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President Barack Obama embraces Vice President Joe Biden, right, before signing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, bipartisan job-training legislation which aims to help job seekers gain valuable employment skills, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Obama still has confidence in Biden despite gaffes: White House

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden gestures during a speech in Norfolk, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Biden visited the area to talk about a new federal transportation grant. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Turkish president infuriated with Biden, demands apology over Islamic State remarks

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President Obama, left, looks to Vice President Joe Biden as he speaks at a ceremony in East Room of the White House in Washington, May 12, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Turkey tells Obama, Biden ‘no-fly zone must be declared’ in Syria

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Turkey Davutoglu Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

PIPES: Talking Turkey with an Islamist academician

By Daniel Pipes

** FILE ** Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters at parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey gives White House cold shoulder: Prime Minister Erdogan says he no longer talks to Obama

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 10, 2014 file photo, refugees fleeing from Mosul head to the self-ruled northern Kurdish region in Irbil, Iraq, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the al-Qaida breakaway group, on Monday and Tuesday took over much of Mosul in Iraq and then swept into the city of Tikrit further south. An estimated half a million residents fled the economically important city. (AP Photo, File)

Tikrit falls to al-Qaeda-inspired militants: Iraqi city’s security forces abandon posts

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Islam Morph Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

PIPES: Can Islamists transit from dictatorship to democracy?

By Daniel Pipes

In this photo taken Wednesday, May 14, 2014 a person identified by Turkish media as Yusuf Yerkel, advisor to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, kicks a protester already held by special forces police members during Erdogan's visiting Soma, Turkey. Erdogan was visiting the western Turkish mining town of Soma after Turkey's worst mining accident . AP Photo/Depo Photos) TURKEY OUT ONLINE OUT

Turkey outraged as PM’s aide kicks protester

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, May 14, 2014, photo, Yusuf Yerkel, right, advisor to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, stands behind Erdogan during his visit in Soma, Turkey. Yerkel was identified by Turkish media as the advisor who kicked a protester who was held by special forces police members during Erdogan's visit to Soma, Turkey. Erdogan was visiting the western Turkish mining town of Soma after Turkey's worst mining accident . (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkish coal mine deaths rise to 282

By Desmond Butler and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

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Relatives try to get information outside a local hospital after an explosion and fire at a coal mine in Soma, in western Turkey, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. An explosion and fire at a coal mine in western Turkey killed at least one miner Tuesday and left up to 300 workers trapped underground, a Turkish official said. Twenty people were rescued from the mine in the town of Soma in Manisa province but one later died in the hospital, Soma administrator Mehmet Bahattin Atci told reporters. The town is 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Istanbul. (AP Photo/Depo Photos)

Turkish police fire tear gas at coal mine protesters as death toll rises to 232

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan walks outside his office in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, April 17, 2014. Turkey's parliament looks set to pass a bill that increases the powers and immunities of the country's spy agency. It is the latest in a string of moves critics say is undermining democracy in the country that is a candidate to join the European Union. The bill, expected to be voted on Thursday, gives the National Intelligence Agency greater eavesdropping and operational powers and increases its immunities and abilities to keep tabs on citizens. Journalists publishing classified documents would face prison terms. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Twitter blocks accounts critical of Turkish government

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, file photo, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a news briefing in a ceremony for signing agreements between Iranian and Turkish officials in Tehran, Iran. Turkey restricted access to Twitter on Friday, March 21, 2014, hours after Erdogan threatened to "root out" the social media network where wiretapped recordings have been leaked, damaging the government's reputation ahead of key local elections this month. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan: ‘We’ll eradicate Twitter’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Turkish anti-terrorism police carried out raids in six cities on Tuesday, detaining at least five people with alleged links to al-Qaida, including an employee of a prominent Islamic charity group that provides aid to Syria, media reports and officials said.(AP Photo)

Turkish police detain al-Qaida suspects

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Security officials close a road leading to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan&#8217;s office shortly after police subdued a man who was carrying a fake bomb in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 21. 2013. Police fired two warning shots in the air before overpowering and arresting him, said an aide to the prime minister. The 53-year-old man, identified as Tugrul B., was carrying a device made to look like a bomb, the official said. He was being questioned and the motive for his action was not immediately known. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkish police subdue man with fake bomb

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

** FILE ** Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses lawmakers and supporters of his ruling Justice and Development Party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. (AP Photo)

BERMAN: Epitaph for the Turkish model

By Ilan Berman

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

NUNBERG: Silencing a secularist in Turkey

By Sam Nunberg