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FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders passes army trucks blocking the roads to prevent protesting farmers from reaching parliament in The Hague, Netherlands. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is suing Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders after the anti-Islam politician posted a series of tweets against the Turkish leader, including one that described him as a “terrorist” according to Turkey's state-run news agency Tuesday Oct. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, FILE)

Turkey’s Erdogan sues Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker for insults

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Turkish lira drops to record low over US sanction threat

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A youth holds a photograph of France's President Emmanuel Macron, stamped with a shoe mark, during a protest against France in Istanbul, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday challenged the United States to impose sanctions against his country while also launching a second attack on French President Emmanuel Macron. Speaking a day after he suggested Macron needed mental health treatment because of his attitude to Islam and Muslims, which prompted France to recall its ambassador to Ankara, Erdogan took aim at foreign critics. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Tensions between EU and Turkey escalate over Erdogan insults

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Turkey’s Black Sea gas find reaches 405 billion cubic meters

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A pro-Armenia protester wears a protective face mask that reads: "Europe" as she holds a poster depicting Turkey's flag during a still flash mob gathering in front of the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. Death and injury tolls rose Tuesday as fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces raged for a third week over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, as the United States urged both sides to adhere to a Russia-brokered cease-fire reached over the weekend. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

CROSSTALK: Turkey could lead to U.S.-Russia war

By Julia Gorin

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020 file photo, Turkey's research vessel, Oruc Reis anchored off the coast of Antalya on the Mediterranean, Turkey. Greece accused neighbor Turkey of undermining efforts to ease a crisis over drilling rights in the eastern Mediterranean on Monday Oct. 12, 2020, after Turkey announced its survey vessel, the Oruc Reis, would be dispatched for a new research mission in disputed waters. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkey says Greece failed to fulfill promises, vows response

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, talks in a televised address, following a cabinet meeting, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Erdogan, who has long called for a reform of the United Nations, says the world body has failed in its response to the coronavirus pandemic. Erdogan claimed the UN was late in &quot;accepting the existence&quot; of the pandemic and had failed to &quot;make its presence felt&quot; for nations requiring help to fight infections. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkey, Greece soon to resume talks on resolving disputes

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In this photo provided on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, by the Greek Defense Ministry, worships from Greece, Italy, Cyprus and France, participate in a joint military exercise which was held from 26-28 of August, south of Turkey in eastern Mediterranean sea. Turkey on Monday, Aug. 31, accused Greece of &quot;piracy&quot; and warned it will stand up to Athens' alleged efforts to militarize islands near its coast.(Greek Defense Ministry via AP)

Russia, Turkey, Israel vie for Mediterranean resources

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Erdogan, center, is flanked by Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop, left, and Health Minister Fahrettin Koca as they follow a military honour guard during a ceremony at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. Turkey marked the 98th anniversary of the decisive War of Independence battle against Greek forces Sunday as the threat of a new conflict with Athens looms in the eastern Mediterranean.(Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkey marks 1922 victory over Greece amid Med tensions

By ANDREW WILKS - Associated Press

People visit St Savior in Chora church, known as Kariye in Turkish, in Istanbul, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Turkey on Friday formally converted former Byzantine church, St Savior in Chora, into a mosque, a month after it similarly turned Istanbul's landmark Hagia Sophia into a Muslim house of prayer, drawing international rebuke.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

After Hagia Sophia, Turkey turns another museum into mosque

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks in Istanbul, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Mr. Erdogan has ordered the Chora Church in Istanbul, currently a museum and renowned for its Byzantine architecture, luscious frescoes and Biblical mosaics, to be converted into a mosque, according to multiple reports. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkey converts another historic church-museum to a mosque after Hagia Sophia

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

This photo provided Friday Aug.14, 2020 by the French Defense Ministry shows the French Tonnerre helicopter carrier, center, escorted by Greek and French military vessels during a maritime exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Greece's prime minister warmly thanked France Thursday for boosting its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean, where Greek and Turkish warships are closely shadowing each other over a Turkish energy exploration bid in waters Athens claims as its own. (French Defense Ministry via AP)

EU holding urgent talks on Greece-Turkey energy dispute

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Visitors walk inside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Friday, Oct. 15, 2010. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to join hundreds of worshipers Friday, July 24, 2020, for the first Muslim prayers at the Hagia Sophia in 86 years, weeks after a controversial high court ruling paved the way for the landmark monument to be turned back into a mosque. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

AP Explains: Hagia Sophia’s history of conflict and faith

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, July 16, 2016 file photo, tanks move into position as Turkish people attempt to stop them, in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey is marking the fourth anniversary of the July 15 failed coup attempt against the government on Wednesday July 15, 2020, with ceremonies and events remembering its victims. (AP Photo/File)

Turkey marks fourth anniversary of failed 2016 coup attempt

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

Riot police officers stand at a security barricade as lawyers try to walk to the parliament, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, July 10, 2020. Turkey's Bar Associations continue to protest against the government's plans to amend laws regulating on lawyers and their associations. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey amends laws to allow multiple lawyer associations

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

A copy of &quot;The Room Where It Happened,&quot; by former national security adviser John Bolton, is photographed at the White House, Thursday, June 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Top Turkish official denounces Bolton memoir

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the inauguration ceremony for a public garden, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, June 5, 2020. Erdogan on Friday canceled a decision announced by the Interior Ministry late Thursday to impose a new, two-day weekend curfew in 15 of the country's provinces that took many by surprise. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Erdogan says Turkey, US reached agreements on Libya

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In this photo provided by the Turkish Presidency, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, front center, arrives to attend the inauguration ceremony for Basaksehir Pine and Sakura City Hospital, in Istanbul, Thursday, May 21, 2020. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who participated by videoconference the ceremony has called for international cooperation against the new coronavirus, saying any drug or vaccine developed against the virus must be made &quot;fairly&quot; accessible. (Turkish Presidency via AP)

Erdogan, Trump reiterate solidarity against COVID-19

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Illustration on Turkey's response to COVID19 by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Turkish government’s strategy turns the tide of COVID-19

By Fahrettin Altun

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, stands during an event to mark Turkey's National Sovereignty and Children's Day, in Istanbul, Thursday, April 23, 2020. Turkey celebrates National Sovereignty and Children's Day on the 100th anniversary of the foundation of Turkey's parliament and Turks are marking their first national holiday under lockdown amid the new coronavirus pandemic. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkey announces plan to ease virus restrictions

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