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Members of search teams work at the site of a plane crash on a remote location in Van, eastern Turkey, Thursday, July 16, 2020. Turkey's interior minister says a small plane belonging to Turkey’s police force has crashed into a mountain in eastern Turkey, killing seven officers on board. The plane was returning from a surveillance and reconnaissance mission late on Wednesday, when it crashed into the Artos mountains in the eastern province of Van, which borders Iran. (Behcet Dalmaz/DHA via AP)

Plane crashes in eastern Turkey; 7 security personnel dead

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Armenian soldiers take their position on the front line in Tavush region, Armenia, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Skirmishes on the volatile Armenia-Azerbaijan border escalated Tuesday, marking the most serious outbreak of hostilities between the neighbors since the fighting in 2016. (Armenian Defense Ministry Press Service/PanPhoto via AP)

Clashes resume on volatile Armenian-Azerbaijani border

By AVET DEMOURIAN - Associated Press

People walk outside a court in Istanbul, Thursday, July 16, 2020, where the trial of Deniz Yucel, a German-Turkish journalist, accused of terror charges was held. The court convicted Yucel on charges of engaging in propaganda in favor of Kurdish rebels, and sentenced him to two years and nine months in prison. (AP Photo/Mehmet Guzel)

Turkey convicts German newspaper reporter of propaganda work

By MEHMET GUZEL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, July 16, 2016 file photo, tanks move into position as Turkish people attempt to stop them, in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey is marking the fourth anniversary of the July 15 failed coup attempt against the government on Wednesday July 15, 2020, with ceremonies and events remembering its victims. (AP Photo/File)

Turkey marks fourth anniversary of failed 2016 coup attempt

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

US backs France in standoff with Turkey over warships

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Greece wants ‘crippling’ EU sanctions ready to use on Turkey

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Airstrikes on northwest Syria after blast wounds 3 Russians

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Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, left, and other officials visit the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Saturday, July 11, 2020, two days after Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally reconverted Hagia Sophia into a mosque and declared it open for Muslim worship, after a high court annulled a 1934 decision that had made the religious landmark a museum.(Culture and Tourism Ministry via AP, Pool)

Turkey says it rejects EU condemnation over Hagia Sophia

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European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell reads a statement as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, July 13, 2020. European Union foreign ministers meet for the first time face-to-face since the pandemic lockdown and will assess their fraught relations with China and discuss the troubled relation with Turkey. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)/

EU, Turkey clash over Hagia Sophia, Mediterranean drilling

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Riot police officers stand at a security barricade as lawyers try to walk to the parliament, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, July 10, 2020. Turkey's Bar Associations continue to protest against the government's plans to amend laws regulating on lawyers and their associations. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey amends laws to allow multiple lawyer associations

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

Muslims offer their evening prayers outside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, following Turkey's Council of State's decision, Friday, July 10, 2020. Turkey's highest administrative court issued a ruling Friday that paves the way for the government to convert Hagia Sophia - a former cathedral-turned-mosque that now serves as a museum - back into a Muslim house of worship. The Council of State threw its weight behind a petition brought by a religious group and annulled a 1934 cabinet decision that changed the 6th century building into a museum.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

World Council of Churches “dismayed” at Hagia Sophia shift

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In this Sunday, May 10, 2015 file photo, visitors walk towards the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, an UNESCO World Heritage site and one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul. Turkey's Council of State, the country's highest administrative court is expected Friday, July 10, 2020, to release a ruling on a petition requesting that a1934 decision that turned the Hagia Sophia into a museum be annulled.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, FILE) **FILE**

Turkish court rules Hagia Sophia can be turned into a mosque

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 19, 2020 file photo, a member of a humanitarian aid agency disinfects inside Ibn Sina Hospital as prevention against the coronavirus in Idlib, Syria. Hospitals in Syria’s overcrowded opposition-held enclave are suspending non-emergency procedures and outpatient services following the detection of the first case of coronavirus. A leading doctor in the area said on Friday, July 10, 2020 that the measures will last at lest a week. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)

Hospitals in Syria’s rebel area reduce services amid virus

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

People chant slogans following Turkey's Council of State's decision, outside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Friday, July 10, 2020.Turkey's Council of State, threw its weight behind a petition brought by a religious group and annulled a 1934 cabinet decision that changed the 6th century building into a museum. The ruling allows the government to restore the Hagia Sophia's previous status as a mosque.The decision was in line with the Turkish President's Recep Tayyip Erdogan's calls to turn the hugely symbolic world heritage site into a mosque despite widespread international criticism, including from the United States and Orthodox Christian leaders. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

International rejection grows following Turkey’s decision to turn Hagia Sophia back into a mosque

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2016 file photo, people gather to take basic food stuffs and other aid from community leaders charged with distributing equitably the supplies to the 64,000-person refugee camp called Ruqban on the Jordan-Syria border. Over the last two days, members of the UN Security Council have been haggling over cross-border aid delivery to Syria, with Russia, a major ally of the Syria government, working to reduce the delivery of U.N. humanitarian aid to Syria's last rebel-held northwest down from two crossings to just one. A final vote is expected Friday, July 10, 2020 as western countries push on a new resolution to keep the two crossings open for six months, instead of a year. (AP Photo, File)

UN fails for 2nd time to agree on Syria aid from Turkey

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Russia, Turkey seeking immediate Libya cease-fire: Report

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Turkey: Rescuers find wreck of missing migrant boat in lake

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In this photo released by the Turkish humanitarian group IHH on Monday, April 6, 2020, aid workers of the group demonstrate to Syrian children how to properly wash hands, at a camp for internally displaced persons in northern Syria. The Islamic humanitarian foundation tutored children and adults on preventative measures to avoid infection by the new coronavirus and also distributed aid and personal hygiene supplies. (IHH via AP)

Russia and China veto cross-border aid to Syria’s northwest

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Turkey raids ship carrying 276 migrants; 8 smugglers held

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Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, and Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission, speak during a joint news conference, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 6, 2020. Turkey's Foreign Minister on Monday called on the European Union to be an &quot;honest broker&quot; in disputes between Turkey and EU member states France, Greece and Cyprus, warning that his country would be forced to &quot;reciprocate&quot; against any decisions the bloc takes against Ankara.(Cem Ozdel/Turkish Foreign Ministry via AP, Pool)

Cyprus: EU partners aim to rein in Turkey’s ‘expansionism’

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press