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A protester from the Uyghur community living in Turkey waves a Turkish flag during a protest against the visit of China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Turkey, in Istanbul, Thursday, March 25, 2021. Hundreds of Uyghurs staged protests in Istanbul and the capital Ankara, denouncing Wang Yi's visit to Turkey and demanding that the Turkish government take a stronger stance against human rights abuses in China's far-western Xinjiang region. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Uyghurs in Turkey protest Chinese foreign minister’s visit

By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

European Council President Charles Michel talks during a video conference with the leaders of Germany, France, Portugal and Greece ahead of the EU summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)

EU offers Turkey aid, trade help despite rights concerns

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, photo, a truck carrying parts of the S-400 air defense systems, exits a Russian transport aircraft after landing at Murted military airport outside Ankara, Turkey. The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on its NATO ally Turkey over its purchase of a Russian air defense system. The move comes at a delicate time in relations between Washington and Ankara. The countries have been at odds over Turkey's acquisition from Russia of the S-400 missile defense system. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool) **FILE**

Turkey defies U.S., won’t give up Russian-made S-400 missile defense system

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Erdogan urges investors to trust Turkey’s economy, potential

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech to gathered supporters outside a packed sports hall where he also attended his ruling party's congress in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Erdogan has come in the firing line for holding the rally inside the closed venue amid a new surge in COVID-19 cases. Thousands of party supporters filled the stands of the 10,400-capacity sports hall in the capital, in disregard of the government's own social distancing rules to fight the coronavirus pandemic. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Erdogan under fire for packed congress despite virus surge

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French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to deliver a speech at the end of a meeting with Mohammad Younes Menfi, president of Libya's Presidential Council and Musa al-Koni, vice-president of Libya's Presidential Council, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Macron said France will reopen its embassy in Libya's capital Tripoli on Monday as a gesture of support for the new interim government. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Turkey rejects Macron’s claim of possible vote interference

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Blood is seen on a hospital floor in Atareb, a town in rural western Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, March 22, 2021. Artillery shells fired from government areas killed at least five civilians and wounded medical staff when they landad in front of the hospital. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

UN official: Airstrikes on NW Syria border area worrying

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FILE - In this Monday, March 8, 2021, photo, protesters chant slogans during a rally to mark International Women's Day in Istanbul. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree early Saturday, March 20, 2021, annulling Turkey's ratification of the Istanbul Convention, a blow to women's rights advocates, who say the agreement is crucial to combating domestic violence. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)

Turkey withdraws from European treaty protecting women

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

Twitter to establish legal entity in Turkey, comply with law

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

Turkey asks Brotherhood TVs to dim criticism of Egypt

By SUZAN FRASER and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, March 20, 2016 file photo, the sun rises as migrants and refugees on a dinghy arrive at the shore of the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey. Five years on, the deal between European Union and Turkey is no longer working but at a summit next week EU leaders will discuss ways to improve relations with Turkey and could try to revive the agreement. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

5 years on, stalled EU Turkey migrant deal remains a model

By LORNE COOK and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu, a human rights advocate and lawmaker from the People's Democratic Party, or HDP, center, reacts after the parliament stripped his parliamentary seat, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. In the latest crackdown on Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition party, Turkey on Wednesday stripped a prominent legislator of his parliamentary seat following his conviction over a 2016 social media post. The legislator protested the move and refused to vacate parliament.(AP Photo)

Turkey expels pro-Kurdish legislator, seeks to disband party

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Turkey says Greek FM to visit Ankara next month

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Turkey slams Mediterranean undersea cable deal

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Israel, Greece, Cyprus hold naval drill as they deepen ties

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shows a thumbs-up as he takes part in a ceremony with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan via video conference of remotely inaugurating the construction of a third nuclear reactor of Akkuyu power plant in southern Turkey, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. The presidents of Turkey and Russia have remotely inaugurated the construction of a third nuclear reactor of Akkuyu power plant in southern Turkey, vowing to continue their close cooperation. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Erdogan, Putin remotely start nuclear reactor construction

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Sweden sentences woman for taking child to IS area in Syria

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In this combination made from two satellite images from Planet Labs Inc. shows the before and after, left, March 3, 2021, right, March 6, 2021 , of the aftermath of a fire following a suspected Russian missile strike early Saturday, March 6, 2021, on an oil-loading facility just northwest of the city of Manbij, Syria. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)

Aerials show huge blaze after oil facility strike in Syria

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Soldiers carry the coffin of army general Osman Erbas as Turkish leaders, army commanders, family members and olleagues attend funeral prayers and a ceremony for 11 military personnel, including a high-ranking officer, at Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, March 5, 2021. Turkish army officers were killed on Thursday when an army helicopter crashed in a snow-covered mountainous area in Bitlis, eastern Turkey. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey: sudden weather change likely cause of chopper crash

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Greece to increase army service amid tension with Turkey

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