... this Turkish base at Incirlik, they will pound the extremist group just across the border in Syria. A new deal between the U.S. and Turkey will allow Americans to launch airstrikes from Turkish soil and increase Turkey's role in the fight. This is a major turnaround for Turkey ...
... SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: The U.S. and NATO have pressured Turkey for months to join the military coalition against ISIS. So what does Turkey's new military action mean? "Reuters" reporter Ayla Jean Yackley joins me from Istanbul to discuss that. So, what was it that pushed Turkey ...
... S. appeals to Turkey and delicate negotiations over the use of Incirlik and other bases by the U.S.-led coalition — a sensitive topic in Turkey. American officials said access to the base in southern Turkey would allow the U.S. to move more swiftly and nimbly to attack IS ...
... domestic and regional policy. And the government's Syria policy has been quite unpopular. We have two million Syrian refugees in Turkey. And I think Turkey doesn't really have the institutional framework and the legal framework to handle those refugees. And that will -- I think Turkey's social fabric ...
... Editor's note: In an earlier version of this transcript, we incorrectly identified Steven Cook as the Douglas Dillon Fellow, but he is the Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. ALISON STEWART: A turn of events in Turkey's parliamentary ...
... his name isn't even on the ballot, but Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan looks and sounds a lot like a candidate. PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkey (through interpreter): God willing, the conquest will be on election day. MARGARET WARNER: Turkey heads to parliamentary elections on Sunday, to choose among an ...
... point at the sheer number of people who were killed and say that clearly this constitutes genocide. That includes many Armenians and people outside of Turkey. But if you went to Turkey and asked the Turks what they thought, they would say that, while so many people died, you don ...
Three British male teenagers suspected of planning to join Islamic State militants in Syria have been arrested in Turkey and flown back to the United Kingdom, officials said Sunday. The three teens were detained Friday in Istanbul by Turkish authorities who were alerted by British officials after police in London ...
... Harry Truman as the first. But Truman never pardoned a turkey. In fact, according to the Truman Library, "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 ...
http://youtu.be/vj8F5fBh7c4 In front of an audience at the White House Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, President Barack Obama pardoned the sixth turkey of his presidency. The annual tradition honored two lucky birds spared from the dinner table. This year’s “free birds” are Mac and Cheese. Only ...
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