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**FILE** In this photo from July 24, 2010, Turkish soldiers march after a funeral ceremony for captain Ibrahim Baris Yurtseven, an army officer who was killed by Kurdish rebels in Hakkari at Turkey-Iraq border, at the Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara, Turkey. (Associated Press)
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Illustration: Israel and Turkey by John Camejo for The Washington Times
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (in business suit, front-center) leads a group of military officers away from the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk on Monday after the military's annual meeting in the capital of Ankara. (Associated Press)
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Some Syrian refugees in Turkey say they are dedicated to continuing the fight for freedom from across the border. "We weren't ready earlier." one said. (Associated Press)
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Turkish Red Crescent workers pitch tents in a new camp that can receive up to 15,000 Syrian refugees in Apaydin, Turkey, on Friday, June 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Syrian refugees forced north by a crackdown on protesters pass a Turkish military vehicle as they cross the border near Guvecci, Turkey, on Thursday.
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Syrians living in makeshift tents inside Syria near the Turkish border village of Guvecci are seen shortly before Turkey's Red Cresdent distribute free food alongside Turkey-Syria border near the Turkish village of Guvecci in Hatay province, Turkey, on June 22, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Wild Turkey workers Steve Crossfield (left) and Ronald Harvey monitor the computerized processing of bourbon in the control room of the new facility in Lawrenceburg, Ky. Wild Turkey can produce twice as much bourbon since the upgrade. (Associated Press)
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Children hold a handmade Syrian flag during a protest against President Bashar Assad's speech in a refugee camp across the border in Yayladagi, Turkey. Mr. Assad said Monday that his regime would consider political reforms, but opponents said his words lacked any clear sign of a transition to democracy. (Associated Press)
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Refugee women look out from their tented home inside a Syrian refugee camp just at the border in Turkey near Turkish village of Boynuyogun in Hatay province, Turkey, on June 18, 2011, during a press tour organized by the Turkish authorities. (Associated Press)
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Refugee children look out from a fence, from inside a Syrian refugee camp just at the border in Turkey near Turkish village of Boynuyogun in Hatay province, Turkey, Friday, June 18, 2011, during a press tour organized by the Turkish authorities. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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Syrian refugees are seen in a camp, in Boynuyogun, Turkey, on June 14, 2011. According to the Turkish Prime Minister's office, the number of Syrian refugees in Turkey stands at more than 8.500 people. (Associated Press)
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Syrian refugees are seen in a tent compound in Boynuyogun, Turkey, near the Syrian border, on June 13, 2011. Turkey has given sanctuary to more than 5,000 fleeing Syrians since the uprising against the regime began in mid-March, nearly all of them in the past week from the area around Jisr al-Shughour. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Supporters of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey celebrate Sunday while watching Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife, Emine, on a screen in Ankara. The ruling party won a third term in parliamentary elections.
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A Syrian refugee holds a baby in a camp set up by Turkish Red Cresdent in Turkish town of Yayladagi in Hatay province, Turkey, Friday, June 10, 2011. The region borders Turkey, which said Wednesday it would open the border to Syrians fleeing violence. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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Opponents of the Syrian regime gathered on Turkey's Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya, on June 1, 2011, for a conference aimed at overcoming their differences and bolstering protesters who have endured a bloody crackdown under President Bashar Assad. (Associated Press)
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Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard (12) and Hedo Turkoglu (15), of Turkey, react after Howard received a technical foul in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Bobcats in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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A Libyan rebel runs for safety as shells explode in the distance on the frontline near Brega on Wednesday. Turkey is trying to broker a cease-fire in the fighting with Col. Moammar Gadhafi's forces. The rebels blame the Turks for a lull in the NATO airstrikes that aided their cause. (Associated Press)
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) walks with Syrian counterpart, Naji al-Otari. He has urged Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi to step down. (Associated Press)
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FILE- Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot environmental activists protest against Turkey's plans to build a nuclear power plant on its southern coast near a seismic fault line, during a demonstration in the divided island's capital Nicosia, in this file photo dated Saturday, March 19, 2011. Turkey is pushing ahead on building a nuclear power plant close to an earthquake-prone Ecemis Fault area on the Mediterranean coast, dismissing fears from neighboring Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou who claims that Japan's nuclear disaster is a warning of the risks to the whole region.(AP Photo/Philippos Christou)
