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ANKARA, TURKEY - JANUARY 12: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the Mukhtars (local administrators) meeting at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on January 12, 2017. (Photo by Evrim Aydin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

ANKARA, TURKEY - JANUARY 12: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the Mukhtars (local administrators) meeting at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on January 12, 2017.  (Photo by Evrim Aydin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MAY 30: Supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) cheer as co-chair of pro-Kurdish HDP Selahattin Demirtas addresses them during election rally in Kazlicesme district of Istanbul of Turkey on May 30, 2015. (Photo by Bulent Doruk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MAY 30: Supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) cheer as co-chair of pro-Kurdish HDP Selahattin Demirtas addresses them during election rally in Kazlicesme district of Istanbul of Turkey on May 30, 2015. (Photo by Bulent Doruk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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Supporters of the Peoples' Democratic Party, also known as HDP, gesture and wave flags during a pre election rally with a speech by party leader Selahattin Demirtas, not pictured, in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday, May 30, 2015. Opinion polls show the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party on a knife-edge, skirting with the threshold needed to gain representation in the legislature. Photographer: Kerem Uzel/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Supporters of the Peoples' Democratic Party, also known as HDP, gesture and wave flags during a pre election rally with a speech by party leader Selahattin Demirtas, not pictured, in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday, May 30, 2015. Opinion polls show the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party on a knife-edge, skirting with the threshold needed to gain representation in the legislature. Photographer: Kerem Uzel/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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15th September 1980: Troops seal off a main road in the Turkish capital Ankara after the military coup led by General Kenan Evren. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

15th September 1980: Troops seal off a main road in the Turkish capital Ankara after the military coup led by General Kenan Evren. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)