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... we will continue to take our precautions and this process will continue until terrorism elements lay down their arms and until they get out of Turkey and until public order is absolutely restored. JUDY WOODRUFF: Also today, Turkey's cabinet officially approved an agreement to allow the U.S.-led ...
... on the Islamic State threat in Turkey, after a string of attacks. Representatives from 28 nations gathered at NATO headquarters for the special session, at Turkey's request. Afterward, the alliance's secretary-general spoke to reporters. JENS STOLTENBERG, NATO Secretary-General: All allies stand in solidarity with Turkey. We ...
... challenge that the international community must fight and tackle together.” Turkey requested the meeting after increased attacks and threats of attacks in parts of southern Turkey along the border with Syria. In one recent incident, militants killed 32 Turkish citizens in the town of Suruc. Turkey also has experienced a ...
... 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 ...
The Turkish government has rejected the term “genocide” to describe the mass killing of Armenians 100 years ago, a stance that has sparked criticism and protest. For two perspectives on the history and meaning today, Jeffrey Brown talks to Soner Cagaptay of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Hrach Gregorian of American University.
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