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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told local administrators in Ankara on Wednesday that the military's incursion into a Kurdish-held enclave in Syria was progressing "successfully" and would continue until the last "terrorist" is eliminated. (Associated Press/File)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan turns Turkey away from U.S.

By James Phillips

Turkish military trucks carrying tanks and other armoured vehicles cross through a border gate into a Turkish-controlled region of the Oncupinar border crossing with Syria, known as Bab al Salameh in Arabic, near the city of Kilis, Turkey, late Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. The deployment occurred hours after dozens of Turkish jets bombed Syrian Kurdish militia targets in the enclave of Afrin. (Can Erok/DHA-Depo Photos via AP)

The Latest: Russia warned Kurdish officials of Turkey attack

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to supporters of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), at a rally in Yozgat, eastern Turkey, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018. Erdogan said Sunday the country will launch a military assault on a Kurdish enclave in northern Syria &quot;in the coming days,&quot; and urged the U.S. to support its efforts. (Pool Photo via AP)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish leader, vows to destroy U.S.-backed ‘terror army’ in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at an event in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. Erdogan accused its NATO ally, the United States of forming a &quot;terrorist force&quot; at Turkey's border, and vowed to &quot;drown&quot; the new 30,000-strong border security force. (Yasin Bulbul/Pool Photo via AP )

Turkey vows to ‘drown’ US-backed Syrian Kurdish force

By SUZAN FRASER and SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Turkey’s leader denies plans for naval base in Sudan

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FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017 file photo, Nubians leave their boats docked on the Nile River in front of Heisa Island, Aswan, southern Egypt. Egypt's pro-government media is vilifying neighboring Sudan over its expanding ties with Turkey and Qatar, Cairo's regional nemesis, saying the three are conspiring against Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Egypt, Sudan relations at a new low over Erdogan’s visit

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

Turkish government jails editor on terror charges

By NICOLE REISINGER - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he talks during the closing news conference following the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's Extraordinary Summit in Istanbul, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. Muslim nations of the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation are rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and appear set to counter it with a declaration of east Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

EDITORIAL: Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatens to blow up bridge between East and West

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this courtroom sketch, Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab, center, testifies before Judge Richard Berman, right, that he helped Iran evade U.S. economic sanctions with help from Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, in New York. At left is an interpreter. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Testimony at US trial tests relations with Turkey

By TOM HAYS - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he delivers a speech at a tourism council in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. (Pool Photo via AP)

EDITORIAL: How Turkey is becoming a threat to stability in the Middle East

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is threatening to halt U.S. use of Incirlik Air Base for its refusal to extradite Fethullah Gulen, whom Mr. Erdogan says was behind a failed coup. (Associated Press)

U.S. base in Turkey held up by Erdogan over American backing of political enemy

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Illustration on NATO' difficult situation with member nation Turkey by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

NATO must be saved from Turkey

By Daniel Pipes

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, gestures to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during a joint media statement following their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. Erdogan said his country does not condone any external interventions in South America after meeting with Maduro, on the first by a Venezuelan head of state official visit to Ankara, than comes amid stringent U.S. sanctions on the South American nation.(Yasin Bulbul/Presidency Press Service, Pool Photo via AP)

Turkey, Venezuela deepen cooperation, seeking ‘new era’

By JOSEPH ATAMAN - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, right, reviews an honour guard during an official arrival ceremony at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. (Kayhan Ozer/Pool Photo via AP)

Leaders of Iran, Turkey stress opposition to Kurdish state

By AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Russian officials reported the destruction of the country's last remaining artillery projectiles filled with a toxic agent to President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. The work took place at the Kizner facility in the Urals, one of five facilities built in Russia to destroy chemical weapons. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Pool Photo via AP)

Russia’s Putin visits Turkey as ties between the two deepen

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Protesters ejected from Turkish president’s New York speech

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, left, prior to their talks at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017.(Presidency Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey shrugs off worries over Russian defense system

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Turkish leader says deposit made on Russian defense system

Associated Press

Senate bill would block US weapons sales to Turkish security

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

A pro-Kurdish protestor is surrounded and beaten by Turkish security officials after a peaceful protest against Turkish President Recep Tayipp Erdogan turned violent outside the Turkish Ambassador's Residence in D.C. in May. (Courtesy of Pouyan Bokaei)

Turkish-American men plead not guilty in violent May brawl outside ambassador’s D.C. residence

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times