ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT — Defense Secretary Ash Carter will meet with his Turkish counterpart this week, but it will focus on the campaign against the Islamic State, not the recent coup attempt that chilled the relationship between the Washington and Ankara.

But experts say that the best way to fix the rift may be for the U.S. to give Turkey some space to work through internal issues.

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