ceremony in Ankara, Turkey. The disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi from the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul is just the latest crisis to strain relations between the kingdom and Turkey in the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Saudi writer’s disappearance strains Turkey-Saudi ties

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press