Mar 01 Watch News Wrap: Obama Opposes Ban on Gay Marriage News Wrap: Pres. Obama Says He Will Rule Against All Gay Marriage Bans… Continue watching
Feb 28 Watch In Turkey, Economic Opportunities for Women Coincide With More Domestic Abuse As Turkish Society Changes, Domestic Violence Increases… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch Terrorism Likely in Deadly Explosion Outside U.S. Embassy in Turkey Terrorism Likely in Deadly Explosion Outside U.S. Embassy in Turkey… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Contributes Troops, Missiles to NATO Protection for Turkey In other news Friday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced the United States will send patriot missiles and 400 U.S. troops to Turkey. American soldiers will be part of a larger NATO force meant to protect Turkey from possible Syrian missile… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch Afghan and Pakistani Officials Meet to Discuss Border Conflicts and the Taliban Defense Secretary Leon Panetta met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to discuss a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region by 2014, putting pressure on Afghanistan to rectify its relationship with Pakistan and find a political solution… Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch Fearing Syria’s Chemical Weapons, NATO Sends Anti-Missile Systems to Turkey In Brussels, NATO members approved Turkey's request for anti-missile systems to defend against Syrian shelling and rocket fire landing on the Turkish side of the countries' shared border. Meanwhile, NATO repeated U.S. concerns over a rise in the Syrian government's… Continue watching
Nov 19 Governors and Turkeys: A Thanksgiving Tradition By Katelyn Polantz View a slide show of governors and their Thanksgiving traditions. Continue reading
Nov 15 A Tale of Two Camps: Syrian Refugees Inside and Outside Turkey’s Border By Margaret Warner 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… Continue reading
Nov 15 Syria and Turkey: A Complex Relationship By Larisa Epatko Despite being geographic neighbors, Syria and Turkey's political relationship historically hasn't been very close, but things were on the mend -- that is, until the Arab Spring hit. Continue reading
Nov 13 Turks Can’t Escape Syria Conflict, Looking to World for Help By Margaret Warner Photo of Inci Altinok (left) and her friend by freelance photographer Sebastian Rich. ANTAKYA, Turkey -- It's late Monday night, and we're walking down a cobblestone street in the oldest part of this centuries-old city. This is Antakya -- known… Continue reading