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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his ruling party MPs, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, June 25, 2019, two days after Ekrem Imamoglu, the candidate of the secular opposition Republican People's Party, won the election for mayor of Istanbul. Erdogan addressed his AK Party's weekly meeting, the first time he speaks since the Istanbul mayoral election Sunday, which was a big setback for him and his party.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

After loss, Erdogan vows to listen to people’s ‘messages’

United States Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison walks to the podium prior to a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

US issues Turkey new warning over Russian missile purchase

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Backers, foes weigh cost to Erdogan of Istanbul defeat

Ekrem Imamoglu, the candidate of the secular opposition Republican People's Party, CHP, talks to supporters from atop his campaign bus during a celebratory rally in Istanbul, late Sunday, June 23, 2019. The opposition candidate for mayor of Istanbul celebrated a landmark win Sunday in a closely watched repeat election that ended weeks of political tension and broke the long hold President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party had leading Turkey's largest city. (Onur Gunay/Imamoglu Media team via AP)

After big win, new Istanbul mayor hopes to mend party fences

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan casts his ballot at a polling station in Istanbul, Sunday, June 23, 2019. Polls have opened in a repeat election in Turkey's largest city where Erdogan and his political allies could lose control of Istanbul's administration for the first time in 25 years. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Criticism as Turkey puts 16 on trial for anti-gov’t protests

This photo shows a view of Istanbul's skyline with the Suleymaniye Mosque, in the background, Saturday June 22, 2019. (AP Photo/ Emrah Gurel)

Opposition win in Istanbul a blow to Turkey’s Erdogan

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan casts his ballot at a polling station in Istanbul, Sunday, June 23, 2019. Polls have opened in a repeat election in Turkey's largest city where Erdogan and his political allies could lose control of Istanbul's administration for the first time in 25 years. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

The Latest: Istanbul mayor-elect greets tens of thousands

In this Wednesday, June 19, 2019 photo, Ekrem Imamoglu, candidate of the secular opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, waves to supporters as he speaks at a rally in Istanbul, ahead of the June 23 re-run of Istanbul elections. Voters in Istanbul return to the polls on Sunday for a rerun of the election for the mayor of the city. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkey opposition seeks to repeat win in Istanbul redo vote

FILE - In this Friday, June 21, 2019 file photo, Ekrem Imamoglu, candidate of the secular opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, waves to supporters during a rally in Istanbul, ahead of the June 23 re-run of Istanbul elections.Voters in Istanbul return to the polls on Sunday for a rerun of the election for the mayor of the city. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Turkey: Key facts in Istanbul’s rerun election

A poster of Ekrem Imamoglu, secular candidate from the main opposition Republican People's Party, reads "16 million (city's population) will win," over the Galata Bridge near the Golden Horn in Istanbul, Thursday, June 20, 2019, ahead of the June 23 re-run of Istanbul elections. Imamoglu won the March 31 local elections with a slim majority, but after weeks of recounting requested by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party, Turkey's electoral authority annulled the result of the vote, revoked his mandate and ordered the new election. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey: Erdogan’s party dominance tested in repeat poll

Turkey launches new gas drillship amid tensions with Cyprus

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, gestures as he talks regarding Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's Oct. 2, 2018 killing, in Istanbul, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. An independent U.N. human rights expert investigating the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi recommended an investigation into the possible role of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, citing "credible evidence", and suggested sanctions on his personal assets. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool

Turkey to take delivery of Russian missile systems in July

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2017 file photo, paramilitary police and members of the special forces escort suspects of a failed coup in 2016, among them former Air Force commander Akin Ozturk, outside the courthouse at the start of a trial, in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey's state-run news agency says Thursday, June 20, 2019, a court in Ankara has sentenced several people, including Ozturk, accused of being the ringleaders of the 2016 failed military coup, to life terms in prison.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkish court hands down life sentences in coup trial

EU ministers urge action over Turkey’s drilling off Cyprus

This photo posted and provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrians gathering at the scene where an airstrike by Syrian government forces hit the town of Jabal al-Zawiya in Idlib province, Syria, Saturday, June 15, 2019. Syrian opposition activists say government airstrikes on rebel-held areas in northwestern Syrian and intense fighting claimed the lives dozens of people. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

UN aid chief says ‘humanitarian disaster’ unfolding in Idlib

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Turkey, which doesn't recognize Cyprus as a state, says parts of three blocks off the island's west coast fall within its own continental shelf.

Turkey launches new gas drillship amid tensions with Cyprus →

Turkey, which doesn't recognize Cyprus, says it's acting to protect its rights and those of breakaway Turkish Cypriots to the area's energy reserves and insists the area where it's now drilling falls inside its own continental shelf.

EU ministers urge action over Turkey's drilling off Cyprus →

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