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Americas|Venezuela Gets UN Seat; Turkey Is Denied - New York Times Thu, 16 Oct 2014 23:02:30 GMT

Business Insider

Americas|Venezuela Gets UN Seat; Turkey Is Denied New York Times UNITED NATIONS — Despite objections by the United States, Venezuela secured a seat on Thursday at the global table of high power, the United Nations Security Council, while Turkey, a vital but complicated American ally, was resoundingly defeated. The UN Just Dealt Turkey A Hugely Embarrassing BlowBusiness Insider Turkey Loses UN Security Council Seat in Huge UpsetNewsweek Turkey loses out on UN Security Council seatAljazeera.com ABC News all 551 news articles »

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Frenemies: The Insincere Alliance Between the U.S. and Turkey - U.S. News & World Report Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:20:27 GMT

Frenemies: The Insincere Alliance Between the U.S. and Turkey U.S. News & World Report On Oct. 14, US Secretary of State John Kerry said of Turkey: “Turkey, yeah. There's — Turkey is a very valued member of the coalition and has joined the coalition, is doing things in the coalition, is committed to things in the coalition. And as far ... and more »

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Old rivalries keeping Turkey on sidelines of Syria fight, analysts say - Fox News Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:22:57 GMT

Fox News

Old rivalries keeping Turkey on sidelines of Syria fight, analysts say Fox News Old geopolitical rivalries are throwing a wrench into U.S. efforts to bring Turkey on board with the mission to "degrade and destroy" the Islamic State in a Syrian border town. The country's bigger enemy, some analysts say, is still Bashar al-Assad. So ... Kurdish separatist: Turkey bombed peace processUSA TODAY US, Turkey at Odds Over Strategy Against Islamic StateVoice of America US-led air strikes on Kobane are 'PR' campaign, Turkey claimsTelegraph.co.uk War on the Rocks -Daily Sabah all 6,031 news articles »

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Exclusive: Turkey OKs American Drones to Fight ISIS - Daily Beast Thu, 16 Oct 2014 17:12:43 GMT

Daily Beast

Exclusive: Turkey OKs American Drones to Fight ISIS Daily Beast One U.S. intelligence official told The Daily Beast that overall Turkey has been willing to allow the United States to fly drones out of Incirlik but has not allowed the United States to fly manned aircraft. Instead, those missions have been flown from ... Experts: Coalition must take heed of Turkey's strategyDaily Sabah US: Turkey Eyeing Larger Role Against MilitantsABC News Turkey to train Syrian rebels, but at what cost?Al-Monitor Deutsche Welle -Newsmax.com -Bloomberg all 147 news articles »

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Turkey's turmoil: US actions are largely to blame for the instability - Pittsburgh Post Gazette Thu, 16 Oct 2014 04:00:44 GMT

Turkey's turmoil: US actions are largely to blame for the instability Pittsburgh Post Gazette Turkey's increasing problems, based partly on its relations with the United States, are jeopardizing its chance to play a useful role in the Middle East and in the Western-Muslim interaction in the world. Turkey has had a difficult role to play between ...

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SuperValu falls prey to autocorrect, promotes 'bastard turkey' - BreakingNews.ie Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:58:29 GMT

Irish Independent

SuperValu falls prey to autocorrect, promotes 'bastard turkey' BreakingNews.ie "Frozen Bastard Turkey 4kg-5kg was €18.99 NOW ONLY €7.99", the text cheerfully announced. Now, we assume they were talking about basted turkeys, but maybe they've just had enough of the gobbledegook and decided it was time for some straight talking ... No fowl play as Supervalu sends out unfortunate turkey textIrish Independent Pluck sake: supermarket falls foul of typo in turkey adIrish Times all 6 news articles »

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Turkey Decides to Hit Kurdish Rebels Instead of ISIS - TIME Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:22:46 GMT

Turkey Decides to Hit Kurdish Rebels Instead of ISIS TIME Kurdish people wave Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) flags while attending a funeral ceremony for YPG (People's Protection Units) fighters in the town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, on Oct. 14, 2014. Aris Messinis—AFP/Getty Images ...

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US-led air strikes intensify as Syria conflict destabilizes Turkey - Yahoo News Tue, 14 Oct 2014 18:09:54 GMT

Yahoo News

US-led air strikes intensify as Syria conflict destabilizes Turkey Yahoo News MURSITPINAR Turkey/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - American-led forces have sharply intensified air strikes in the past two days against Islamic State fighters threatening Kurds on Syria's Turkish border after the jihadists' advance began to destabilize Turkey.

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Turkey's radicalism poses opportunities for Israel - Haaretz Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:58:34 GMT

Haaretz

Turkey's radicalism poses opportunities for Israel Haaretz Even worse, Turkey doesn't need to intervene militarily. It would be enough if it didn't prevent the Kurdish fighters from crossing the border or prevent weapons from NATO reaching those fighting against Islamic State. But not only are the Turks ...

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Do Turkey or the US-led coalition have a real plan to combat militants? - The National Wed, 15 Oct 2014 21:30:49 GMT

Do Turkey or the US-led coalition have a real plan to combat militants? The National Examining the Turkish attitude towards the war on ISIL, the columnist Abdulrahman Al Rashid wrote in the London-based daily Asharq Al Awsat: “Turkey is the influential power capable of toppling the Assad regime, besieging the extremist groups in Syria, ...