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President Obama and Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Associated Press/File)

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** FILE ** U.N. peace envoy Kofi Annan speaks to the media after a meeting with Syrian National Council members in Ankara, Turkey, on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. (AP Photo)

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Syrian refugees speak with a Turkish soldier as people fleeing violence in Syria continue to cross the border near Reyhanli, Turkey, on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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A group of Syrians fleeing violence in their country walk March 15, 2012, towards the Turkish border near Reyhanli, Turkey. (Associated Press)

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The skyline of Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, rises above the Bosporus. (AP Photo)

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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (right), Qatar Foreign Minister Khalid Mohamed A. Al-Attiyah (center) and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed K. Amr participate in a panel discussion at the Conference on Security Policy on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 in Munich. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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People look at bodies lying on the ground Dec. 29. 2011, after Turkey's air force attacked suspected Kurdish rebel targets across the border in Iraq, killing at least 35 people — many of them believed to be smugglers mistaken for guerrillas — near the village of Ortasu in Sirnak, Turkey. (Associated Press)

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, front left, speaks with Mehmet Gormez, head of Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate, after a meeting with African Muslim religious leaders in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Nov. 21. 2011. (AP Photo)

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More than 5,000 Syrian refugees have fled to Lebanon and Turkey since March, but Syria reportedly is planting land mines along border areas, a sign of its isolation. (Associated Press)

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Tezata Dengersa, 30, of Turkey, greets family after crossing the finish line in 2:45:28 to win the women's division of the 36th Marine Corps Marathon in Arlington, Va. on Oct. 30, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Tezata Dengersa , 30, of Turkey, crosses the finish line in 2:45:28 to win the women's division of the 36th Marine Corps Marathon in Arlington, Va. on Oct. 30, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Rescuers work around the clock under floodlights in hopes of finding more people alive in the rubble of a pancaked building in Ercis, Turkey, on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Selcan Hacaoglu)

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Turkish rescuers carry Azra Karaduman, a 2-week-old baby girl they have saved from under debris of a collapsed building in Ercis, Van, eastern Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. The baby's mother, Semiha, was still alive, pinned next to a sofa. (AP Photo)

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Women wait as rescuers work to save people from debris of their collapsed buildings in Ercis, eastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. More than 200 people were killed after a powerful quake struck in eastern Turkey with dozens of people are still trapped in debris, but authorities hope the death toll may not rise as high as initially feared. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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Rescue workers evacuate a victim after pulling her from earthquake rubble in the town of Ercis in Van province, Turkey. The 7.2-magnitude quake Sunday killed an estimated 300 people in eastern Turkey. (Associated Press)

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People walk by the debris of collapsed buildings in Ercis, Turkey, on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake the day before. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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Rescuers look for people trapped under debris in Tabanli village near the city of Van after a powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Anatolia, Abdurrahman Antakyali)

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Illustration: Rogue Turkey by John Camejo for The Washington Times

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An ambulance worker with a stretcher arrives as firefighters and security officials work at the site of a car bombing on a busy street in Ankara, Turkey, the nation's capital, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. (AP Photo)

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**FILE** In this photo from Sept. 6, 2011, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media in Ankara, Turkey. (Associated Press)