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Turkey: 30 detained in protest over elected mayors’ ouster

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This photo provided by the activist-operated Thiqa News Agency, shows a Turkish military convoy heading toward the town of Khan Sheikhoun, in Idlib province, Syria, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. The Turkish military convoy carrying ammunition crossed into northern Syria Monday and moved south through rebel-held areas before it was stopped by airstrikes that struck near the highway where the convoy was moving, opposition activists said. (Thiqa News Agency via AP)

The Latest: Turkey says its army convoy targeted in Syria

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FILE - In this May 9, 2019 file photo, Ahmet Turk, the mayor of Mardin, southeastern Turkey, speaks in Ankara. Turkey's government says it has removed from office the elected mayors of three provinces in Turkey's mostly-Kurdish populated southeast region, including Turk, replacing them with government appointees. An Interior Ministry statement on Monday Aug. 19, 2019, accused the mayors of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party, of aiding the outlawed Kurdish rebel group, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkey removes 3 pro-Kurdish mayors from office

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Smoke rises in the background from bombardment around the area as fighters with the Free Syrian army drive their pick-up truck, left, past a Turkey Armed Forces convoy, at a highway between Maaret al-Numan and Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province, Syria, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. The Turkish Defense Ministry says airstrikes have targeted a Turkish military convoy in Syria, killing at least three civilians and wounding 12 others in Monday's attack that occurred while the convoy was heading toward a Turkish observation post in the rebel-held stronghold of Idlib. (Murat Kibritoglu/DHA via AP)

Airstrikes target Turkish convoy in Syria, raising tensions

By ALBERT AJI and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Turkey no longer a friend

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Attack on Turkish post in Syria injures 2 soldiers

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Minor damage, from an earthquake is seen on a street as residents stay out of buildings and on streets in Bozkurt, in Denizli province, west Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. The earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.0 hit western Turkey, damaging homes and causing some injuries, officials said. Bozkurt's mayor, Birsen Celik, told media that the quake knocked down two houses in the town but residents escaped with slight injuries. Several other homes were damaged with cracked walls. (Ramazan Cetin/DHA via AP)

Turkey: Quake damaged nearly 1,000 buildings, official says

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A government supporter holds a sign with a message that reads in Spanish: &quot;Trump unblock Venezuela&quot; during a protest against U.S. sanctions, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. Sweeping new U.S. sanctions freeze all of the Nicolas Maduro government's assets in the U.S. and even threaten to punish companies from third countries that keep doing business with his socialist administration. (AP Photo/Leonardo Fernandez)

Turkey criticizes US freeze on Venezuela assets

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Minor damage, from an earthquake is seen on a street as residents stay out of buildings and on streets in Bozkurt, in Denizli province, west Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. The earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.0 hit western Turkey, damaging homes and causing some injuries, officials said. Bozkurt's mayor, Birsen Celik, told media that the quake knocked down two houses in the town but residents escaped with slight injuries. Several other homes were damaged with cracked walls. (Ramazan Cetin/DHA via AP)

Magnitude 6 quake shakes western Turkey; more than 20 hurt

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Turkey kills 2 more suspects in diplomat’s slaying in Iraq

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Syrian troops take villages, push toward key rebel-held town

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, June 20, 2019 file photo, a Turkish police officer patrols the dock, backdropped by the drilling ship 'Yavuz' to be dispatched to the Mediterranean, at the port of Dilovasi, outside Istanbul. Turkey's state-run news Anadolu Agency quoted Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, Turkey's Energy Minister Fatih Donmez as saying that Yavuz, had begun operations in an area off the Karpas peninsula on Cyprus' east coast. Cyprus says Turkey's drilling activities are unlawful while the European Union announced sanctions against Turkey. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Second Turkish ship begins gas drilling off Cyprus

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his country's ambassadors in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. Turkey's combative president is threatening to launch a military operation in northeastern Syria that is designed to push back U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish forces, an invasion that carries major risks for a highly combustible region in war-devastated Syria.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

U.S., Turkey said to reach deal to head off clash over Syria, Kurds

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper briefs the media at a press conference following annual bilateral ministerial talks in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Esper: US intends to prevent Turkey invasion into Syria

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 4, 2018 file photo, a U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council soldier passes a U.S. position near the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria. Some hundreds of U.S. troops are stationed in Syria, raising the possibility of an unintended confrontation between two NATO members playing out if Turkey launches an operation in the area. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

AP Explains: Turkish military move into Syria is high risk

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, centre left, ministers and army commanders follow a guard of honor at the mausoleum of Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk before a meeting of the High Military Council in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. Erdogan joined top commanders for one of the military's most important meetings to promote officers or dismiss others for disciplinary reasons. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

The hard work of handling U.S. allies

By Kim R. Holmes

Turkey warns of cross-border operation into eastern Syria

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Turkey sends delegation to China to observe Uighur situation

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In this Thursday, July 25, 2019 photo, a view of Kalfat, a village in the Cankiri province, 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of the Turkish capital Ankara, Turkey. A village in central Turkey where Boris Johnson can trace his Turkish ancestry to is abuzz with excitement and pride over the news that a man they see as one of their own has become the new prime minister of Britain. Residents of the mainly farming village of Kalfat, north of the Turkish capital Ankara, gathered to celebrate after Johnson won a Conservative Party leadership contest and become the country’s leader. They hope he will visit soon. (AP Photo/Mehmet Guzel)

Johnson’s ancestral Turkish village abuzz with excitement

By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 file photo, people hold a banner showing some of the academics on trial and reads in Turkish: 'Peace', as they participate in a protest outside a court in Istanbul. Turkey's top court has ruled that 10 academics had their rights violated when they were sentenced on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda for signing a petition that called for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast. They were among hundreds of members of a group called Academics for Peace who signed the petition in January 2016. The Constitutional Court on Friday, July 26, 2019 ordered re-trials and compensation for the 10 academics who appealed. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file)

Court says Turkey violated petition-signing scholars’ rights

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