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People shout slogans during a protest in Akbelen forest near Ikizkoy, southwestern Turkey, Sunday, July 30, 2023. Environmental activists and local residents are protesting against the demolition of trees in Akbelen forest and the construction of a coal mine in its terrain. (Kenan Gurbuz/Dia Images via AP)

Locals vow to keep fighting to save a forest in southwest Turkey after the chainsaws finish work

By Andrew WIlks - Associated Press

Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides, right, and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, shake hands before their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Monday, July 31, 2023. Mitsotakis is in Cyprus for an official visit. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Greek prime minister seeks improved relations with Turkey but says Ankara needs to drop aggression

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FILE - England's Harry Kane challenges for the ball with Italy's Nicolo Barella during the Euro 2024 group C qualifying soccer match between Italy and England at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, on March 23, 2023. Italy and Turkey have asked to co-host soccer’s 2032 European Championship for which they are the only bidders, UEFA said Friday July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

UEFA says Italy and Turkey have teamed up for bid to co-host 2032 European Championship

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Illustration on Turkey's aggression against Armenia by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Erdogan’s foul play: Turkey is teaming up with Azerbaijan to punish Armenia

By Sam Brownback and Michael Rubin

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shake hands during a welcome ceremony, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Erdogan is beginning a three-stop tour of Gulf states to raise trade and investment for Turkey’s floundering economy. The president will arrive in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, July 17, 2023, accompanied by an entourage of some 200 businesspeople. Business forums have been arranged in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirate. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkey’s Erdogan heads to Gulf seeking funds for ailing economy

By Andrew Wilks - Associated Press

Trucks loaded with United Nations humanitarian aid for Syria following a devastating earthquake are parked at Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in Syria's Idlib province, on Feb. 10, 2023. On Tuesday, July 11, 2023, the U.N. Security Council failed to renew the Bab al-Hawa border crossing into opposition-held northwestern Syria from Turkey. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)

UN says the Damascus-proposed conditions for aid delivery to northwest Syria are ‘unacceptable’

By Abby Sewell - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, leaves after addressing a media conference at a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. NATO leaders gathered Wednesday to launch a highly symbolic new forum for ties with Ukraine, after committing to provide the country with more military assistance for fighting Russia but only vague assurances of future membership. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Turkey’s parliament won’t ratify Sweden’s NATO membership bid before October, Erdogan says

By Karl Ritter and Andrew Wilks - Associated Press

United States President Joe Biden addresses the public during an event at Vilnius University on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Biden: NATO alliance ‘more united than ever in its history’ in support of Ukraine

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. NATO leaders gathered Wednesday to launch a highly symbolic new forum for ties with Ukraine, after committing to provide the country with more military assistance for fighting Russia but only vague assurances of future membership. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

NATO members Greece and Turkey pledge to ‘reset’ ties and bypass longstanding disputes

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, shakes hands with Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, as he arrives to participate in a family photo at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Turkey’s pledge of support for Sweden’s NATO entry is tied to goals on security and EU membership

By Andrew WIlks - Associated Press

Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, left, welcomes U.S. President Joe Biden at the Presidential Palace prior the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Russia's war on Ukraine will top the agenda when NATO leaders meet in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Tuesday and Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Live Updates | Zelenskyy gets hero’s welcome in Lithuania’s capital as he arrives for NATO meeting

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FILE - A security guard walks in front of a banner outside the venue of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 9, 2023. When Sweden applied for NATO membership together with Finland, both expected a quick accession process, but more than a year later Sweden is still in the alliance's waiting room. New entries must be approved by all existing members and as NATO leaders meet for a summit in Vilnius, Sweden is missing the green light from two: Turkey and Hungary. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)

Sweden’s rocky road from neutrality toward NATO membership

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

The United Nations headquarters building is seen from inside the General Assembly hall, on Sept. 21, 2021. The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Thursday, June 29, 2023, that will establish an independent body to determine what happened to more than 130,000 people missing as a result of the conflict in Syria. (Eduardo Munoz/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

U.N. ends aid to northwest Syria from Turkey after Security Council fails to renew approval

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg give remarks at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Russia's war on Ukraine will top the agenda when NATO leaders meet in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Tuesday and Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Turkey yields, opens Sweden’s path to NATO; war in Ukraine casts cloud over two-day summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, July 6, 2023. Sweden's foreign minister expressed optimism on Monday, July 10, 2023, that Turkey will drop its objections to Swedish NATO membership, saying the Nordic's country's accession is a question of when, not if. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Erdogan says Turkey could approve Sweden’s NATO membership if Europeans ‘open way’ to Turkey EU bid

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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. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)

Turkey drops objection to Sweden’s NATO membership on eve of summit

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, July 6, 2023. Senior officials from Sweden and Turkey arrived at NATO headquarters Thursday to examine Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's objections to the Nordic country joining the military alliance and to see what more, if anything, could be done to break the deadlock. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO leaders set to offer Ukraine major support package but membership is off the table for now

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

Greece's Defense Minister Nikos Dendias smiles before a press conference after a meeting with his Cypriot counterpart Michalis Georgallas at the Cypriot Defense Ministry in the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Thursday, July 6, 2023. Dendias, a former foreign minister of Greece, was on his first official overseas trip to Cyprus as defense minister following the re-election of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis last month. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Greece welcomes deescalation in the eastern Mediterranean without directly referring to Turkey

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Judge Mans Wigen speaks during a press conference after the verdict in the case of attempted financing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party was announced, in the Stockholm district court, Thursday, July 6, 2023. A Turkish man has been found guilty of attempted aggravated extortion, weapons possession and attempted terrorist financing, saying he was acting on behalf of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party also known as PKK. A Swedish court on Thursday sentenced Yahya Gungor to 4.5 years in prison after which he would be expelled from Sweden and banned from returning. (Oscar Olsson//TT News Agency via AP)

Sweden convicts a Kurdish man with attempting to extort money for a group that’s outlawed in Turkey

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President Joe Biden meets with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Top officials from Turkey and Sweden head to NATO to try to overcome membership concerns

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press