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Turkey: We can’t be excluded from Mediterranean resources

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In this Oct. 13, 2018, file photo President Donald Trump prays with American pastor Andrew Brunson in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Brunson had returned to the U.S. after he was freed from nearly two years of detention in Turkey. The United States has lifted sanctions on two senior Turkish officials that were imposed in connection with the detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sanctions lifted on Turkish officials after U.S. pastor freed

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Cyprus' president Nicos Anastasiades adjusts his glasses during his speech at The Economist conference in Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. Anastasiades has repeated a call to Turkey to cooperate on exploiting the east Mediterranean's potential hydrocarbon wealth, as long as the ethnically split island nation is reunified. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cyprus urges Turkey to cooperate on energy, but peace first

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

FILE -- In this March 29, 2018 file photo, a fighter from the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council looks through his binoculars to Turkish-backed fighters' positions, at the front line of Halawanji village, north of Manbij, Syria. Sharfan Darwish, spokesman of the Manbij Military Council,w said Thursday Nov. 1, 2018, that joint U.S.-Turkish patrols will begin within hours around the northern Syrian town of Manbij, part of a roadmap for easing tensions between the two NATO allies. Ankara and Washington agreed on a roadmap in June amid Turkish demands for the withdrawal of the U.S.-backed Kurdish militia that freed Manbij from the Islamic State group in 2016. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

US, Turkey begin patrols around northern Syrian town

By SUZAN FRASER and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, second right, listens to Technology Minister Mustafa Varank, right, at a defence technology development meeting, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. Turkey's state-run news agency says the Turkish military has shelled positions held by U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters across the border east of the Euphrates River in Syria, killing four Kurdish fighters and wounding six others. The attack came a day after Erdogan said Turkey has finalized plans for a &quot;comprehensive and effective&quot; operation to drive out Kurdish militia from the region.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey Kurd attack forces US to suspend ISIS fight in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, Turkey's new drillship 'Conquerer' is seen off the coast of Antalya, southern Turkey. Turkey says it has begun a search for oil and gas in east Mediterranean waters in a move that could stoke regional tensions. The drillship ‘Conquerer’ began exploratory drilling Wednesday off Antalya on Turkey’s southern coast. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkey begins oil and gas search that could stoke tensions

By LEFTERIS PITARAKIS and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

US backed Syria Kurds accuse Turkey of jeopardizing IS fight

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Saudi Arabia's top prosecutor Saud al-Mojeb leaves his country's consulate in Istanbul, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. The Turkish fiancee of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi has called on U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders to ensure that his death in Istanbul is not covered up, while Saudi Arabia's top prosecutor on Tuesday visited the Saudi Consulate where officials from his government killed the writer. (Can Erok/DHA via AP)

Turkish prosecutor says Saudi writer strangled, dismembered

By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Illustration on fallout from the Khashoggi murder by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

It’s in America’s security interest to prevent Iranian expansion

By Shoshana Bryen

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses supporters at the parliament, in Ankara, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. Erdogan said the Turkish prosecutor repeated to his Saudi counterpart Turkey's extradition request of 18 suspects detained in Saudi Arabia for the Oct. 2 killing to be put on trial in Istanbul. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey’s Erdogan threatens new push against Syrian Kurds

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of the killed Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, reacts as she speaks during a memorial event for her fiancee at the Mechanical Engineers Institute in London, Monday Oct. 29, 2018. The Al Sharq Forum think tank and Middle East Monitor have organised the event in honour of the murdered journalist Khashoggi who died in the Saudi consulate in Turkey. (John Stillwell/PA via AP)

Khashoggi’s fiancee calls on Trump to prevent ‘cover-up’

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

The entrance to Saudi Arabia's Consulate in Istanbul, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. The post to the left, notifies in Turkish and Arabic that the consulate will remain closed Oct. 29 because of national holiday in Turkey. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Saudi, Turkish prosecutors discuss Khashoggi killing

By Christopher Torchia and Zeynep Bilginsoy - Associated Press

In this Oct. 25, 2018, photo, workers walk inside a terminal at Istanbul's new airport, ahead of its opening. The first phase of the airport, one of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's major construction projects, is scheduled to be inaugurated on Oct. 29 when Turkey celebrates Republic Day. The massive project, has been mired in controversy over worker's rights and environmental concerns amid a weakening economy. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Istanbul to unveil new airport, seeks to be world’s biggest

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and NEYRAN ELDEN - Associated Press

Saudi Arabia's flag flies atop the country's consulate in Istanbul, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. The Saudi officials who killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate must reveal the location of his body, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday in remarks that were sharply critical of the kingdom's handling of the case.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Top Saudi prosecutor expected in Turkey over writer’s death

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Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, shakes hands with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, prior to their meeting in Istanbul, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. The Turkish and Russian foreign ministers met ahead of a summit on Syria by the leaders of Turkey, Russia, Germany and France to discuss the situation in the northwestern province of Idlib, access of humanitarian aid, the drafting of a constitution and reconstruction of the war-torn country. (Cem Ozdel/Turkish Foreign Ministry via AP, Pool)

Turkey hosts summit to seek solutions to end war in Syria

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to members of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. The Saudi officials who killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate must reveal the location of his body, Erdogan said Friday in remarks that were sharply critical of the kingdom's handling of the case. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey seeks political solution for Syria at 4-way summit

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

German convicted in Turkey of membership in Kurdish group

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An activist, wearing a mask depicting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, holds up his hands, painted with fake blood as he protests the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, during a candlelight vigil outside Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. The poster reads in Arabic:' Khashoggi's Friends Around the World'. A group of Arab and international public, political and media figures are establishing a global association called &quot;Khashoggi's Friends Around the World&quot;; &quot;to achieve justice for the freedom martyr&quot;.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

The Latest: Turkey seeking return of Saudi slaying suspects

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Activists, protesting the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, hold a candlelight vigil outside Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. The poster reads in Arabic:' Khashoggi's Friends Around the World'. A group of Arab and international public, political and media figures are establishing a global association called &quot;Khashoggi's Friends Around the World&quot;; &quot;to achieve justice for the freedom martyr&quot;.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey seeks extradition of suspects in Khashoggi killing

By SUZAN FRASER and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

The Saudi Arabia flag flies outside the country's consul general's official residence in Istanbul, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Turkey's state-run news agency says Saudi officials did not allow Turkish investigators, probing the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, to search a well in the garden of the Saudi Consulate. Turkish forensic teams have searched the Consulate, the consul general's official residence as well as vehicles belonging to the consulate as part of their probe into Khashoggi's disappearance and death. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Changing story again, Saudi Arabia says killing was planned

By Aya Batrawy, Christopher Torchia and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press