Category: Turkey

Looking for a New Turkey Recipe for the Holiday? Try This.

In this herb-roasted turkey recipe, apples and shallots cook inside the bird to keep the meat moist and add rich flavor. The extra shallots in the roasting pan also give the gravy recipe a rich, caramelized-onion depth. With apple cider, the gravy is out-of-this-world delicious. The easy turkey stock adds extra flavor to the gravy,…


Consumers Likely to Face More Expensive Thanksgiving Turkeys This Year: Butterball CEO

Butterball CEO Jay Jandrain told Fox News in a recent interview that it’s likely American families will see more expensive Thanksgiving turkeys this year and that smaller ones will be harder to find as inflation remains stubbornly high and the supply chain crunch roils on. Jandrain told the outlet on Nov. 2 that, while he…


Minibus Crash in Turkey Kills Swedish Tourist, 5 Injured

ISTANBUL—A minibus carrying foreign tourists crashed near the southern Turkish resort of Antalya on Saturday, killing a Swedish national and injuring five others, state broadcaster TRT News reported. The 71-year-old Swede died at the scene of the crash in Aksu in the early hours of the morning, TRT said. Four Danish nationals and the Turkish…


Turkish NBA Player Calls Out CCP, ‘Dictator’ Xi For Repression in Tibet

Turkish NBA player Enes Kanter, an outspoken critic of the government in Turkey, has called out the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the regime’s repression in Tibet. “I’m here to add my voice and speak about what is happening in Tibet under the Chinese government’s brutal rule. Tibetan people’s basic…


IKEA to Shift More Production to Turkey to Shorten Supply Chain

ISTANBUL—Sweden’s flat-pack furniture giant IKEA is planning to move more production to Turkey to minimize problems with global supply chains and increased shipping costs, the company’s chief financial officer for Turkey said. Products it expects to make and then export from Turkey, including armchairs, bookcases, wardrobes, and kitchen cabinets, are currently shipped thousands of miles…


Comfort Food, Lightened Up

Meatballs are a comfort food around the globe. Consider the Swedish kottbullar, Mexican albondigas, Indian koftes, Israeli ktzitzot, or French boules. They all use ground meat and are rolled into balls. From there, the meatball varies according to different tastes and available ingredients. These airy, fluffy meatballs are an easy-to-prepare weeknight dish. They’re lightened up…


Thousands Protest in Turkey Against COVID-19 Vaccine Passports

Thousands of people gathered in the Maltepe district of Istanbul, the capital of Turkey, on Saturday to protest against COVID-19-related restrictions, including vaccine mandates, saying the restrictions infringe on their rights. Nearly 3,000 people attended the rally, which was permitted by the governor’s office and started at 2 p.m. local time, Turkish news agency Diken…


Collision Between Train, Minibus Leaves 6 Dead in Turkey

ISTANBUL—A collision between a freight train and a minibus in northwest Turkey killed six people and injured seven others Saturday, the Turkish news agency Demiroren reported. The crash at a railroad crossing in Ergene, Tekirdag Province, involved a minibus carrying textile factory workers returning from a night shift and a train headed to nearby Cerkezkoy…


Taliban: Ready to Take ‘Full Control’ of Kabul Airport After US Departs

The Taliban terrorist group has taken “full control” of almost every area near the airport in the capital of Afghanistan and is ready to take over as soon as U.S. troops depart, two senior officials from the group claimed on Friday. One of the seniors said their forces have taken over the area with the exception of…


Turkey Undecided on Helping Taliban Run Kabul Airport, Citing Security Concerns

The president of Turkey said Friday his administration continues to weigh its response to a Taliban request for technical support with operations at Kabul airport, with security the key issue, according to Turkish media. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters at a press conference that the Taliban had asked Turkey to help run operations at…