• Here's what to know about Turkey's decision to move forward with Sweden's bid to join NATO

    Here's what to know about Turkey's decision to move forward with Sweden's bid to join NATO

    Dec 26, 2023 09:15 PM EST

    U.S. President Joe Biden's administration backs Turkey's F-16 request but within the U.S. Congress there is strong opposition to selling arms to Turkey. Turkey wants to buy 40 new F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits for its existing fleet. What happens now? The approval ...

  • Tracing the origins and significance of the presidential turkey pardon

    Tracing the origins and significance of the presidential turkey pardon

    Nov 20, 2023 11:20 PM EST

    And a year before Richard Nixon received a pardon of his own, his daughter chose to gift his turkey to a local petting zoo. It was Ronald Reagan who carved out a spot in history as the first to use the word pardon when talking turkey in 1987. The tradition ...

  • WATCH: Biden hosts national turkey pardon, 2023 White House Christmas tree arrives

    WATCH: Biden hosts national turkey pardon, 2023 White House Christmas tree arrives

    Nov 20, 2023 02:53 PM EST

    ... meaning Liberty and Bell are fans of Swift. “I think they’re absolutely ready for prime time.” The tradition dates to 1947 when the National Turkey Federation, which represents turkey farmers and producers, first presented a National Thanksgiving Turkey to President Harry Truman. Back then, and even earlier, the gobbler ...

  • Hungary in the spotlight after Turkey approves Sweden's bid to join NATO

    Hungary in the spotlight after Turkey approves Sweden's bid to join NATO

    Oct 24, 2023 05:57 PM EST

    However, speaking from New York before a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, Hungary’s Foreign Minister, Peter Szijjarto, said the ratification process by Turkey’s parliament “does not change anything,” and that Hungarian lawmakers “will make a sovereign decision on this issue.” Last month, Orbán said ...

  • Turkey's Erdogan takes key step toward ratifying Sweden's NATO admission

    Turkey's Erdogan takes key step toward ratifying Sweden's NATO admission

    Oct 23, 2023 04:47 PM EST

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has submitted a protocol for Sweden’s admission into NATO to Turkey’s parliament for ratification, his office said Monday, bringing the Nordic country a step closer to membership in the military alliance. Erdogan had been delaying ratification of Sweden’s membership ...

  • NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg presses Turkey to advance Sweden's membership application

    NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg presses Turkey to advance Sweden's membership application

    Oct 12, 2023 06:53 PM EST

    Erdogan dropped his opposition in July after the Biden administration signaled it would let Turkey buy 40 new F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits from the United States. Ankara also received assurances from Sweden that it would help revive Turkey’s own quest to join the European Union. Under ...

  • Turkey strikes suspected Kurdish militant targets in Iraq after Ankara attack

    Turkey strikes suspected Kurdish militant targets in Iraq after Ankara attack

    Oct 01, 2023 05:42 PM EST

    ... packages. The two police officers were being treated in a hospital and were not in serious condition, Yerlikaya said. Egypt, which has normalized ties with Turkey after a decade of tensions, condemned the attack. A terse statement from the Foreign Ministry offered Egypt’s solidarity with Turkey.The U.S ...

  • Turkey’s Erdogan says he trusts Russia ‘just as much as I trust the West’

    Turkey’s Erdogan says he trusts Russia ‘just as much as I trust the West’

    Sep 18, 2023 10:40 PM EST

    ... answering those questions, sir. If I can, what would you like the American people to understand about the current relationship between the U.S. and Turkey? Recep Tayyip Erdogan (through interpreter): The American people, I believe, are following Turkey. And so long as you produce healthy news and coverage, I ...

  • Death toll rises to 12 in severe rainstorms hitting Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria

    Death toll rises to 12 in severe rainstorms hitting Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria

    Sep 06, 2023 02:47 PM EST

    ISTANBUL (AP) — The death toll from severe rainstorms that lashed parts of Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria increased to 12 Wednesday after rescue teams in the three neighboring countries recovered five more bodies. A flash flood at a campsite in northwestern Turkey near the border with Bulgaria killed at least five ...

  • Turkey's president is meeting Putin in a bid to revive the Black Sea grain deal. Here's what's at stake

    Turkey's president is meeting Putin in a bid to revive the Black Sea grain deal. Here's what's at stake

    Sep 03, 2023 05:56 PM EST

    ... plant. Ankara’s relations with Moscow have frequently alarmed its Western allies. The 2019 acquisition of Russian-made air defense missiles led to Washington kicking Turkey off the U.S.-led F-35 stealth fighter program. Russia-Turkey relations in fields such as energy, defense, diplomacy, tourism and trade have ...