Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talk to each other during their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Sept. 29, 2021. Turkish. (Photo: AP)
Istanbul police surround and detain activists handing out leaflets announcing a July 20 commemoration of the Suruc bombing eight years earlier in which 33 young socialist activists died, in Kadıköy, Istanbul, July 17, 2023 (Photo: 2023 SGDF
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) received by the Deputy Governor of Mecca Prince Badr bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz upon his arrival in Jeddah, July 27, 2023. (Photo: SPA / AFP)