Turkey

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**FILE** The portraits of people who were executed, died or disappeared in jails during military rule after Turkey's 1980 coup, according to protesters and family members, are displayed outside a courthouse in Ankara, Turkey, on Sept. 14, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks to the media during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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Syrian child, Taybah Al-Hajji, 1, whose family fled their home in Aleppo 15 days ago due to Syrian government shelling, sits next to her one month old brother Abdulghani, sleeping in a child safety seat covered with a mosquito net, as they take refuge with their family at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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In the Pakistani tribal regions, such as South Waziristan, that harbor al Qaeda and other jihadist groups, militants from Central Asia, China, Turkey and even Germany are growing in number, eclipsing Arabs, say intelligence officials, analysts and residents of the region. (Associated Press)

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Family members gather near an ammunition store in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, where a blast killed 25 soldiers and wounded at least four others on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. (AP Photo)

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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)

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A Turkish soldier helps young Syrian refugees clear the barbed wire fence at a border crossing near Reyhanli, Turkey, earlier this year. The number of Syrian refugees living in border camps in Turkey is now estimated at 80,000, and Turkey says that is close to its maximum capability for providing them shelter. (Associated Press)

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Ghassan Khalil, 30, who fled his home in Marea, Syria, 12 days before because of government shelling of his house, holds his sleeping son Mahmoud, 2, who suffers with a fever, as they take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing near Azaz, Syria, on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012, in hopes of entering a refugee camp in Turkey. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Firefighters battle the blaze as vehicles burn after a blast near a police station in Gaziantep, Turkey, on Monday. Nine people were killed and dozens were wounded amid an escalation in fighting between Kurdish rebels and Turkish security forces. (Associated Press)

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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (right) and former Syrian Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlass pause for the media before a Ramadan fast-breaking dinner at Mr. Davutoglu’s residence in Ankara on July 26. The general, after defecting from Syria, made his surprise visit to Turkey soon afterward. Gen. Tlas says he defected when he realized that longtime friend President Bashar Assad could not be deterred from crushing opposition to his regime. But some Syrians suspect his motives may be political. (Associated Press)