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Russian President Vladimir Putin
Turkeys Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a rally for the 10th anniversary of the Union of European Turkish Democrats (UETD) at Albert-Schultz-Hall in Vienna, Austria on June 19, 2014. (Kayhan Ozer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Turkeys Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a rally for the 10th anniversary of the Union of European Turkish Democrats (UETD) at Albert-Schultz-Hall in Vienna, Austria on June 19, 2014. (Kayhan Ozer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
A woman looking for some of her belongings is seen trough the hole in the wall of destroyed apartment building in Pechatniki district of Moscow, September 9, 1999. (ALEXANDER MEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images)
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A woman looking for some of her belongings is seen trough the hole in the wall of destroyed apartment building in Pechatniki district of Moscow, September 9, 1999. (ALEXANDER MEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images)
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Former Senior Fellow
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Map of Sykes–Picot Agreement showing Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia, and areas of control and influence agreed between the British and the French, Royal Geographical Society. (Wikimedia)
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Map of Sykes–Picot Agreement showing Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia, and areas of control and influence agreed between the British and the French, Royal Geographical Society. (Wikimedia)
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Former Senior Fellow
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