“Turkey” on The Daily Caller

ISTANBUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that Turkey must act on concerns about backsliding on human rights and its secular traditions, chiding a NATO ally whose support is critical to American goals in the Mideast. (more)

WASHINGTON—U.S. authorities disclosed charges and sanctions against operators of an alleged smuggling network that was accused of purchasing millions of dollars in equipment for Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. (more)

“Let the Jews have Jerusalem. It is they who made it famous.” (more)

With attacks against Christians on the rise in majority-Muslim nations in the Middle East, experts say the future of Christianity in the region is gravely threatened. (more)

Could the man on Interpol’s most wanted list also be Time’s Person of the Year? (more)

Norfolk turkey tycoon Bernard Matthews has died at the age of 80, his company has confirmed. (more)

The folks at J&D Foods gave us a way to combine Thanksgiving’s two great meats for a day-after lunch: (more)

While you’re sitting down to dinner tonight and it’s your turn to say what you’re thankful for, shake things up a bit. (more)

Washington (CNN) — At 21 weeks of age and 45 pounds each, Apple and Cider would normally be prime candidates for Thanksgiving dinner this year. (more)

While the Food Network offers thousands of recipes of every shape and size year round, they go double-time with their offerings over the holidays. (more)

The liberal love affair with Islam is perplexing.  While liberals tend to hate traditional Christianity for its more socially conservative worldview, they insist on vigorously defending Islam and its adherents.  From Jon Stewart’s moralizing, to Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg’s outrage at Bill O’Reilly, to President Obama’s recent droning about the “spirit of tolerance” in the Indonesian Constitution (in spite of Indonesia’s laws prohibiting speech offensive to Islam), we are forever sermonized that there is a gulf between Islamist extremism and the “vast majority” of normal Muslims, whom we would apparently love to have as neighbors and run into at Whole Foods. (more)

A COUPLE OF kids figure to add even more juice to the North Carolina-Duke rivalry, a Hurricane hit the Great Wall of China and the Wall hit back, and does anybody know how to get to Iowa City? Watch those elbows, fellas. The annual college basketball primer is coming through. (more)

This is vile even by UN standards. (more)

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey said Saturday that it was lifting a ban on YouTube more than two years after it blocked access to the site because of videos deemed insulting to the country’s founder. (more)

OSNABRUECK, Germany (AP) — Ahmed Sami spoke only Arabic when he moved from Morocco to Germany eight years ago to work as an imam. During his Friday prayer services at a mosque in western Germany, he soon noticed that many of the listeners could not understand him. (more)

ISTANBUL (AP) — About a week ago, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared to the United Nations that most people in the world believe the United States was behind the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (more)

ISTANBUL (AP) — Kevin Durant pulled up for another impossibly long 3-pointer, wheeled and began shouting and gesturing at the rowdy fans along the sideline. (more)

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turks approved sweeping changes to their military-era constitution Sunday — a referendum hailed by the government as a leap toward full democracy in line with its troubled bid to join the European Union. (more)

Last week, a national treasure was condemned and, in the name of political correctness, modified beyond recognition.  I am, of course, referring to the USA Basketball Team’s cheerleaders. (more)

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Turkey says six U.S. army post office personnel have been quarantined after handling a package containing a powdery substance at Istanbul’s main airport. (more)