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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the inauguration of a solar technologies plant, outside Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Erdogan said that Turkey will defend its rights in the eastern Mediterranean until the end, but Ankara wants Greece to take steps paving the way for dialogue.(Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkey discovers large natural gas reserve off Black Sea

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Egypt’s lawmakers approve maritime deal with Greece

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2018 file photo, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan give a thumbs up as he embraces Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during a ceremony at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. The personal relationship between the leaders is warm, partly forged by mutual support during domestic attempts to force them from power. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Tension with Washington helps fuel Turkey-Venezuela alliance

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

This photo provided Friday Aug.14, 2020 by the French Defense Ministry shows the French Tonnerre helicopter carrier, center, escorted by Greek and French military vessels during a maritime exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Greece's prime minister warmly thanked France Thursday for boosting its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean, where Greek and Turkish warships are closely shadowing each other over a Turkish energy exploration bid in waters Athens claims as its own. (French Defense Ministry via AP)

EU holding urgent talks on Greece-Turkey energy dispute

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, accompanied by From left, U.S. special envoy for Iran Brian Hook, Avraham Berkowitz, Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, President Donald Trump's White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, smiles in the Oval Office at the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Washington. Trump said on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates and Israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic ties as part of a deal to halt the annexation of occupied land sought by the Palestinians for their future state. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Iran, Turkey lash out at UAE over agreement with Israel

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his party members, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Greece’s prime minister has warmly thanked France for its decision to boost its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean, where Greek and Turkish warships are closely shadowing each other over a Turkish energy exploration bid in waters Athens claims as its own. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Greece welcomes French boost as tension rises in east Med

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Turkey detains IS suspect planning attack on police

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In this photo provided by the Turkish Defense Ministry, Turkey's research vessel, Oruc Reis, in red and white, is surrounded by Turkish navy vessels as it was heading in the west of Antalya on the Mediterranean, Turkey, Monday, Aug 10, 2020. Tension remains high between Greece and Turkey, whose warships are in the eastern Mediterranean where Turkey has sent a research vessel to carry out seismic research for energy resources in an area Greece says is on its continental shelf.(Turkish Defense Ministry via AP, Pool)

Turkish ship starts energy search; Greece issues warnings

By SUZAN FRASER and ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

Iraq military says Turkish drone kills 2 senior commanders

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SALAR SALIM - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks after a cabinet meeting, in Ankara Turkey, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. The government of Greece slammed Turkey's announcement that it will be conducting energy exploration in an area of the eastern Mediterranean that Athens says overlaps its continental shelf, as tension over the rights to natural resources increased sharply in the region Monday.(Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkey vows to press ahead with energy search amid tensions

By SUZAN FRASER and ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

In this photo taken Monday, July 27, 2020, Turkey's research vessel, Oruc Reis, anchored off the coast of Antalya on the Mediterranean, Turkey. A top Turkish official said Tuesday that Turkey will suspend research for oil and gas exploration in disputed waters in the Eastern Mediterranean. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his aides to &quot;be constructive and put this on hold for some time,&quot; presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told Turkish broadcaster CNN Turk.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Greece slams Turkish move on gas exploration in eastern Med

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of coronavirus, walk in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Turkey's interior ministry announced new measures Wednesday to curb the spread of COVID-19 as daily confirmed cases peaked above 1,000. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkish lira hits another historic low amid pandemic

Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, front center, takes part in Friday prayers in Hagia Sophia, at the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. Erdogan joined worshipers on July 24 for the first Muslim prayers in 86 years inside the Istanbul landmark that served as one of Christendom's most significant cathedrals, a mosque and a museum before its conversion back into a Muslim place of worship.(Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkish president slams Egypt-Greece deal, drilling resumes

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FILE-In this Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018 file photo, a man walks away after changing currency at a currency exchange shop in Istanbul. Turkey's currency dropped to an all-time low against the dollar on Thursday Aug. 6, 2020, as the global recession created by the coronavirus pandemic brings to the fore weaknesses in the country's economy. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Turkish currency hits all-time low amid market jitters

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Egypt, Greece sign maritime deal to counter Libya-Turkey one

By NOHA ELHENNAWY - Associated Press

Adnan Polat wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of coronavirus, shines a client's shoes, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Turkey's interior ministry announced new measures Wednesday to curb the spread of COVID-19 as daily confirmed cases peaked back above 1,000. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey announces inspections, measures to curb COVID-19 rise

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This Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows an F-35C Joint Strike Fighter conducts an approach on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, 40 miles off San Diego, Calif. The Navy has completed the first two landings of F-35C Joint Strike Fighters, a milestone for the new plane. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Andy Wolfe)

How the F-35 is driving a wedge between the U.S. and a key NATO ally

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Cyprus: Putin ‘to help ease’ gas search tensions with Turkey

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, July 25, 2020 file photo, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Fayez Sarraj, the head of Libya's internationally-recognized government, pose for photographs prior to their talks in Istanbul. Turkey is secretly expanding its footprint in conflict-ridden Libya, fueling the country’s civil war and deepening fault lines with Mediterranean neighbors and between international allies. Turkey seems to be after lucrative construction and port contracts, according to Libyan officials. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool, File)

Joining the conflict in Libya, Turkey sees economic gains

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press