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Ethnic Armenians load a truck as they prepare to leave their home in the village of Maraga, in the Martakert area, in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. A Russia-brokered cease-fire to halt six weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh stipulated that Armenia turn over control of some areas it holds outside the separatist territory's borders to Azerbaijan. Armenians are forced to leave their homes before the region is handed over to control by Azerbaijani forces. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Armenia’s ‘Pearl Harbor’ will be a case study in technological surprise

By Peter Vincent Pry

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks following a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Turkey is re-introducing a series of restrictions, including partial weekend lockdowns, in a bid to slow the surge of COVID-19 cases in the country. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkish parliament approves peacekeepers for Azerbaijan

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

In this photo taken with a drone, smoke rises from burning houses as people leave the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. The territory is to be turned over to Azerbaijan on Sunday as part of territorial concessions in an agreement to end six weeks of intense fighting with Armenian forces. Hundreds of thousands of Azeris were displaced by the war that ended in 1994. It is unclear when any civilians might try to settle in Karvachar — which will now be known by its Azeri name Kalbajar — or elsewhere. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Azerbaijan uses of drones, AI to beat back Armenia

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

People walk at the decorates side in front of the abandoned buildings with a Turkish and Turkish Cypriots breakaway flags, before Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inspects the newly opened beachfront of Varosha in war-divided Cyprus' in the Turkish occupied area in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Erdogan appeared to throw a fresh bid to restart dormant Cyprus reunification talks into doubt, saying that a two-state deal rather than the long-established federal formula is the way forward. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy)

Erdogan backs two-state Cyprus deal, puts talks in doubt

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

Turkey’s defense minister reaffirms Russian S-400 plans

Associated Press

Turkey pulls out from another base in northwestern Syria

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Oct. 25, 2015, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gestures as he watches a military parade during celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of North Korea's Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea. For months, North Korea has been relatively uncombative, as Kim grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, a string of natural disasters and the deepening economic pain from years of tough U.S.-led sanctions. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Iran, North Korea, Russia mum on Biden win, anticipate return to Obama-era policies

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People walk inside historical Covered Bazar, one of homes of exchange offices in Istanbul, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. Turkey's currency tumbled further Friday, hitting another record low. The Turkish lira dropped to 7.3677 against the dollar before making a recovery. The lira is down about 19% versus the U.S. currency since the beginning of the year. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey replaces central bank head as lira sees record lows

Associated Press

France bans Turkish ultranationalist group Grey Wolves

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his ruling Justice and Development Party members at a soccer stadium, in Black Sea city of Samsun, Turkey, Monday, Nov. 1, 2020. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkey fines social media giants for breaching online law

By ANDREW WILKS - Associated Press

Istanbul governor changes workers’ hours to combat COVID

Associated Press

In this photo provided by Turkey's IHH humanitarian aid group, Ayda Gezgin is carried by members of rescue services and medics after she was taken out of the rubble of her collapsed building, in Izmir, Turkey, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Rescuers in the Turkish coastal city pulled Gezgin out alive from the rubble, some four days (91 hours) after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece. The girl was taken into an ambulance, wrapped in a thermal blanket, amid the sounds of cheers and applause from rescue workers. (IHH via AP)

Quake toll rises to 116 in Turkey; rescuers finish searches

By Andrew Wilks - Associated Press

Tents set up for homeless people are placed on a basketball court in Izmir, Turkey, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. Rescue teams continue ploughing through concrete blocs and debris of collapsed buildings in Turkey's third largest city in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey's Aegean coast and north of the Greek island of Samos, Friday Oct. 30, killing dozens. Close to a thousand people were injured.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkish rescuers pull girl from rubble 4 days after quake

By BY MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

In this photo of IHA news agency, provided by the government rescue agency AFAD's rescue teams, rescue workers, who were trying to reach survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building, carry 14-year-old Idil Sirin who have been extricated from a collapsed building early Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, 58 hours after a strong earthquake in Izmir, Turkey. Rescue teams continue ploughing through concrete blocks and debris of collapsed buildings in Turkey's third largest city in search of survivors of the powerful earthquake that struck Turkey's Aegean coast and north of the Greek island of Samos on Friday, Oct. 30. (IHA via AP)

Turkey pulls 2 girls out of rubble three days after quake

By Mehmet Guzel and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Protesters hold placards with a depiction of Eiffel Tower in Paris, right, marked with a shoe stamp a sign of disrespect, and one, left with a slogan reading in Turkish: "May my mother and father be sacrificed in your name, Prophet!", during a protest by members of Islamic groups against France in Istanbul, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. There had been tension between France and Turkey after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said France's President Emmanuel Macron needed mental health treatment and made other comments that the French government described as unacceptably rude. Erdogan questioned his French counterpart's mental condition while criticizing Macron's attitude toward Islam and Muslims. (AP Photo)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan interference worries Turkey friends, angers foes

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Elin Suleymanov, Azerbaijan's ambassador to the U.S., said he is familiar with Russian propaganda. "What you have here is a very strong virtual effort to produce a narrative designed to provide Armenia with an excuse to invite Russian forces into the conflict to carry out an anti-terrorism operation against Azerbaijan," he said. (The Washington Times)

Elin Suleymanov, Azerbaijan ambassador, denies Syria sends militants to Armenia fight

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A member of rescue services, kneels to listen during the ongoing search for survivors in the debris of a collapsed building in Izmir, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. A strong earthquake struck Friday in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, killing several people and injuring hundreds amid collapsed buildings and flooding. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

70-year-old pulled out alive in Turkey as quake toll hits 75

By MEHMET GUZEL and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

Supporters of Sunni Tehreek, a religious group, burn a representation of a French flag with a defaced image of French President Emmanuel Macron during a protest against the French president and republishing of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad they deem blasphemous, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Anti-France protests continue, as Macron seeks understanding

By MUHAMMAD FAROOQ - Associated Press

Members of rescue services search in the debris of a collapsed building for survivors in Izmir, Turkey, early Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. A strong earthquake struck Friday in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, killing several people and injuring hundreds amid collapsed buildings and flooding. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Death toll reaches 39 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island

By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press