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In this Sept. 2, 2015, photo, an F-35 jet arrives at its new operational base at Hill Air Force Base, in northern Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Congress blocks F-35 fighter shipments to Turkey

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his ruling Justice and Development Party MPs and supporters at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 24, 2018. ( AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Erdogan calls Israel “fascist, racist” for nation state law

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Turkey and the Netherlands to normalize relations after row

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Marshall Billingslea, the administration’s presidential envoy for arms control, said, “I am not going to be railroaded by the Russians or Chinese.” (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)

Turkey, US officials hold talks on upcoming Iran sanctions

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Greece: Search continues for Turkish woman, 3 sons on border

By COSTAS KANTOURIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 30, 2016, file photo, Ibrahim Parlak, owner of Cafe Gulistan, speaks to supporters and friends at his cafe in Harbert, Mich. Parlak, who has been facing deportation for more than a decade, learned Tuesday, July 17, 2018, that he will be allowed to stay in the U.S. Parlak was granted a deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture, an international law protecting refugees from being returned under threat of torture or death. An immigration judge ruled that Parlak's fear for his safety upon deportation to Turkey is well-founded. (Bryan Bennett/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP)

Judge rules Michigan cafe owner won’t be deported

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FILE - In this Sunday, July 9, 2017 file photo, supporters of Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party, hold Turkish flags in Istanbul, as they gather for a rally following their 425-kilometer (265-mile) 'March for Justice' from capital Ankara to Istanbul. Turkey declared a three-month state of emergency after a failed coup attempt in 2016, and has extended it seven times since then, but it is scheduled to end at midnight Wednesday July 18, 2018, though opposition leaders insists that new anti-terrorism laws are just as oppressive as the emergency powers they will replace. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

How U.S.-Turkey relations grow stronger

By Murat Guzel

FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, April 16, 2018, Turkey's police officers look on as supporters of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party, CHP, gather to protest near central Istanbul's Taksim Square. Turkey's controversial two-year-long state of emergency is scheduled to end at midnight Wednesday July 18, 2018, but the government is set to introduce new anti-terrorism laws it says are needed to deal with continued security threats. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, FILE)

As state of emergency ends, Turkey mulls new terror laws

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

British military soldiers walk past a scale model of a F35 jet forming part of an exhibit on the grounds of the Celtic Manor Resort prior to a NATO summit in Newport, Wales on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. NATO heads of state meet for a two-day summit beginning on Thursday. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

U.S. weapons sales undeterred by Trump’s NATO, trade talk

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he speaks during a commemoration event for the second anniversary of a botched coup attempt, at the Presidential Palace, in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, July 15, 2018. (Presidency Press Service via AP, Pool)

Top U.S. diplomat warns Turkey on ‘serious downside’ to Russian missile deal

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Suppression of the Kurdish Vote Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Why Turkey’s Kurdish problem is about to explode

By David L. Phillips

People use their mobile phones' torches as they attend a commemoration event for the second anniversary of a botched coup attempt, in Istanbul, Sunday, July 15, 2018. Turkey commemorates the second anniversary of the July 15, 2016 failed military attempt to overthrow Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a series of events honouring some 250 people, who were killed across Turkey while trying to oppose coup-plotters.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Questions linger two years after a failed coup in Turkey

By Abraham Wagner

Turkey: 2 British brothers arrested for ‘terror propaganda’

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government is pushing ahead with the purchase of 10 F-35 jets. The 10-plane, $100 billion deal was reached in 2002. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan presses U.S. over F-35 jet sale

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Supporters of Turkey's President and leader of ruling Justice and Development Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrate outside his party's headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, late Sunday, June 24, 2018. Erdogan has claimed victory in critical elections based on unofficial results, securing an executive presidency with sweeping powers. (AP Photo/Ali Unal)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims win in Turkey’s presidential election

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

As members of the U.S.-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council face Turkish-backed fighters, joint U.S.-Turkish military patrols have calmed tensions in the city for now. Defense Secretary James Mattis said, "It is the most complex battle space I have seen." (Associated Press/File)

U.S., Turkey patrol in Syria leaves Kurds out

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Meral Aksener is currently third in the polls and has emerged as a primary challenger to Turkey leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 15-year rule. (Associated Press)

Meral Aksener boosts opposition challenge against Turkey’s Erdogan

By Natalie Malek - The Washington Times

Wearing T-shirts with pictures of Turkish Republic founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, supporters rally for Muharrem Ince, who is seen as a strong contender to end President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 16-year rule in presidential elections next week. (Associated Press)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces strong Turkey election challenge

By Zekine Turkeri and Marga Zambrana and Austin Davis - Special to The Washington Times

This photo released by Hawar News, the news agency for the semi-autonomous Kurdish areas in Syria, shows the anti-IS U.S. coalition, Maj. Gen. James Jarrard, center, and veteran Middle East diplomat William Roebuck, left, in the town of Manbij, in Aleppo province, Syria, Thursday, June 7, 2018. The US delegation's visit comes days after a delicate U.S-Turkish deal that is expected to see an American-backed Kurdish militia pull out of the area. The sign in Arabic in the background reads, &quot;The Civil Democratic Administration in Manbij.&quot; (Hawar News via AP)

Turkish, U.S. military officials agree on plan for Manbij

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Turkish jets strike PKK targets in northern Iraq stronghold

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