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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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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

Military vehicles and equipment, parts of the S-400 air defense systems, are unloaded from a Russian transport aircraft, at Murted military airport in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, July 12, 2019. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

Turkey, Russia complete 1st part of missile defense delivery

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In a Dec. 17, 2018, file photo, Bijan Kian leaves the FBI Washington Field Office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Bijan Kian, Michael Flynn business partner, convicted on two counts

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U.S. Senator Robert Menendez arrives at the presidential palace for a meeting with Cyprus' president Nicos Anastasiades in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, April 16, 2019.U.S Senator Robert Menendez D-N.J. says it's a &quot;great moment&quot; for Cyprus to strengthen its bonds with the U.S. and the West, amid new natural gas discoveries in waters off the east Mediterranean island nation coupled with its partnerships with neighboring countries aimed at bolstering regional security. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Democratic lawmakers seek role in pending sanctions on Turkey over Russian missile buy

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2018, file photo, Bijan Kian, whose full name is Bijan Rafiekian, leaves the FBI Washington Field Office in Washington. A jury on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, has convicted Kian, a one-time business partner of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, on charges he illegally acted as a Turkish agent when he and Flynn undertook a project to discredit an exiled cleric wanted by Turkey’s government. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Ex-Flynn business partner convicted of illegal lobbying

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In this March 29, 2019, photo, a U.S. F-35A fighter jet prepares to land at Chungju Air Base in Chungju, South Korea. (Kang Jong-min/Newsis via AP) **FILE**

Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkish foreign minister, says gov’t will respond to any U.S. sanctions

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A boy holding a Turkish flag watches as Turkish acrobatic jets fly, during a military parade celebration marking the 45th anniversary of the 1974 Turkish invasion in the Turkish occupied area of the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Saturday, July 20, 2019. Cyprus was split into Greek Cypriot south and Turkish Cypriot north in 1974 when Turkey invaded in response to a coup by supporters of a union with Greece. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Turkey steps up drilling activities around Cyprus

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Greece's national defense minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos, left, and his Cyprus counterpart Savvas Angelides talk to the media during a press conference after their meeting at the defense ministry in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, July 19, 2019. Panagiotopoulos says Turkey's illegal gas drilling off Cyprus is testing the European Union's credibility at deterrence and its ability to safeguard its members' common energy interests in the eastern Mediterranean. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Greek minister says Turkey’s drilling tests EU’s credibility

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Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, right, speaks with army's top commanders during the funeral prayers of Osman Kose, a 38-year-old Turkish diplomat killed in Iraq, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, July 18, 2019. A gunman opened fire inside a restaurant in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil on Wednesday, killing a Turkish diplomat working at Ankara's consulate, Turkey's state-run news agency and Iraqi media said.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkish jets strike Kurdish rebels after diplomat’s death

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Military vehicles and equipment, parts of the S-400 air defense systems, are unloaded from a Russian transport aircraft, at Murted military airport in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, July 12, 2019. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

AP Explains: Why NATO member Turkey wants Russian missiles

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Russia offers to sell fighter jets to Turkey

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In this March 29, 2019, photo, a U.S. F-35A fighter jet prepares to land at Chungju Air Base in Chungju, South Korea. (Kang Jong-min/Newsis via AP) **FILE**

Turkey calls on US to reverse decision on F-35 exclusion

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

This image posted by RUDAW Facebook TV, an Irbil-based Kurdish broadcaster, shows broken glass shows in the window of a restaurant that was the scene of a shooting, in Irbil, Iraq, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Turkey's state-run news agency says a Turkish diplomat working at Ankara's consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil was killed during a shooting attack inside the restaurant there. (RUDAW Facebook TV via AP)

Gunmen in restaurant in northern Iraq kill Turkish diplomat

By SALAR SALIM and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Military vehicles and equipment, parts of the S-400 air defense systems, are unloaded from a Russian transport aircraft, at Murted military airport in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, July 12, 2019. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

US kicking NATO ally Turkey out of fighter program

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this March 29, 2019, photo, a U.S. F-35A fighter jet prepares to land at Chungju Air Base in Chungju, South Korea. (Kang Jong-min/Newsis via AP) **FILE**

U.S. formally kicks Turkey out of F-35 program

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this March 29, 2019, photo, a U.S. F-35A fighter jet prepares to land at Chungju Air Base in Chungju, South Korea. (Kang Jong-min/Newsis via AP) **FILE**

Throw Turkey out of NATO

By Jed Babbin

Trump says US won’t sell fighter jets to Turkey

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In this Tuesday, July 9, 2019 photo, a helicopter flies near Turkey's drilling ship, 'Fatih' dispatched towards the eastern Mediterranean, near Cyprus. Turkish officials say the drillships Fatih and Yavuz will drill for gas, which has prompted protests from Cyprus.(Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool)

Turkey: EU sanctions over gas drilling ‘worthless’

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, July 9, 2019 photo, a helicopter flies near Turkey's drilling ship, 'Fatih' dispatched towards the eastern Mediterranean, near Cyprus. Turkish officials say the drillships Fatih and Yavuz will drill for gas, which has prompted protests from Cyprus.(Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool)

The Latest: Greek Cypriots reject joint gas drilling panel

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