• Avalanche in Turkey kills dozens, including rescue team

    Avalanche in Turkey kills dozens, including rescue team

    Feb 05, 2020 02:30 PM EDT

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An avalanche slammed into a mountain road in eastern Turkey on Wednesday, wiping out a huge team of rescue workers sent to find people missing in an earlier avalanche. Officials said 26 emergency workers were killed, 53 were injured and others are still buried under the snow ...

  • News Wrap: Turkey warns Syria over Idlib offensive

    News Wrap: Turkey warns Syria over Idlib offensive

    Feb 04, 2020 11:45 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Tuesday, Turkey warned it will intervene to stop a Syrian government offensive against rebels that's driving thousands of refugees in Idlib province toward the Turkish border. The word comes a day after clashes between Syrian and Turkish forces left 21 dead. Also, the U.S ...

  • Death toll stands at 22 from Turkey earthquake; 1,100 hurt

    Death toll stands at 22 from Turkey earthquake; 1,100 hurt

    Jan 25, 2020 05:04 PM EDT

    ... Erdogan appeared to reject the offer of outside assistance during his visit to the city of Elazig, telling reporters, “Our state does not need anything.” Turkey sits on top of two major fault lines and earthquakes are frequent. Two strong earthquakes struck northwest Turkey in 1999, killing around 18,000 ...

  • At least 18 dead, hundreds injured as earthquake hits eastern Turkey

    At least 18 dead, hundreds injured as earthquake hits eastern Turkey

    Jan 25, 2020 12:23 AM EDT

    ... Different earthquake monitoring centers frequently give differing estimates. NTV said the earthquake was felt in several Turkish provinces and sent people running outdoors in panic. Turkey sits on top of two major fault-lines and earthquakes are frequent. Two strong earthquakes struck northwest Turkey in 1999, killing around 18,000 ...

  • Trump dishes out double helping of presidential turkey pardon

    Trump dishes out double helping of presidential turkey pardon

    Nov 26, 2019 11:15 PM EDT

    ... his turkeys to a nearby petting zoo. Ronald Reagan was the first to use the word pardon when he was talking turkey in 1987. The turkey pardoning became formalized in 1989, with President George H.W. Bush. George H.W. Bush: Let me assure you, and this fine tom turkey ...

  • WATCH: Trump pardons 2019 Thanksgiving turkeys

    WATCH: Trump pardons 2019 Thanksgiving turkeys

    Nov 26, 2019 04:11 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump couldn’t resist riffing on the House impeachment inquiry Tuesday as he continued the tradition of pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey, generating holiday-season laughter at the expense of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, one of his chief antagonists in Congress. Trump joked that ...

  • American ISIS suspect deported to U.S. after being stuck at Turkey-Greece border

    American ISIS suspect deported to U.S. after being stuck at Turkey-Greece border

    Nov 14, 2019 01:12 PM EDT

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An American man suspected of being a member of the Islamic State group is being repatriated to the United States after spending three days in a no man's land between Turkey and Greece, Turkey’s Interior Ministry said Thursday. The United States agreed to take him ...

  • WATCH: Trump and Turkey President Erdogan hold joint news conference amid impeachment hearings

    WATCH: Trump and Turkey President Erdogan hold joint news conference amid impeachment hearings

    Nov 13, 2019 09:42 PM EDT

    President Donald Trump says Turkey’s purchase of Russian air defense system creates “serious challenges,” but he says he hopes they can be resolved. NATO-member Turkey angered the U.S. when it bought the S-400 system. The U.S. says the S-400 poses a threat to NATO ...

  • Turkey deports Islamic State fighters, including a U.S. national

    Turkey deports Islamic State fighters, including a U.S. national

    Nov 11, 2019 12:09 PM EDT

    ... from the United States was deported from Turkey after the procedures at the deportation center were completed," Anadolu quoted Catakli as saying. Catakli stressed that Turkey is determined to return "the foreign terrorist fighters to their own countries."Earlier, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said that Turkey is not "a ...

  • Trump to confront Turkey about buying Russian defense system

    Trump to confront Turkey about buying Russian defense system

    Nov 10, 2019 08:06 PM EDT

    ... Trump administration removed Turkey from the F-35 program in July. https://youtu.be/W7xlv-osHH0 O'Brien told CBS' "Face the Nation" that if Turkey doesn't get rid of the Russian system, Turkey will likely face U.S. sanctions backed by a bipartisan majority in Congress. Trump is ...