Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures amid confetti during a rally in Istanbul on March 11, 2017. Erdogan threatened to retaliate after the Netherlands banned the foreign minister from flying in for a campaign rally, as he said The Hague's behavior was reminiscent of Nazism.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures amid confetti during a rally in Istanbul on March 11, 2017. Erdogan threatened to retaliate after the Netherlands banned the foreign minister from flying in for a campaign rally, as he said The Hague's behavior was reminiscent of Nazism.
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US pastor Andrew Craig Brunson escorted by Turkish plain clothes police officers arrives at his house on July 25, 2018 in Izmir. - Turkey on July 15, 2018 moved from jail to house arrest US pastor Andrew Brunson who has spent almost two years imprisoned on terror-related charges, in a controversial case that has ratcheted up tensions with the United States. Andrew Brunson, who ran a protestant church in the Aegean city of Izmir, was first detained in October 2016 and had remained in prison in Turkey ever since. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
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Turkish flags flutter nest to a huge portrait of Turkey's President and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he gives a speech during an AKP pre-election rally in Yenikapi Square in Istanbul on June 17, 2018. - With a week to go to crucial Turkish elections, the leader of the AKP and his main rival of the secular Republican People's Party (CHP) are trading blows in an unexpectedly bruising fight to win control of the country. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP) (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Supporters of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listen as he addresses them outside his official residence in Istanbul, Sunday, June 24, 2018. Erdogan has claimed victory in critical elections based on unofficial results, securing an executive presidency with sweeping powers. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a statement on national television from his official residence in Istanbul, Sunday, June 24, 2018. Erdogan has claimed victory in critical elections based on unofficial results, securing an executive presidency with sweeping powers. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JUNE 17: TurkeyÕs President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to supporters during a AK Parti election rally on June 17, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. Presidential candidates from all parties are holding campaign rallies across Turkey a week ahead of the countries June 24, parliamentary and presidential elections. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
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ADANA, TURKEY - JUNE 01: Leader of Turkey's Iyi (Good) Party and presidential candidate, Meral Aksener speaks to supporters at a rally on June 1, 2018 in Adana, Turkey. Meral Aksener and party members campaigned in Hatay, Adana and surrounding areas ahead of the June 24, 2018 parliamentary and presidential elections. Aksener is one of six candidates contesting the snap elections called by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - Turkish troops advance near the Syria border at Hassa, Hatay province, on January 22, 2018, as part of the operation "Olive Branch", launched two days ago. The operation aims to oust the People's Protection Units (YPG) militia, which Turkey considers to be a terror group, from its enclave of Afrin. / AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
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Turkish soldiers look through the hatches and turrets of an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) as they pass through the Bab al-Salamah border crossing between Syria and Turkey in the north of Aleppo province, on January 21, 2018. Turkish troops and tanks entered northern Syria on January 21 in an offensive aimed at ousting the Kurdish Peoples' Protection Units (YPG), which Ankara considers a terror group, from the Afrin region bordering Turkey. / AFP PHOTO / Nazeer al-Khatib (Photo credit should read NAZEER AL-KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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A plume of smoke rises on the air from inside Syria, as seen from the outskirts of the border town of Kilis, Turkey, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says Turkish jets have begun an aerial offensive against the Syrian Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin. Turkey's military fired into the enclave in north Syria for a second day on Saturday. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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