Mevlut Cavusoglu
FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2016, file photo, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, poses for photographers with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, prior to their meeting at Yildiz Mabeyn Palace in Istanbul. Biden and Turkish counterpart Erdogan have known each other for years, but their meeting Monday, June 14, 2021, will be their first as heads of state. And it comes at a particularly tense moment for relations between their two countries. (Kayhan Ozer/Presidential Press Service, Pool via AP, File)
Erdogan and Biden meet at a tense moment for Turkish-US ties

By Suzan Fraser Jun. 13, 2021 10:56 AM EDT

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, right, and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu talk to the media during a press conference after their meeting in Athens, Monday, May 31, 2021. The two foreign ministers are to make statements to the press after their meeting. It will be the first time the two have spoken together in public since the two held a joint press conference Ankara in April which descending into a trading of barbs and accusations as the two listed their respective country's differences with the other. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Greek, Turkish leaders to meet in June in bid to mend ties

By Elena Becatoros May. 31, 2021 07:51 AM EDT

A protester from the Uyghur community living in Turkey, participates in a protest in Istanbul, Thursday, March 25, against against the visit of China's FM Wang Yi to Turkey. Hundreds of Uyghurs staged protests in Istanbul and the capital Ankara, denouncing Wang Yi's visit to Turkey and demanding that the Turkish government take a stronger stance against human rights abuses in China's far-western Xinjiang region. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Uyghurs in Turkey protest Chinese foreign minister's visit

By Mehmet Guzel And Suzan Fraser Mar. 25, 2021 10:32 AM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, July 24, 2020 file photo, a young woman and a child look out of a window of a plane as group of 85 migrant children with health issues board a plane to Germany, at Athens International Airport. Five years on, the deal between European Union and Turkey is no longer working but at a summit next week EU leaders will discuss ways to improve relations with Turkey and could try to revive the agreement. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)
5 years on, stalled EU Turkey migrant deal remains a model

By Lorne Cook And Suzan Fraser Mar. 18, 2021 04:31 AM EDT

Munire Bugra, 35, a member of the Uighur community, stands in a clothes shop in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu neighborhood, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Because of shared cultural ties, Turkey has long been a safe haven for the Uighurs, a Turkic group native to China's far west Xinjiang region. Bugra says many in the community are anxious they may be deported back to China amid allegations of an exchange of her compatriots for coronavirus vaccines. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Turkey Uighurs fear sellout to China in exchange for vaccine

Dake Kang And Suzan Fraser Feb. 05, 2021 12:07 AM EST

A retired health worker wearing a face mask with the Greek flag, and man right holding placard reading "The covered mouths have voice" during a protest at Evangelismos hospital in Athens, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. State health workers' union staged protests at several hospitals around the country to demand more hiring. Greece has imposed a nationwide nightly curfew as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country continues to surge despite a lockdown. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Greek hospital staff demand hirings as cases, deaths spike

By Elena Becatoros Nov. 12, 2020 06:08 AM EST

CORRECTS SPELLING OF LOCATION A woman with Turkish and Turkish Cypriot breakaway flags walks along at the beach with abandoned hotels after police open the beachfront of Varosha, an uninhabited, fenced-off suburb in war-divided Cyprus' in the Turkish occupied area in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. The United Nations and the European Union have expressed concern that Turkey's move to open the beachfront could hinder renewed efforts to reunify the island, split in 1974 when Turkey invaded following a coup by supporters of union with Greece. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy)
After 46 years, Cypriot ghost town's beach opens to public

By Menelaos Hadjicostis And Nedim Enginsoy Oct. 08, 2020 01:25 PM EDT

Turkish coast guards officers on their vessel, wearing protective gear to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, talk to migrants on a life raft during a rescue operation in the Aegean Sea, between Turkey and Greece, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. Turkey is accusing Greece of large-scale pushbacks at sea — summary deportations without access to asylum procedures, in violation of international law. The Turkish coast guard says it rescued over 300 migrants "pushed back by Greek elements to Turkish waters" this month alone. Greece denies the allegations and accuses Ankara of weaponizing migrants. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Migrants accuse Greece of pushing them back out to sea

By Mehmet Guzel, Suzan Fraser And Zeynep Bilginsoy Sep. 25, 2020 02:27 AM EDT

A damage is seen after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. The explosion flattened much of a port and damaged buildings across Beirut, sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. In addition to those who died, more than 3,000 other people were injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
The Latest: Germany sends crews to find blast survivors

Aug. 05, 2020 08:20 AM EDT

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during a media conference after a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, July 13, 2020. European Union foreign ministers met for the first time face-to-face since the pandemic lockdown and will assess their discuss their relations with China and Turkey. (Francois Lenoir, Pool Photo via AP)
EU, Turkey clash over Hagia Sophia, Mediterranean drilling

By Raf Casert Jul. 13, 2020 08:37 AM EDT

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, greet each other after a meeting, in Istanbul, Monday, June 15, 2020. The two discussed bilateral issues and Syria. (Turkish Foreign Ministry via AP, Pool)
Turkey renews opposition to US sanctions on Iran

Jun. 15, 2020 08:12 AM EDT

People walk along a popular street, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 3, 2020, days after the government lifted a series of restrictions imposed to fight the coronavirus pandemic. People crowded popular streets and parks while restaurants and cafes welcomed sit-in customers and beaches and museums reopened as part of Turkey's broadest easing of coronavirus restrictions. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Turkey, Russia cooperate on virus vaccine

Jun. 03, 2020 03:00 PM EDT