• Hotel fire at ski resort in Turkey leaves at least 66 dead and 51 injured

    Hotel fire at ski resort in Turkey leaves at least 66 dead and 51 injured

    Jan 21, 2025 04:56 PM EDT

    ... evacuated as a precaution and guests were placed in hotels around Bolu. Meanwhile, a gas explosion at a hotel at another ski resort in central Turkey injured four people. The explosion took place at the Yildiz Mountain Winter Sports Center in Sivas province. Two skiers and their instructor were slightly ...

  • WATCH: Alaskan pilot airdrops Thanksgiving turkeys to off-grid residents

    WATCH: Alaskan pilot airdrops Thanksgiving turkeys to off-grid residents

    Nov 28, 2024 08:05 PM EDT

    ... they don’t see it fall, they’re not going to know where to look,” she said. It can be especially difficult to find the turkey if there’s deep snow. A turkey was once missing for five days before it was found, but the only casualty so far has ...

  • Biden grants final pardons to turkeys at the White House

    Biden grants final pardons to turkeys at the White House

    Nov 25, 2024 11:25 PM EDT

    ... That's where they will live out their days as agricultural ambassadors for Minnesota's Agricultural Interpretive Center, says John Zimmerman, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, who talked to us with his son, Grant. John Zimmerman, Chairman, National Turkey Federation:  They have a very nice campus and some facilities ...

  • WATCH : Biden grants pardons to two turkeys in annual White House tradition

    WATCH : Biden grants pardons to two turkeys in annual White House tradition

    Nov 25, 2024 04:31 PM EDT

    Peach and Blossom came from the farm of John Zimmerman, near the southern Minnesota city of Northfield. Zimmerman, who has raised about 4 million turkeys, is president of the National Turkey Federation, the group that has gifted U.S. presidents Thanksgiving turkeys since the Truman administration after World War II ...

  • Turkey strikes Kurdish militant targets again after deadly attack on military company

    Turkey strikes Kurdish militant targets again after deadly attack on military company

    Oct 24, 2024 03:14 PM EDT

    ... and assembles civilian and military aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles and other defense industry and space systems. Its defense systems have been credited as key to Turkey gaining an upper hand in its fight against Kurdish militants. The attack occurred a day after the leader of Turkey’s far-right nationalist ...

  • American activist killed by Israeli gunfire is buried in Turkey as Israel continues strikes on Gaza

    American activist killed by Israeli gunfire is buried in Turkey as Israel continues strikes on Gaza

    Sep 14, 2024 06:38 PM EDT

    Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old woman from Seattle, was shot dead Sept. 6 by an Israeli soldier during a demonstration against Israeli West Bank settlements, according to an Israeli protester who witnessed the shooting.

  • Turkey applies to join China and Russia in BRICS economic bloc, Kremlin says

    Turkey applies to join China and Russia in BRICS economic bloc, Kremlin says

    Sep 04, 2024 05:27 PM EDT

    MOSCOW (AP) — NATO member Turkey has applied for membership in the BRICS bloc of developing economies, a senior Kremlin official said Wednesday, as Russia and China seek to counter the West's global influence. Yuri Ushakov, President Vladimir Putin's foreign affairs aide, told reporters that Turkey has submitted an ...

  • Crews in Turkey rescue 174 stranded people almost a day after deadly cable car accident

    Crews in Turkey rescue 174 stranded people almost a day after deadly cable car accident

    Apr 13, 2024 05:41 PM EDT

    ... completion of the rescue operation on X Saturday afternoon. A total of 607 search and rescue personnel and 10 helicopters were involved, including teams from Turkey’s emergency response agency, AFAD, the Coast Guard, firefighting teams and mountain rescue teams from different parts of Turkey, officials said. Helicopters with night ...

  • Turkey and Israel announce trade restrictions on each other as relations worsen

    Turkey and Israel announce trade restrictions on each other as relations worsen

    Apr 09, 2024 07:36 PM EDT

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Israel announced trade barriers on each other Tuesday as relations deteriorated further amid the war in Gaza. Turkey, a staunch critic of Israel’s military actions in the territory, announced that it was restricting exports of 54 types of products to Israel with immediate effect ...

  • Workers at gold mine in Turkey missing, assumed trapped underground after landslide

    Workers at gold mine in Turkey missing, assumed trapped underground after landslide

    Feb 13, 2024 05:03 PM EDT

    ISTANBUL (AP) — A landslide hit a gold mine in eastern Turkey on Tuesday, apparently trapping at least nine workers underground, officials said. The landslide at the Copler mine happened at 2:30 p.m. near the town of Ilic in Turkey's mountainous Erzincan province. Footage seemingly shot by a ...