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Illustration on elections in Turkey and Pakistan by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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CIA Chief Mike Pompeo went to Turkey to discuss security issues on his first overseas trip in his new role (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)
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Military equipment and troops head in convoy toward the Turkey-Syria border, bound to reinforce Turkish army Operation Olive Branch in Hatay, Turkey on Wednesday. Turkey has urged the U.S. to halt supply of weapons to the Syrian Kurdish militia.
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LEFT: Military aircraft flies over Syria as seen from the outskirts of the border town of Kilis, Turkey, on Saturday. Turkish jets have begun an aerial offensive, code-named operation "Olive Branch", against the Syrian Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin, in northwest Syria. RIGHT: Plumes of smoke rise on the air from inside Syria. A military statement says the operation launched Saturday aims to protect Turkey's borders. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTGRAPHS)
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Smoke billows from a position inside Syria, after a Turkish Army artillery fired, as seen from the outskirts of the village of Sugedigi, Turkey, adjacent to the border with Syria, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018. Turkey's ground troops entered the enclave of Afrin, in northern Syria on Sunday and were advancing with Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces in their bid to oust Syrian Kurdish forces from the region.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)
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Military aircraft flies over Syria as seen from the outskirts of the border town of Kilis, Turkey, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. Turkish jets have begun an aerial offensive, code-named operation "Olive Branch", against the Syrian Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin, in northwest Syria. A military statement says the operation launched Saturday aims to protect Turkey's borders, "neutralize" Syrian Kurdish fighters in the enclave and to save the local population from their "pressure and oppression." (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who hosted the emergency IOC summit in a bid to unify the Muslim world's response to the U.S. policy shift, accused Israel in a speech of being "a state of terror" and vowed to "stand up to American bullying."
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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)
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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 Mehmet Tankan)
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Illustration on Tayyip Erdogan's incremental Islamicization of Turkey by Kevin Kreneck/Tribune Content Agency
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A member of the special forces stands guard outside the courthouse at the start of a trial, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Nearly 500 suspects, including a number of generals and military pilots, went on trial in Turkey Tuesday accused of leading last year's failed coup attempt and carrying out attacks from an air base in Ankara. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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A member of the special forces stands guard outside the courthouse at the start of a trial, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Nearly 500 suspects, including a number of generals and military pilots, went on trial in Turkey Tuesday accused of leading last year's failed coup attempt and carrying out attacks from an air base in Ankara. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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Paramilitary police and members of the special forces escort unidentified suspects of last year's failed coup, outside the courthouse at the start of a trial, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Nearly 500 suspects, including a number of generals and military pilots, went on trial in Turkey Tuesday accused of leading last year's failed coup attempt and carrying out attacks from an air base in Ankara. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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Paramilitary police and members of the special forces escort Kemal Batmaz, foreground centre, and Akin Ozturk, former Air Force commander, second row, along with other suspects of last year's failed coup, outside the courthouse at the start of a trial, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Nearly 500 suspects, including a number of generals and military pilots, went on trial in Turkey Tuesday accused of leading last year's failed coup attempt and carrying out attacks from an air base in Ankara. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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Paramilitary police and members of the special forces escort suspects of last year's failed coup, outside the courthouse at the start of a trial, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Nearly 500 suspects, including a number of generals and military pilots, went on trial in Turkey Tuesday accused of leading last year's failed coup attempt and carrying out attacks from an air base in Ankara. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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A car, damaged on the overnight earthquake is seen in Bodrum, Turkey, Friday, July 21, 2017. A powerful earthquake sent a building crashing down on tourists at a bar on the Greek holiday island of Kos and struck panic on the nearby shores of Turkey early Friday, killing two people and injuring some 200 people. (DHA-Depo Photos via AP)
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A man looks at boats that crashed on top of each other in the harbor in Bodrum, in the overnight earthquake is seen in Bodrum, Turkey, Friday, July 21, 2017. A powerful earthquake sent a building crashing down on tourists at a bar on the Greek holiday island of Kos and struck panic on the nearby shores of Turkey early Friday, killing two people and injuring some 200 people. (DHA-Depo Photos via AP)
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A man walks past a car, damaged in the overnight earthquake is seen in Bodrum, Turkey, Friday, July 21, 2017. A powerful earthquake sent a building crashing down on tourists at a bar on the Greek holiday island of Kos and struck panic on the nearby shores of Turkey early Friday, killing two people and injuring some 200 people. (DHA-Depo Photos via AP)
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Boats that crashed on top of each other in the harbor in Bodrum, Turkey, in the overnight earthquake are seen, Friday, July 21, 2017. A powerful earthquake sent a building crashing down on tourists at a bar on the Greek holiday island of Kos and struck panic on the nearby shores of Turkey early Friday, killing people and injuring some 200 people. (Yasar Anter/DHA-Depo Photos via AP)
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Hotel guests sleep outdoors after abandoning their rooms following an earthquake in Bitez, a resort town about 6 kilometers (4 miles) west of Bodrum, Turkey, early Friday, July 21, 2017. A powerful earthquake struck Turkey's Aegean coast and nearby Greek islands, sending frightened residents running out of buildings they feared would collapse and into the streets. (AP Photo/Ayse Wieting)
