Reuters | Turkey's US relations show strain as Washington's patience wears thin Reuters Senior U.S. officials acknowledged Turkey's unhappiness with the air drops to the Syrian Kurds, and said they explained it to Ankara as a temporary fix, which would not be necessary if Turkey would allowed safe passage of Iraqi peshmerga fighters to ... Turkish President: 200 Iraqi Peshmerga will join Syrian Kurds' fight for Kobani Islamic State siege of Kobane: Did Turkey shoot itself in the foot? Turkey's New Kurdish Problem |
USA TODAY | Turkey kidnap plot raises doubts about US troop safety USA TODAY The attempted abduction, reportedly carried out by Turkish gang members whom the Islamic State enticed with a promise of $500,000, targeted a popular Syrian rebel commander who had crossed into Turkey seeking refuge from ongoing violence across the ... Attempted kidnapping in Turkey shows reach of the Islamic State ISIS Growing Bolder in Turkey |
Daily Sabah | Turkey signs bilateral cooperation agreements with Latvia Daily Sabah President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as part of his visit to Latvia has met with President Andris Berzins and other officials as Turkey and Latvia signed numerous agreements to enhance bilateral relations between the two countries. Thanking the Latvian ... Turkey's war of perception |
gulfnews.com | Turkey's hour of reckoning gulfnews.com Last week, Turkey was bombing Kurdish fighters it regards as terrorists near its border with Iraq. It was doing so just as US air strikes aimed to relieve combatants from essentially the same Kurdish faction who were under terrorist siege from Daesh ... |
Clarification: Turkey-Islamic State-Istanbul Story ABC News In a story Oct. 17, The Associated Press reported that the owner of a bookstore in Istanbul that sells pins bearing the emblem of the Islamic State group said jihadists should not be classified as terrorists. The story should have specified that Osman ... |
The Atlantic | Cold Turkey The Atlantic However, Turkey was already disinclined to support the arming of the Kurds to begin with. In announcing the military boost earlier this week, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addressed both American and Turkish misgivings about arming the Syrian Kurds. Ocalan positive about peace with Turkey US-led war against ISIL and a renewal of Turkey's war against Kurds? Kobane aid triggers Turkey-US debate |
Turkey's president steps up criticism of US airdrops to aid Islamic State foes ... Washington Post BEIRUT — Turkey's president sharpened criticism of U.S. airdrops to aid Syrian Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State, but he promised on Thursday that Kurdish reinforcements would soon arrive in the embattled border town of Kobane. The dual ... |
National Post | Three Denver girls reportedly en route to Turkey detained, sent home Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three teenage girls from Denver who had been missing since last week and were reported to be traveling to Turkey were picked up in Germany and sent back home, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Voice of America reported this ... 3 Denver girls reportedly en route to Turkey detained, sent home |
Turkey's Erdogan says 200 Kurdish fighters from Iraq to enter Kobani Reuters "Did Turkey view this business positively? No it didn't. America did this in spite of Turkey and I told him Kobani is not currently a strategic place for you, if anything it is strategic for us," he said of a telephone call with U.S. President Barack ... |
ABC News | Sara Moulton Gives a 101 on Great Turkey Stuffing ABC News That's because in order to kill any bacteria that gets into the stuffing from the bird, the center of the stuffing must reach a temperature of 165 F. Unfortunately, doing that will likely overcooked the turkey. There are two solutions to this problem ... |