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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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A supporter of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) holds a HDP flag as he listens to a speech by the co-chair of the party during an election rally in Istanbul on June 6, 2015. Turkey prepared for its tightest elections in over a decade, with tensions riding high after a bomb attack killed two and wounded dozens at a rally of the main pro-Kurdish party. AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images)

A supporter of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) holds a HDP flag as he listens to a speech by the co-chair of the party during an election rally in Istanbul on June 6, 2015. Turkey prepared for its tightest elections in over a decade, with tensions riding high after a bomb attack killed two and wounded dozens at a rally of the main pro-Kurdish party. AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE        (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/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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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)