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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives at Rustem Pasha mosque in Istanbul during a visit that includes no official meetings and an agenda focused on religious freedoms that Ankara dismissed as "irrelevant". IMAGES
Erdogan's supporters gather and pray outside Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia mosque as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan leads Saturday prayers before entering the election battle of his political life against a powerful secular rival. IMAGES
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visits the Ukraine grain coordination center and speaks at a press conference with Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar in Istanbul. IMAGES
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu enters the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, Islam's third holiest site before heading to the Dome of the Rock in the Old City. Cavusoglu, who met Palestinian officials in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, is in Jerusalem as Turkey and Israel seek to mend ties following a breakdown that began during an Israeli military operation in Gaza in 2008. IMAGES
German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul at one of the president's residencies. IMAGES