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10 killed in army helicopter crash in eastern Turkey

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Huseyin Yildiz, 50, plays with a shepherd dog of the &quot;Sivas Kangal&quot; breed, at his breeding farm in Sivas, in the central Anatolian province of Turkey, some 450km east of the capital, Ankara, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Turkey considers the sand-coloured, muscular and livestock-guarding animals as its national dog. The Mastiff-like creatures are predominantly used to protect herds of livestock and they're also used for personal protection and to fend off wolves - the Kangals are known to have one of the strongest bite force of any dog. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

AP PHOTOS: Livestock-guarding dogs breed Turkish pride

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Erdogan pledges rights reforms, critics say not enough

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Doctors and health workers of a COVID-19 vaccination team walk in the isolated village of Gumuslu in the district of Sivas, central Turkey, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. After traveling snow and ice covered roads, medical workers arrived in the small settlement of 350 people some 140 miles (230 kilometers) from the provincial capital, to vaccinate older villagers. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

AP PHOTOS: Turkish vaccine teams target isolated villages

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Florida man charged with trying to join Islamic militants

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his ruling party's supporters in the Black Sea city of Rize, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. Erdogan laid into the United States, accusing it of supporting Kurdish militants on Monday, days after Turkish troops found the bodies of 13 Turkish soldiers, police and civilians abducted by Kurdish insurgents in a cave complex in northern Iraq.(Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkey’s president wishes to improve testy relations with US

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The ancient Acropolis hill is covered with snow after heavy snowfall in Athens, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Greece has called in the armed forces to help cope with the damage caused heavy snowfall that has left parts of greater Athens without power and water for up to three days. (Antonis Nikolopoulos/Eurokinissi via AP)

Snowstorms hit East Med, army called out in Greece

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

People take photographs as snow falls in front of the Greek parliament in Athens, Tuesday, Feb.16, 2021. A cold weather front has hit Greece, sending temperatures plunging from the low 20s Celsius (around 70 Fahrenheit) on Friday to well below freezing on Tuesday, and heavy snowfall in central Athens. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

In Athens, rare snow blankets Acropolis, halts vaccinations

By ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press

Turkey detains wanted New Zealand IS militant at border

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A woman, who was identified only by her initials S.A., one of three New Zealand nationals, is escorted by a Turkish police officer, left, to the local courthouse in Hatay, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. According to a statement Monday by Turkey's Defense Ministry the 26-year old woman identified as S.A. is wanted on an Interpol notice for allegedly belonging to the extremist Islamic State group. (DHA via AP)

New Zealand, Australia quarrel over Islamic State suspect

By NICK PERRY and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Turkish health workers start getting 2nd anti-COVID-19 shots

By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

3 Turkish soldiers killed in clashes in northern Iraq

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his ruling party legislators, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 10.2021. Erdogan on Wednesday ruled out discussing a federal system to reunify Cyprus, insisting that a two-state accord is the only solution for the ethnically-split island. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkey says 2-state solution only option for divided Cyprus

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks in Ankara, Turkey, late Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Erdogan unveiled Tuesday an ambitious 10-year space program for his country, including missions to the moon, sending Turkish astronauts into space and developing internationally-competent satellite systems. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkey unveils space program including 2023 moon mission

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

A woman reacts as riot police officers detain a student during a protest, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Students and faculty members at Bogazici University have been staging demonstrations in protest of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Jan. 1 appointment of an academic with links to his ruling party, as rector.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkish president takes action at protest-rocked university

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

Muhammed Emin, a member of the Uighur community, looks outside in his bakery in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu neighborhood, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Because of shared cultural ties, Turkey has long been a safe haven for the Uighurs, a Turkic group native to China's far west Xinjiang region. Opposition legislators in Turkey are accusing Ankara's leaders of secretly selling out Uighurs to China in exchange for coronavirus vaccines. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey Uighurs fear sellout to China in exchange for vaccine

By Dake Kang and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Turkey rejects criticism of its handling of student protest

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Turkey hopes US will rejoin Iran nuclear deal

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People, some wearing masks to help protect from the spread of the coronavirus sit on a square in Eminonu market in Istanbul, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, hours before the start of a two-day weekend curfew. The country of 83 million rolled out its vaccination drive a week ago, starting with health care workers as well as nursing home residents and their care-givers. More than 1 million people received the first of two doses of the vaccine developed by China's Sinovac pharmaceutical company in the first week. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey passes 25,000 COVID-19-related deaths

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In this photo provided by Turkey's Health Ministry, a vaccination team member administers a dose of the CoronaVac vaccine, produced by China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd., to Sati Kayiran, 88, in Ayas, in Ankara province, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Turkey on Thursday expanded its COVID-19 inoculation campaign to include people aged 85 and older. (Turkish Health Ministry via AP)

Turkey’s Erdogan says extra 10M doses of Chinese vaccine due

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