• News Wrap: Russia forges closer ties with Turkey

    News Wrap: Russia forges closer ties with Turkey

    Apr 03, 2018 10:45 PM EDT

    ... trim benefits that date to the 1930s. ... Judy Woodruff: In the day's other news: Russia moved to forging even closer ties with NATO member Turkey today. In Ankara, Russia's President Vladimir Putin met with Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan. They approved plans for Russia to build Turkey's ...

  • European Union criticizes Turkey's offensive in Syrian town of Afrin

    European Union criticizes Turkey's offensive in Syrian town of Afrin

    Mar 19, 2018 03:23 PM EDT

    ... On Sunday, Turkish troops and Syrian opposition fighters allied with Ankara marched into Afrin, nearly two months after Turkey began its offensive on the enclave. Turkey considers the Syrian Kurdish militia in Afrin a "terrorist" group and an extension of its own Kurdish insurgency within Turkey. "I am worried about ...

  • Turkey's forces capture Syrian Kurdish town of Afrin

    Turkey's forces capture Syrian Kurdish town of Afrin

    Mar 18, 2018 04:41 PM EDT

    ... In an attempt to prevent such a move east, Washington began discussions to address Turkey's concerns about the Kurdish militia's presence in Manbij. Turkey wants the YPG to pull out from the town. Meanwhile, U.S. and Kurdish officials said Turkey's fight with the YPG has distracted ...

  • Why is Turkey attacking northwest Syria?

    Why is Turkey attacking northwest Syria?

    Feb 03, 2018 05:56 PM EDT

    ... said. Even if the Kurds are beaten in Afrin, said Hof, it's possible that they could retaliate elsewhere in Syria, prompting further action by Turkey. The end result, he said, could be U.S. troops unintentionally caught in the crossfire. Aliriza though warns Erdogan is unlikely to abandon the ...

  • Is U.S.-Turkey relationship weakened over Kurdish conflict?

    Is U.S.-Turkey relationship weakened over Kurdish conflict?

    Feb 01, 2018 11:35 PM EDT

    ... Of course. Of course. And they should collect weapons that they have even already -- I mean, as of yesterday, there have been rockets sent to Turkey, a hospital, a restaurant, a house. And they have killed and wounded scores of people. And most of those weapons, I'm confident, were ...

  • News Wrap: U.S. presses Turkey to end assault on Kurdish forces

    News Wrap: U.S. presses Turkey to end assault on Kurdish forces

    Jan 25, 2018 11:50 PM EDT

    ... Judy Woodruff: In the day's other news- The United States pressed Turkey to call off its assault on Kurdish forces in Southwest Syria. The Turks are targeting Kurds around the city of Afrin, saying they're allied with rebels inside Turkey. The U.S. supports the Syrian Kurds ...

  • Turkey, Russia finalize deal on anti-missile defense system

    Turkey, Russia finalize deal on anti-missile defense system

    Dec 29, 2017 05:44 PM EDT

    ANKARA, TurkeyTurkey has finalized a deal with Moscow for the purchase of Russia's S-400 anti-missile system, Turkish defense officials announced Friday, despite concerns voiced by some of the NATO member's allies. The deal, which would make Turkey the first member of the military alliance to ...

  • News Wrap: Turkey claims Trump pledged to cease arming Kurdish forces

    News Wrap: Turkey claims Trump pledged to cease arming Kurdish forces

    Nov 24, 2017 11:45 PM EDT

    ... Judy Woodruff: In the day's other news, the government of Turkey says President Trump has agreed to stop arming Kurdish fighters in Syria. The foreign minister says Mr. Trump made the pledge in a phone call to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Later, the White House informed Erdogan of ...

  • The real story behind the White House turkey pardon ceremony

    The real story behind the White House turkey pardon ceremony

    Nov 23, 2017 11:25 PM EDT

    ... actually the first president to receive a turkey from the National Turkey Federation seventy years ago. So, who was the first president to pardon a turkey? Lincoln, it appears, was the first on record, but it was a Christmas turkey that his son had taken a liking to. President John ...

  • How advertising made turkey and cranberry sauce into Thanksgiving traditions

    How advertising made turkey and cranberry sauce into Thanksgiving traditions

    Nov 23, 2017 04:50 PM EDT

    ... Thanksgiving dishes. Despite vociferous ad campaigns, few associate Welch’s grape juice or Diamond walnuts with Thanksgiving today. But those early 20th-century ads for turkey clearly resonated: Today, nearly 88 percent of U.S. households have turkey on Thanksgiving, and approximately 20 percent of the turkeys consumed in any ...