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Turkey and hope (Photograph by Tim Constantine)
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Illustration on Biden's arms sales to Turkey by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Illustration on Turkey’s behavior in NATO by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Illustration on Turkey's response to COVID19 by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to his ruling party members, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. Erdogan said Thursday that fighting in northwest Syria had swung in favor of Turkey and the opposition forces it supports. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)
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Illustration on U.S./Turkey relations and the Kurds by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Illustration on Turkey as a poor ally by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Illustration on the trouble with Turkey by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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American Christian pastor Andrew Brunson, a North Carolina native who has lived and worked in Turkey for two decades, has been held in a Turkish jail for the past 18 months on charges relating to ties with U.S.-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK. He is also accused of playing a role in the failed 2016 military coup to overthrow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Associated Press/File)
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Illustration on elections in Turkey and Pakistan by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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CIA Chief Mike Pompeo went to Turkey to discuss security issues on his first overseas trip in his new role (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)
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Military equipment and troops head in convoy toward the Turkey-Syria border, bound to reinforce Turkish army Operation Olive Branch in Hatay, Turkey on Wednesday. Turkey has urged the U.S. to halt supply of weapons to the Syrian Kurdish militia.
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LEFT: Military aircraft flies over Syria as seen from the outskirts of the border town of Kilis, Turkey, on Saturday. Turkish jets have begun an aerial offensive, code-named operation "Olive Branch", against the Syrian Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin, in northwest Syria. RIGHT: Plumes of smoke rise on the air from inside Syria. A military statement says the operation launched Saturday aims to protect Turkey's borders. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTGRAPHS)
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Smoke billows from a position inside Syria, after a Turkish Army artillery fired, as seen from the outskirts of the village of Sugedigi, Turkey, adjacent to the border with Syria, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018. Turkey's ground troops entered the enclave of Afrin, in northern Syria on Sunday and were advancing with Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces in their bid to oust Syrian Kurdish forces from the region.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)
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Military aircraft flies over Syria as seen from the outskirts of the border town of Kilis, Turkey, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. Turkish jets have begun an aerial offensive, code-named operation "Olive Branch", against the Syrian Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin, in northwest Syria. A military statement says the operation launched Saturday aims to protect Turkey's borders, "neutralize" Syrian Kurdish fighters in the enclave and to save the local population from their "pressure and oppression." (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who hosted the emergency IOC summit in a bid to unify the Muslim world's response to the U.S. policy shift, accused Israel in a speech of being "a state of terror" and vowed to "stand up to American bullying."
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A pro-Kurdish protestor is surrounded and beaten by Turkish security officials after a peaceful protest against Turkish President Recep Tayipp Erdogan turned violent outside the Turkish Ambassador's Residence in D.C. in May. (Courtesy of Pouyan Bokaei)
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A pro-Kurdish protestor is surrounded and beaten by Turkish security officials after a peaceful protest against Turkish President Recep Tayipp Erdogan turned violent outside the Turkish Ambassador's Residence in D.C. in May. (Courtesy Mehmet Tankan)
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Illustration on Tayyip Erdogan's incremental Islamicization of Turkey by Kevin Kreneck/Tribune Content Agency
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A member of the special forces stands guard 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)
