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This frame grab from video by Haberturk TV, shows a Russian warplane on fire before crashing on a hill as seen from Hatay province, Turkey, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. Turkey shot down the Russian warplane Tuesday, claiming it had violated Turkish airspace and ignored repeated warnings. Russia denied that the plane crossed the Syrian border into Turkish skies. (Haberturk TV via AP)

Turkey confirms it shot down Russia warplane near Syria’s border

By Suzan Fraser and Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

Belgian Army soldiers patrol in the picturesque Grand Place in the center of Brussels on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. Salah Abdeslam, a French national who lived in Molenbeek, Belgium, is currently the subject of an international manhunt after the Paris attacks. Security has been stepped up in parts of Belgium as a precaution. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) ** FILE **

Brussels under serious threat after Paris attacks

By John-Thor Dahlburg - Associated Press

Greece's players, left, and Turkey's players, right, observe a minute of silence to honour the victims of the Paris attacks prior to an international friendly soccer match, in Istanbul, Tuesday Nov. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkey soccer fans ignore pre-match moment of silence

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. The president is departing for a nine-day trip to Turkey, the Philippines and Malaysia for global security and economic summits. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama heads to G-20 with new urgency following Paris attacks

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Gulen Movement Infiltration in Schools Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

JASON KATZ: Keeping Turkey stable

By Jason Katz

Critics say Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is orchestrating the government's deeply unpopular policies, such as stepping up military actions against Kurdish forces and cracking down on the media and opposition groups. (Associated Press)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party re-secures majority in Turkish vote

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Observers say Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is doubling down on the heavy-handed tactics that have kept him in power for the past 12 years even if his ruling party fails again Sunday to secure a majority. (Associated Press)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan determined to retain power regardless of Turkey election results

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

America's Relationship with Turkey Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

DAN BURTON: Why Turkey matters

By Dan Burton

Turkish foreign minister Feridun Sinirlioglu attends a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. Turkish jets on Friday shot down an unidentified drone that had violated Turkey's airspace at the border with Syria, the military said. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey shoots down drone at border with Syria

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waits for the arrival of European Council President Donald Tusk prior to a meeting at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. Erdogan is on a two-day visit to meet Belgian and EU officials. (Francois Lenoir, Pool photo via AP)

EDITORIAL: Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the ‘Syriazation’ of Turkey

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on the unintended effects of Turkey's laissez faire approach to IS by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

CLIFFORD MAY: Why Turkey is now a target and a tinderbox

By Clifford D. May

Protesters flash the V-sign and chant slogans as they protest Saturday's bombing attacks, during a rally in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015. The twin explosions Saturday ripped through a crowd of activists rallying for increased democracy and an end to violence between Kurdish rebels and Turkish security forces, killing at least 95, and injuring scores of others, in Turkey's deadliest attack in years. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey investigators focus probe on Islamic State militants

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Bodies of victims are covered with flags and banners as a police officer secure the area after an explosion in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. Two bomb explosions apparently targeting a peace rally in Turkey's capital Ankara on Saturday has killed many people a news agency and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey peace rally targeted: Suicide bombings kill 95 people in Ankara

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015, Russian SU-24M jet fighter armed with laser guided bombs takes off from a runaway at Hmeimim airbase in Syria. The skies over Syria are increasingly crowded, and increasingly dangerous. The air forces of multiple countries are on the attack, often at cross purposes in Syria’s civil war, sometimes without coordination and now, it seems, at risk of unintended conflict. (AP Photo/Alexander Kots, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Photo via AP)

Syria’s skies crowded with multiple air forces

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 photo, Syrian refugees wait to sign up for a return bus to the Syrian border, at the U.N.-run Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, northern Jordan. Growing numbers of Syrian refugees are returning to their war-ravaged homeland from Jordan because they can't survive in exile after drastic aid cuts, can't afford to pay smugglers to sneak them into Europe or are simply homesick. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Syria refugees increasingly return to war zones in homeland

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

A Russian Navy ship named 'Caesar Kunikov' passes through the Dardanelles strait in Turkey en route to the Mediterranean Sea, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. Russia began launching military operations in Syria on Wednesday. (Photo/Burak Gezen/DHA via AP) TURKEY OUT

NATO denounces Russia for violating Turkish airspace

By SUZAN FRASER and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

People wait in line in order to get into a reception center for migrants and refugees in Opatovac, Croatia, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Deeply-divided EU to hold emergency summit on migrant crisis

By Lorne Cook and John-Thor Dahlburg - Associated Press

Police officers escort a key suspect in last month's Bangkok bombing. Identified by Thai police as Yusufu Mieraili, the suspect was traveling on a Chinese passport, but his nationality remains unconfirmed. (Associated PRess)

In Thailand, motive of shrine attack tied to Chinese Uighurs

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Turkish soldiers prepare the coffins of fallen comrades, including Lt. Col. Ilker Celikcan, front, before a ceremony at the military airport in Van, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, two days after 16 soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in a Kurdish rebel attack against troops in southeast Turkey on Sunday. The attack was the deadliest assault on Turkish troops since renewed fighting between the rebels and Turkey's security forces erupted in July, shattering a fragile peace process. (IHA Agency via AP)

Turkish forces cross into Iraq for short-term PKK operation

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has dominated the political scene for more than a dozen years, campaigned on behalf of his former party, the Islamist-rooted Peace and Development Party (AKP), appealing to voters to elect at least 300 parliamentarians to help push through a constitution that would expand his powers as an executive. But Sunday's stunning results make that a distant prospect. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Turkey’s growing instability

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES