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Russia says Syria can deliver aid, Turkey not essential

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 22, 2021 07:11 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister says Moscow disagrees that there is no alternative to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest...

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

Members of a civil society group burn representations of Israeli, U.S. and Indian flags during a demonstration in support of Palestinians during the latest round of violence in Jerusalem, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
The Latest: Israeli aircraft strike another building in Gaza

May. 11, 2021 09:22 AM EDT

Police inspect passengers in vehicles on the July 15 Martyrs' Bridge, formerly known as the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Friday, April 30, 2021, on the first day of a tight lockdown to help protect from the spread of the coronavirus. Turkish security forces on Friday patrolled main streets and set up checkpoints at entry and exits points of cities, to enforce Turkey’s strictest COVID-19 lockdown to date. Still, many people were on the move as the government, desperate not to shut down the economy completely, kept some sectors exempt from the restrictions. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Despite 3-week lockdown, many remain on the move in Turkey

By Suzan Fraser Apr. 30, 2021 06:32 AM EDT

People shop at the local market in Istanbul, Thursday, April 29, 2021, a few hours before the start of the latest lockdown to help protect from the spread of the coronavirus. People stocked up on groceries, shoppers filled markets and many left cities for their hometowns or the southern coast as Turkey's strictest COVID-19 lockdown yet came into effect late Thursday. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan imposed a "full lockdown" until May 17 amid soaring COVID-19 infections and deaths. Turkey now ranks among the world's worst-hit countries and it's the first time that it is imposing a nearly three-week lockdown for the whole of the country. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Full lockdown takes effect in Turkey, people leave cities

By Suzan Fraser Apr. 29, 2021 07:12 AM EDT

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a debate in the plenary at the European Parliament in Brussels, Monday, April 26, 2021. European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen were reporting back to the parliament on Monday regarding their meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier this month aimed at improving strained EU-Turkey relations. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool)
EU chief felt 'hurt,' 'alone' at meeting with Turkish leader

By Lorne Cook Apr. 26, 2021 01:04 PM EDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, March 24, 2021, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he delivers a speech during his ruling party's congress inside a packed sports hall in Ankara, Turkey. Libya's visiting interim prime minister and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan affirmed their commitment to a controversial maritime demarcation agreement, Monday April 12, 2021, that has angered Greece and Cyprus. (Turkish Presidency via AP, FILE)
Turkey, Libya recommit to contested maritime borders deal

By Suzan Fraser Apr. 12, 2021 02:30 PM EDT

FILE -- In this April 6, 2021 file photo European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen leaves after a joint news conference with EU Council President Charles Michel after talks with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey demanded Friday that Italy's premier apologize for having called President Tayyip Erdogan a “dictator,” adding fuel to the scandal over the perceived seating snub of the European Commission president and deepening the EU-Turkey rift at the precise moment both sides were hoping for rapprochement. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Turkey demands apology after Draghi calls Erdogan a dictator

By Nicole Winfield And Suzan Fraser Apr. 09, 2021 08:59 AM EDT

A woman wearing a mask to help protect against the spread of coronavirus, walk in the rain in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, March 29, 2021. Turkey is reinstating weekend lockdowns in most of Turkey's provinces and will also impose restrictions over the Muslim holy month of Ramadan following a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Turkey reimposes restrictions after sharp rise in infections

By Suzan Fraser Mar. 30, 2021 04:07 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

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech to gathered supporters outside a packed sports hall where he also attended his ruling party's congress in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Erdogan has come in the firing line for holding the rally inside the closed venue amid a new surge in COVID-19 cases. Thousands of party supporters filled the stands of the 10,400-capacity sports hall in the capital, in disregard of the government's own social distancing rules to fight the coronavirus pandemic. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)
Erdogan under fire for packed congress despite virus surge

Mar. 24, 2021 08:45 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

Dr. Rustem Hasbek, Dr. Yasin Kaya and health worker Yusuf Duran, of the Koyulhisar Public Health Center vaccination team, walk to vaccinate residents in the isolated village of Gumuslu in the district of Sivas, central Turkey, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
AP PHOTOS: Turkish vaccine teams target isolated villages

Feb. 28, 2021 02:33 AM EST

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

FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 file photo, under the watchful eye of Prof. Dr. Iftahar Koksal, left, nurse Arzu Yildirim, center, administers a dose of the CoronaVac vaccine, made by Sinovac, then on phase III clinical trials at Acibadem Hospital in Istanbul. Turkish authorities on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, gave the go-ahead for the emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China's Sinovac Biotch Ltd. paving the way for the rollout for Turkey's vaccination program starting with health care workers and other high-risk groups in the country of 83 million. Turkey has reported some 2.34 million infections and around 23,000 deaths. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)
Turkey approves China-based Sinovac vaccine's emergency use

By Suzan Fraser Jan. 13, 2021 11:39 AM EST

Police and medics gather outside the privately-run Sanko University Hospital in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey, Saturday, De. 19, 2020. A fire broke out Saturday at an intensive care unit treating COVID-19 patients in southern Turkey after an oxygen cylinder exploded, killing several people, state-run media reported. (Kadir Gunes/DHA via AP)
Hospital fire kills 9 COVID-19 patients at ICU in Turkey

Dec. 19, 2020 01:32 AM EST

People stand outside an exchange office in landmark Taksim Square, in Istanbul, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. The Turkish currency continued its slide to reach an all time low on Monday, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan challenged the United States to slap sanctions over his government's decision to test its Russian-made air defense system. (AP Photo)
Turkish lira drops to record low over US sanction threat

Oct. 26, 2020 07:20 AM EDT

In this Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020 photo provided by Istanbul Mayor's Office, Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, right, greets Ipek Kirac of Koc Sistem, after signing an agreement for a mobile system to monitor the city's stray dogs, in Istanbul. A city government spokesman says the mayor of Istanbul has tested positive for COVID-19 and received treatment at a hospital. The city spokesman tweeted Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020 that Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's condition is good. Imamoglu represents the opposition Republican People’s Party and became one of Turkey’s most recognizable politicians after winning office in June 2019. (Istanbul Mayor's Office via AP)
Istanbul's opposition mayor tests positive for COVID-19

Oct. 24, 2020 08:32 AM EDT

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, talks in a televised address, following a cabinet meeting, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Erdogan, who has long called for a reform of the United Nations, says the world body has failed in its response to the coronavirus pandemic. Erdogan claimed the UN was late in "accepting the existence" of the pandemic and had failed to "make its presence felt" for nations requiring help to fight infections. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)
Turkey, Greece soon to resume talks on resolving disputes

Sep. 22, 2020 11:47 AM EDT

Turkey marks fourth anniversary of failed coup attempt

Jul. 15, 2020 05:55 AM EDT
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey is marking the fourth anniversary of the July 15 failed coup attempt against the government, with ceremonies and events remembering its...