Diestel Turkey Ranch, a Chinese Camp, California, firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 6,907 pounds of ready-to-eat turkey products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Wednesday.
Turkey headed on Wednesday for early parliamentary elections on July 22 to settle a standoff between the Islamist-rooted government and the secular elite over the country's strict separation of mosque and state.
Questions and answers about the recent political tensions in Turkey:
The decision to block the election of a new president was an unfortunate intervention in Turkey's political process.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for national elections in June, and his party began to press for constitutional changes to aid its campaign. But Turkey's electoral board suggested July 22 and a final decision was expected Thursday.
The political impasse has taken Turkey into uncharted waters, writes the BBC's Chris Morris.
Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party appealed to parliament Wednesday to declare early general elections to be held June 24, opening the way for an easing of tensions with the secular establishment.
From combined dispatches ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey headed yesterday for early parliamentary elections on July 22 to settle a standoff between the Islamist-rooted government and the secular elite over the country's strict separation of mosque and state.
May 2 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey's government plans to rush legal changes through parliament this week to let ordinary voters elect a new president, potentially sparking renewed tensions with the opposition and the army.
Turkey is in turmoil, with a presidential election in disarray, demonstrators on the streets, and financial markets wobbling violently.