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Turkey’s top diplomat travels to US amid troubled ties

FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, walks by Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu before a family photo in Bucharest, Romania, on Nov. 29, 2022. Turkey and the United States will aim to smooth out a series of disagreements between the NATO allies when Turkey's foreign minister visits this week but expectations that outstanding issues can be resolved are slim. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File) FILE - In this handout photo released by Turkish Defense Ministry, military officials work around a Russian transport aircraft, carrying parts of the S-400 air defense systems, after it landed at Murted military airport outside Ankara, Turkey, on Aug. 27, 2019. Turkey and the United States will aim to smooth out a series of disagreements between the NATO allies when Turkey's foreign minister visits this week but expectations that outstanding issues can be resolved are slim. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, meets with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, during the NATO summit in Madrid, June 29, 2022. Turkey and the United States will aim to smooth out a series of disagreements between the NATO allies when Turkey's foreign minister visits this week but expectations that outstanding issues can be resolved are slim. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, talks with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken as they arrive for a family photo during the first day of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs, in Bucharest, Romania, on Nov. 29, 2022. Turkey and the United States will aim to smooth out a series of disagreements between the NATO allies when Turkey's foreign minister visits this week but expectations that outstanding issues can be resolved are slim. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)