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US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says President Trump has given the Treasury Department "significant new sanctions authorities that can be targeted at any person associated with the government of Turkey." SOUNDBITE
In Akçakale, civilians say goodbye to former Syrian rebels, supported by Ankara, who are travelling to back into Syria for the Turkish offensive. IMAGES
People gather in Istanbul's Sarachane area after partial results show the main Turkish opposition party claimed victory in the mayoral race in the capital Ankara. The country has been dominated for more than two decades by the AKP of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. IMAGES
Images released by the Turkish National Defence Department show injured victims of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria being evacuated from a Turkish air force plane at Ankara airport. IMAGES
Turkish Foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meets with US national security advisor Robert O’Brien in Ankara amid rising tensions between Turkey and the United States as Ankara rebuffed international pressure to curb its deadly offensive against Kurdish forces in Syria. IMAGES
Residents of the Syrian border town of Ras al-Ain flee the city in trucks loaded with their belongings, as Turkey continues its assault on Kurdish-controlled areas in northeastern Syria. The offensive has displaced more than 60,000 people in less than a day, according to a war monitor. IMAGES