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Family seeks visa to move from Turkey to Kansas

By MORGAN CHILSON - Associated Press

Syrian activist, journalist daughter found dead in Turkey

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan chairs the National Security Council in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. Turkey's political and military leaders met to consider possible sanctions and other measures against Iraq's Kurdish region if it goes ahead with a referendum for independence. The Council met followed by a Cabinet meeting on Friday as the country stepped up pressure on Iraq's Kurds to abandon the vote slated for Sept. 25. (Presidential Press Service, pool photo via AP)

Turkey says it won’t accept Kurdish independence vote

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 21, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Donald Trump’s chummy chat with Turkey’s Erdogan glosses over tense relations between countries

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, listens to U.S. President Donald Trump during a dinner at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. (Presidency Press Service, Pool Photo via AP)

White House denies Trump apology to Erdogan over D.C. brawl

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, left, prior to their talks at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017.(Presidency Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey shrugs off worries over Russian defense system

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Turkish leader says deposit made on Russian defense system

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German Chancellor and top candidate of the Christian Democratic Union, CDU, Angela Merkel speaks during an election campaign in Delbrueck, western Germany, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. (Friso Gentsch/dpa via AP)

Merkel, other German leaders dismiss Turkish travel warning

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Turkey: Germans initially denied visit make it to NATO base

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Illustration on Tayyip Erdogan's incremental Islamicization of Turkey by Kevin Kreneck/Tribune Content Agency

Turkey’s choice: The past or the future?

By Cal Thomas

Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon fails to stop a goal from Spain's Isco to open the score during the World Cup Group G qualifying soccer match between Spain and Italy at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Saturday Sept. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Spain closer to World Cup spot after rare defeat for Italy

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

19 indicted for attacking protesters during Erdogan US visit

By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press

Iran Turkey Rivalry Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Middle East rivalry between Iran and Turkey interminable

By Daniel Pipes

FILE - In this March 8, 2017 file photo, Turkish born German writer, Doghan Akhanli attends a literature festival in Cologne, Germany. Germany's foreign minister is urging Spain not to extradite the German writer to Turkey after he was arrested on a Turkish warrant. Sigmar Gabriel called his Spanish counterpart Saturday Aug. 19, 2017 over the arrest of Doghan Akhanli while on holiday in Spain. Akhanli was born in Turkey but emigrated to Germany in 1991 after spending years in Turkish prison following the 1984 military coup in the country. (Henning Kaiser/dpa via AP,file)

Germany welcomes release of writer sought by Turkey

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Turkish police officers escort Russian national Renad Bakiev in Adana, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Turkish authorities have detained a Russian national and suspected Islamic State militant for allegedly planning a drone attack on U.S. aircraft at Turkey's Incirlik air base, according to the Turkish police. Renad Bakiev was detained in the southern city of Adana over suspicions that he plotted to crash an American aircraft or attack the Incirlik air base using a drone, the Adana police said in a statement. (DHA-Depo Photos via AP)

Turkey: Russian national detained over planned drone attack

By JOSEPH ATAMAN - Associated Press

Earthquake hits Turkish tourist resort; no injuries reported

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Kurdistan not recognized state

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at right shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu after a joint press conference held at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Turkey and China pledge security cooperation as ties warm

By GERRY SHIH - Associated Press

Turkey appoints Lucescu as national team manager

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Paramilitary police and members of the special forces escort former Air Force Cmdr. Akin Ozturk and other suspects of last year's failed coup, outside the courthouse at the start of a trial, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Nearly 500 suspects, including a number of generals and military pilots, went on trial in Turkey Tuesday, accused of leading last year's failed coup attempt and carrying out attacks from an air base in Ankara. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Nearly 500 suspects stand trial over Turkey’s failed coup

By Burhan Ozbilici - Associated Press