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In this Dec. 15, 2014, file photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. An independent U.N. human rights expert says authorities in Saudi Arabia quietly held a second court hearing for 11 people facing charges over the killing of Khashoggi. Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist who wrote critically about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

UN expert: Saudis held another hearing in Khashoggi probe

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 file photo, defendant Adem Yilmaz is pictured in a high security courtroom in Duesseldorf, western Germany. A German court says it had no option but to reject an American request for the extradition of the Turkish man wanted in the United States on terrorism charges. Yilmaz finished serving his sentence in October, stemming from a foiled plot to attack U.S. targets in Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Adem Yilmaz, suspected terrorist, will not be extradited from Germany for U.S. trial

By David Rising - Associated Press

A woman reacts after rescue workers had pulled her out the rubble of an eight-story building which collapsed in Istanbul, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. The eight-story building collapsed, killing at least two people and trapping several others inside the rubble, Turkish officials said. The building had 43 people living in 14 apartments, with a street-level ground floor and seven higher floors, Istanbul Gov. Ali Yerlikaya said, adding that the top three floors had been built illegally. (DHA via AP)

Turkey: Illegal construction a focus as collapse deaths rise

By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Turkey probes deportation of alleged militant back to Egypt

By SUZAN FRASER and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, right, his partner Betty Baziana, left, and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I pose for the photographers during their visit at the Theological School of Halki, in Heybeli Island, near Istanbul, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. The president of Turkey and the prime minister of Greece agreed Tuesday on the need to keep &quot;channels of dialogue&quot; open between their countries, which have come to the brink of war three times since the early 1970s and remain divided over an array of issues. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Greece calls for reopening of Istanbul’s Orthodox seminary

By EMRAH GUREL - Associated Press

Rescue workers and people try to remove debris of a seven-story building which collapsed in Istanbul, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. A seven-story building collapsed in Istanbul on Wednesday, killing at least one person and trapping several others inside the rubble, Turkish media reports said. (DHA via AP)

Istanbul building collapse kills 2; rescuers save 6 others

By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

A massive new IPSOS poll surveyed people in 31 nations to reveal some surprising loneliness. (Courtesy of NASA)

Massive global poll finds 31% of the world expects to feel lonely this year

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the MPs of his ruling Justice and Development Party at the parliament, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey, Greece stress need for dialogue

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 9, 2017 file photo, members of the media work outside the United States consulate in Istanbul. Metin Topuz, a translator and fixer for the Drug Enforcement Agency, working at the consulate, is set to go on trial in March on charges of espionage and attempting to overthrow the Turkish government, a court decided Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. Topuz, has been in custody since October 2017. (AP Photo/Neyran Elden, File)

Turkey: US Consulate employee who did DEA work has trial set

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

US hopes Turkey buys Patriot, drops Russian missile pledge

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

Backdropped by a picture of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, back left, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with his image right, talk to his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) provincial leadership members in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey: US Consulate translator convicted of terror charge

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

This photo released Dec. 4, 2018, by the al-Qaeda-affiliated Ibaa News Agency, shows al-Qaeda-linked fighters driving their vehicles during a military drill in northern Syria. (Ibaa News Agency, via AP) ** FILE **

Al Qaeda’s advance in northern Syria threatens fragile truce

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Human rights court: Turkey didn’t cooperate on murder case

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Syria air defenses target suspected drones over Russia base

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Protesters storm Turkish base in north Iraq, teenager killed

By SALAR SALIM and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, gestures as Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to him during a joint news conference following their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. Russia and Turkey are jockeying for clout in Syria as the U.S. plans to withdraw its troops from the country. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Syria wants Turkish withdrawal to revive security agreement

By ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

Kurdish lawmaker on hunger strike released from Turkish jail

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In this Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019 photo, camels bearing elaborately decorated saddles, wrestle during Turkey's largest camel wrestling festival in the Aegean town of Selcuk, Turkey. While smaller festivals are held across the country during the winter months _ traditionally camel mating season _ the one in Selcuk, just a few miles from the ancient Greek city of Ephesus, is the largest and most prestigious. This year's instalment of the competition brought together some 120 camels and their proud owners. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

AP PHOTOS: Camels wrestle in traditional Turkish event

By LEFTERIS PITARAKIS and AYSE WIETING - Associated Press

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro points to someone in the crowd as he sits inside the Supreme Court for an annual ceremony that marks the start of the judicial year in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. At right is Tibisay Lucena, president of the National Electoral Council. Venezuelans are heading into uncharted political waters after the young leader of a newly united opposition claimed Wednesday to hold the presidency and Maduro dug in for a fight with the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Nicolas Maduro Venezuela military backers reject U.S.-led challenge

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, greets Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prior to their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s president, in Moscow for Syria talks with Vladimir Putin

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press