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JUDY WOODRUFF: We turn now to the conflict in Syria. The country's neighbor Turkey received long-sought-after defense help today from NATO. The military coalition also expressed growing concerns about the Assad regime's chemical weapons supply. In the now all-too-familiar scenes of civil war, rockets ...
... of Mardin, just 30 miles away. EKREM KOYAN, Turkey (through translator): If they get their freedom over there, of course, they will create problems for Turkey, create a headache for Turkey. MARGARET WARNER: And there's also the more immediate security threat posed by the growing PKK attacks inside Turkey ...
... media here that despite having the second largest army in NATO after the U.S., Turkey's air defenses are not that great. So, what Turkey is saying to NATO is, we need to defend our airspace. There is, however, speculation that it might also be Turkey's backdoor way ...
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ch Margaret's previous reports from Turkey and Syria on our website.
... More recently, chemists have suggested that the post-feast drowsiness was caused by the high levels of an amino acid called L-tryptophan contained in turkey meat. (There was even a "Seinfeld" episode about trying to get someone to sleep by feeding them turkey.) But even though the turkey does ...
... 2011 National Thanksgiving Turkey, received the pardon, with turkey Peace as the understudy. Want to learn more about this annual tradition? Last year, the White House blog also released "the definitive history of the Presidential Turkey Pardon." Related: Governors aren't "chicken" when it comes to live birds on Thanksgiving.
... with us. And we're going to reach out to these people. MARGARET WARNER: Together, they hope all will be welcome in the new Syria they want to build. JUDY WOODRUFF: In her next report, Margaret looks at the more than 100,000 Syrian refugees who have fled to Turkey.
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Click on map for larger version. YAYLADAGI, Turkey -- It's a brilliant fall morning in Yayladagi #1, a refugee camp on the grounds of a former tobacco processing factory in southern Turkey. We're just three miles from the Syrian border, and camp translator Jamal Akgol is showing us down ...
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