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Erdogan backs cleric who claims homosexuality brings disease

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a news conference in the East Room of the White House, in Washington. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Donald Trump have spoken on the phone, discussing the coronavirus pandemic, bilateral relations and regional developments. According to an account of the phone call shared by the Turkish presidency’s office on Sunday April 19, 2020, the two leaders agreed to continue their “close cooperation” against the threats posed by the coronavirus on public health and the economy. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Trump to partner in coronavirus fight: Turkey

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

A passenger boat in the normally crowded but now mostly deserted Golden Horn with New Mosque in the background hours after the two-day curfew declared by the government to slow coronavirus spread, in Istanbul, Saturday, April 11, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkish minister offers resignation over weekend lockdowns

By SUZAN FRASER and AYSE WIETING - Associated Press

Turkey moves migrants from Greek border amid virus pandemic

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

This Tuesday, March. 10, 2020 photo, released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the road that links Syria's coastal region with the northern city of Aleppo, in Latakia province, Syria. The reopening of the M4 highway that has been closed since 2012 is part of a deal reached earlier this month between Turkey and Russia that stopped a Russian-backed government offensive on the northwestern province of Idlib, the last rebel stronghold in the country. (SANA via AP)

Turkey vows strong military action if Syria truce violated

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting marking the International Women's Day, in Istanbul, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Erdogan called on Greece to open its borders and allow the migrants to move on to other European countries. His deputy Fuat Oktay is at the right, and his wife Emine Erdogan at the left.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey’s Erdogan compares Greek actions at border to Nazis

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, puts his hand over his heart in a gesture of hello as he is greeted by European Council President Charles Michel prior to a meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, March 9, 2020. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Brussels on Monday for talks with European Union officials amid a standoff between Ankara and Brussels over sharing of responsibility for refugees and migrants. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Turkey says EU must stop stringing it along on migrant deal

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Ex-Turkish deputy PM forms new party to challenge Erdogan

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In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right and Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, talk during a ceremony in Istanbul for the inauguration of the TurkStream pipeline. A summit meeting between the Turkish and Russian leaders scheduled for Thursday, March 5, 2020, may be the last chance to work out a deal that avoids a calamity in Syria's northwest. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Russian, Turkish presidents meet as Syria violence continues

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right and Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, talk during a ceremony in Istanbul for the inauguration of the TurkStream pipeline. A summit meeting between the Turkish and Russian leaders scheduled for Thursday, March 5, 2020, may be the last chance to work out a deal that avoids a calamity in Syria's northwest. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Russia-Turkey talks a last chance to avert Idlib calamity

By SUZAN FRASER and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Migrants walk in Edirne, Turkey, near Turkish-Greek border on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Facing a potential wave of nearly a million people fleeing fighting in northern Syria, Turkey has thrown open its borders with Greece to thousands of refugees and other migrants trying to enter Europe, and has threatened to send &quot;millions&quot; more. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Clashes erupt on Greece-Turkey border as migrants seek entry

By Costas Kantouris - Associated Press

Migrants stand behind a fence near the Kastanies border gate at the Greek-Turkish border, Monday, March 2, 2020. Thousands migrants massed at the Turkish-Greek border, and hundreds more crossed from the Turkish coast to nearby Greek islands in dinghies over the weekend, after Turkey declared its borders open amid a Russia-backed Syrian government offensive into Syria's northwestern Idlib province. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Child dies as migrants rush to cross Greek-Turkish border

By Costas Kantouris and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Greek soldiers guard at Kastanies border gate at the Greek-Turkish border, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country's borders with Europe were open Saturday, making good on a longstanding threat to let refugees into the continent as thousands of migrants gathered at the frontier with Greece. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Turkey, Syria fighting escalates; refugees mass at EU border

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and ANDREW WILKS - Associated Press

A Turkish military convoy drive in the east of Idlib, Syria, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. NATO envoys were holding emergency talks Friday at the request of Turkey following the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in northeast Syria, as scores of migrants gathered at Turkey's border with Greece seeking entry into Europe.(AP Photo)

Turkey opens gates into Europe as migrants gather on border

By ANDREW WILKS and COSTAS KANTOURIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2020 file photo, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Fayez Sarraj, the head of Libya's internationally-recognized government, prior to their meeting in Istanbul. Two Libyan militia commanders and a Syrian war monitor group say Turkey is deploying Syrian extremists to fight in Libya's civil war. These extremists are affiliated with groups like al-Qaida and the Islamic State. They're fighting as mercenaries on behalf of the United Nations-supported government in Libya. The Libyan sources told The Associated Press that Turkey has airlifted more than 2,500 foreign fighters into Tripoli, and that “dozens” are extremist-affiliated. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool, File)

Turkey says 2 Turkish soldiers killed in Libya

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses to his ruling party's legislator at parliament, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. Erdogan said on Wednesday that time was running up for Syrian government forces to retreat from Syria's northwestern Idlib province and warned of an &quot;imminent&quot; Turkish intervention to force the retreat.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkish soldiers killed in Syria amid threats of escalation

By SUZAN FRASER and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Rescue workers carry a wounded person after they rescued him from the debris of a collapsed building following a strong earthquake in Elazig in the eastern Turkey, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. The earthquake rocked eastern Turkey on Friday, causing some buildings to collapse and killing scores of people, Turkish officials said. (IHA via AP)

Death toll stands at 22 from Turkey earthquake; 1,200 hurt

By ANDREW WILKS - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, welcomes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before the conference on Libya at the Chancellery in Berlin, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts the one-day conference of world powers in Berlin to discuss efforts to broker peace in Libya.(Turkish Presidency Press Service via AP, Pool)

Erdogan urges international pressure on Libya’s Hifter

By AYSE WIETING and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 5, 2016 file photo, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks to the media, in Ankara, Turkey. Davutoglu, a former Turkish prime minister, who had served as foreign minister between 2009 and 2014 and later as prime minister until 2016, has established a new political party on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, in a move that could dent support for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Ex-Turkish PM pledges return to parliamentary democracy

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Ex-Turkish prime minister forms party challenging Erdogan

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press