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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, greets Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson during arrivals for a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11, 2023. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson tells his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán that more dialogue would be beneficial after Orbán invited the Swede to Budapest to discuss Sweden's NATO accession. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

NATO chief upbeat that Sweden could be ready to join the alliance by March

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Hungary's Prime Minister Victor Orban briefs the media in Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 10, 2020. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sent a letter to his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, inviting him to Budapest to discuss Sweden's accession into the NATO military alliance, Orban wrote Tuesday Jan. 23, 2023, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Hungary’s Orban says he invited Swedish leader to discuss NATO membership

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FILE - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint statement with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. Turkey's president has vowed to widen military operations against groups linked to Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq and Syria, days after nine soldiers were killed in an attack on a Turkish military base in Iraq. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)

Turkey’s Erdogan vows to widen operations against Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq

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Mesut Ceki, center, a courier rights association member and colleague of Turkish motorcycle courier Yunus Emre Gocer, talks to journalist outside the Justice court in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. A court in Istanbul on Tuesday convicted the son of Somalia's president over the death of a motorcycle courier and sentenced him to two years and six months in prison. The sentence, however, was immediately commuted to a fine. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Turkish court convicts Somalia president’s son over motorcyclist’s death, commutes sentence to fine

By Mehmet Guzel and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Antalyaspor's Sagiv Jehezkel points a message in his bandage that reads: "100 days. 7.10" as he celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during a Turkish Super Lig soccer match between Antalyaspor and Trabzonspor in Antalya, southern Turkey, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Turkish authorities have detained Turkish top-flight soccer club Antalyaspor's Israeli player Sagiv Jehezkel for questioning after he displayed solidarity with people held hostage by the Hamas militant organization during a league game. (Adem Akalan/DHA via AP)

Turkey charges Israeli soccer player with inciting hatred for showing solidarity with Gaza hostages

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waits for the start of a round table meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)

Turkish police arrest 70 suspects with ties to the Islamic State group in raids across the country

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speak as they meet, during Blinken's week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, at the Kirya, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

Blinken calls on Israel to work with moderate Palestinian leaders on plans for post-war Gaza

By Matthew Lee, Najib Jobain and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, attends a meeting with Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz, second right, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, as part of his weeklong trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

In Israel, Blinken looks to planning for postwar Gaza as bombardment, fighting continue to rage

By Matthew Lee, Najib Jobain and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Relatives of the members of a school volleyball team killed in last year's earthquake gather outside the justice court during a trial in Adiyaman, southeastern Turkey, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. Parents of the members of a school volleyball team that perished when their hotel crumbled in last year's powerful earthquake testified in the trial against the hotel's owner on Thursday, describing how hopes of finding their loved ones alive quickly turned to despair. (Dia Images via AP)

Parents of Cyprus school volleyball team players killed in quake testify against hotel owner

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People demonstrate next to Yeni Cami (New Mosque) to show solidarity with Palestinians amid the ongoing war in Gaza, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. Tens of thousands gathered in Istanbul to rally against the war in Israel on the first day of the new year. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Turkey detains 33 people suspected of spying for Israel

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Turkish soccer fans wave flags as they wait for the Super Cup match between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce at Al Awal Park in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. (AP Photo)

Turkish Super Cup final canceled over jersey dispute with Saudi officials

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, right, as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg looks on prior to a meeting ahead of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, July 10, 2023. The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee was poised on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, to resume deliberations on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan linked the Nordic country’s admission on U.S. approval of Turkey’s request to purchase F-16 fighter jets.(Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP, File)

Turkish parliamentary committee resumes debate on Sweden’s NATO bid

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint statement with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Turkey links Sweden’s NATO bid to U.S. approving F-16 jet sales and Canada lifting arms embargo

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In this handout photo released by Turkish Interior Ministry, Turkish referee Halil Umut Meler, center, rests in a bed as he talks to Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, third left, at Acibadem hospital in Ankara, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. The Turkish Football Federation has suspended all league games in the country after a club president punched the referee in the face at the end of a top-flight match. (Turkish Interior Ministry via AP)

Turkish soccer matches to resume on Dec. 19 after suspension caused by attack on referee

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In this handout photo released by Turkish Interior Ministry, Turkish referee Halil Umut Meler, center, rests in a bed as he talks to Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, third left, at Acibadem hospital in Ankara, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. The Turkish Football Federation has suspended all league games in the country after a club president punched the referee in the face at the end of a top-flight match. (Turkish Interior Ministry via AP)

Turkish soccer matches to resume on Dec. 19 after suspension caused by referee attack

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Referee Halil Umut Meler, left, falls after being punched by MKE Ankaragucu President Faruk Koca, barely seen second left, at the end of the Turkish Super Lig soccer match between MKE Ankaragucu and Caykur Rizespor in Ankara, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. The Turkish Football Federation has suspended all league games in the country after a club president punched the referee in the face at the end of a top-flight match. Koca was arrested Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, along with two other people on charges of injuring a public official following questioning by prosecutors. (Abdurrahman Antakyali/Depo Photos via AP)

Turkey suspends all league games after club president punches referee at a top-flight match

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Crowds of supporters gather on the National Mall at the March for Israel on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Erdogan’s double standard on Hamas reflects his antisemitism and racism

By Michael Rubin

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes statements with Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis after their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, on Dec. 7, 2023. Erdogan used a speech on human rights Saturday Dec. 9, 2023 to accuse the West of “barbarism” for its stance on the Israel-Hamas war and what he alleged was its toleration of Islamophobia. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas, File)

Turkey’s Erdogan accuses the West of ‘barbarism’ and Islamophobia in the war in Gaza

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Spectators watch during the unveiling ceremony for a statue at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Va., Dec. 10, 2019. Virginia’s state-run fine arts museum is returning 44 ancient pieces of art to their countries of origin after law enforcement officials presented the institution with what it called “irrefutable evidence” that the works had been stolen or looted. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced in a news release Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 that it had “safely delivered” the pieces to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, file)

Virginia state art museum returns 44 pieces authorities determined were stolen or looted

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

United Nations' conclusions about Israel illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ dangerous thoughts on the massacre of civilians

By Eric S. Sherby