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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (left) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right) meet on the sidelines of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. The man in the middle was not identified. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

PIPES: Trading Europe for the Shanghai Five

By Daniel Pipes

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Turkey’s leader vies for role of strongman

By Jacob Resneck - Special to The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Erdogan’s Turkey no U.S. ally

The Washington Times

**FILE** Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Associated Press)

Reports: Blanks fired near Turkish prime minister’s office

Associated Press

Police can’t deter marchers supporting a secular Turkey

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Turkish Prime Minister's Press Service, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Arab League Secretary General Nabil al Arabi shake hands before a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. Erdogan and al Arabi expected to discuss Syria. Turkey’s prime minister sharply criticized the U.N. Security Council on Saturday for its failure to agree on decisive steps to end the 19-month civil war in Syria. (AP Photo/Kayhan Ozer)

Turkish premier slams Security Council over Syria

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

People gather atop the aircraft steps outside a Syrian passenger plane that was forced by Turkish jets to land at Esenboga Airport in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey: Syrian plane was carrying ammunition

By Frank Jordans and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

“We want peace,” Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says after a Syrian mortar attack kills five. (Associated Press)

Turkey vows to protect its people after Syrian shelling

By Louise Osborne and Jacob Resneck - Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, photo, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, and his deputies Bulent Arinc, right, and Besir Atalay seen at Turkey's parliament in Ankara, Turkey. (AP Photo)

Turkish PM doesn’t want war with Syria

By Mehmet Guzel and Suzan Frazer - Associated Press

Turkey to block access to anti-Islam film

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

A Syrian child who fled her home in Aleppo with her family because of fighting between the rebels and the Syrian army, rests Wednesday at a school where she and her family took refuge, in Suran, Syria. (Associated Press)

Turkey, Egypt hit Assad for ‘terrorism’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has forged a means of cohabitation with the military, which once sparred openly with the government over the direction of the country. (Associated Press)

Military key to Syria planning

By Christopher Torchia - Associated Press

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the lawmakers of his Justice and Development Party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. "Any Syrian military element that approaches Turkish border will be regarded as threat " Erdogan said four days after a Turkish warplane was shot down by Syria. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey warns Syria away from its border

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AP Photo)

13 inmates killed in Turkish prison fire

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Turkey arts under pressure from conservative gov’t

By SELCAN HACAOGLU - Associated Press

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Istanbul on Sunday, April 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Yasin Bulbul, Turkish Prime Minister's Press Service)

Clinton gets Iran update from Turkish leader

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

President Obama and Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Associated Press/File)

Obama, Turkish leader agree to up ‘nonlethal’ aid to Syrian activists

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Turkey’s Erdogan criticizes American writer

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

**FILE** In this photo from Sept. 6, 2011, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media in Ankara, Turkey. (Associated Press)

Turkey’s foreign policy in free fall

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Embassy Row

By James Morrison - The Washington Times