Turkey's Erdogan shows no give on Sweden’s NATO bid
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No quid pro quo for US F-16s, says Turkish FM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has seized opportunity in the crisis that is the Ukraine war: leveraging his star turn as mediator between Moscow and Kyiv, flirting with rapprochement with Syria, rebuilding ties with Israel and the Gulf, and trying to steady US-Turkey relations.