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Turkey, Finland and Sweden: Strategic patience, but with a deadline
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Finland Signals NATO Accession Must Progress by July Summit
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What a Quran Burning Reveals About Turkey’s Alliance With the West
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Turkey says Sweden was complicit in burning of Quran amid tension over NATO membership bid
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Can The Biden Administration Ensure That Turkey’s Erdogan “Stays Bribed?”
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Murder of former Grey Wolves leader divides Turkey’s nationalists
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Court rejects Kurdish party bid to delay closure ruling till after Turkey elections
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As fighting rages in Ukraine, the US is sending drones to keep an eye on another tense corner of Europe
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