• Greece-Turkey relations under pressure amid Erdogan’s extradition calls

    Greece-Turkey relations under pressure amid Erdogan’s extradition calls

    Jan 04, 2017 12:30 AM EST

    ... shelter to people he calls terrorist soldiers. Despite international concerns about Turkey's attitude towards human rights, NATO has been at pains not to upset Turkey and its unpredictable president. Such is its strategic importance. At a recent news conference, the NATO secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, expressed solidarity with Turkey ...

  • Turkey faces daunting two-front terror threat

    Turkey faces daunting two-front terror threat

    Jan 03, 2017 12:33 AM EST

    ... began, Baghdadi, the leaders of ISIS, made a statement, part of which was devoted to Turkey, in which he asked his followers to move against Turkey because Turkey had become, as he called it, an apostate state and, therefore, attacks against Turkey were warranted. WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Turkey has obviously been ...

  • Turkey nightclub attacker still at large; ISIS claims responsibility

    Turkey nightclub attacker still at large; ISIS claims responsibility

    Jan 03, 2017 12:22 AM EST

    ... group claimed responsibility, and called the gunman a heroic soldier of the caliphate.  The statement said: "The blood of Muslims that is being shed by Turkey's airstrikes and artillery shelling will turn into fire on its territories." Turkey has been a key member of the air campaign against ISIS ...

  • Is the Russia-Turkey cease-fire deal a breakthrough?

    Is the Russia-Turkey cease-fire deal a breakthrough?

    Dec 29, 2016 08:28 PM EST

    BEIRUT — The cease-fire agreement brokered by Russia and Turkey and approved by the Syrian government and some of its most powerful rebel opponents is a potential turning point in the Syrian civil war, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people and laid waste to huge parts of the ...

  • After violence in Turkey and Germany, Trump meeting with security adviser

    After violence in Turkey and Germany, Trump meeting with security adviser

    Dec 21, 2016 02:03 PM EST

    ... of a rattling day of violence around the world. Trump appeared to jump ahead of investigators in blaming Islamic terrorists for deadly incidents Monday in Turkey and Germany and vowing anew to eradicate their regional and global networks. He called the brazen shooting of Russia's ambassador to Turkey "a ...

  • Trump blames 'Islamic terrorists' for attacks in Turkey and Germany

    Trump blames 'Islamic terrorists' for attacks in Turkey and Germany

    Dec 20, 2016 02:48 PM EST

    PALM BEACH, Fla. — Jumping ahead of investigators, President-elect Donald Trump is blaming Islamic terrorists for deadly violence in Turkey and Germany and vowing anew to eradicate their regional and global networks. Authorities in both countries were still investigating Monday when Trump issued a pair of statements condemning the attacks ...

  • What we know about the attacks in Germany and Turkey

    What we know about the attacks in Germany and Turkey

    Dec 20, 2016 12:41 AM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: It's been a day of horror in the capital cities of Germany and Turkey. First Berlin, where a truck drove into a crowd of Christmas shoppers, leaving the street full of dead and wounded. We get more now from Ira Spitzer. He's the Berlin bureau ...

  • Gunman kills Russian ambassador to Turkey, shouts 'Don't forget Syria'

    Gunman kills Russian ambassador to Turkey, shouts 'Don't forget Syria'

    Dec 19, 2016 06:18 PM EST

    The Russian ambassador to Turkey was shot and killed on Monday, a Russia Foreign Ministry spokeswoman confirmed to the Associated Press. AP reported that the attacker shouted “Allahu Akbar” before he fired at Karlov. He was also heard shouting in Turkish, "Don't forget Aleppo! Don't forget Syria!" and ...

  • The history of presidential pardons -- for turkeys

    The history of presidential pardons -- for turkeys

    Nov 24, 2016 12:18 AM EST

    ... to pardon a turkey. JUDY WOODRUFF: But that's not true. In fact, the Truman Presidential Library says, Truman sometimes indicated to reporters that the turkeys he received were destined for the family dinner table. Truman was actually the first president to receive a turkey from the National Turkey Federation ...

  • Column: The shocking amount of leftover turkey that ends up in landfills

    Column: The shocking amount of leftover turkey that ends up in landfills

    Nov 23, 2016 08:47 PM EST

    ... 1863 (before Thanksgiving was acknowledged as an official U.S. holiday), when President Abraham Lincoln granted his son Tad’s wish to save a holiday turkey’s life. According to Smithsonian Magazine, “Ronald Reagan was the first president to use the word ‘pardon’ in connection with a Thanksgiving turkey,” and ...