Turkey
Ceremonies in Turkey mark anniversary of important naval battle
A solemn ceremony in Turkey has marked the 100th anniversary of the naval battle that the Allies lost and which led to the Gallipoli campaign. Audio
Turkey evacuates troops at historic tomb in Syria
Turkey has staged its first open military operation in Syria, sending hundreds of troops, tanks, aircraft and drones to extract 38 soldiers guarding a historical Ottoman tomb besieged by Islamic State… Audio
Pundit - Military Strategies
Author of the recently published New Zealand and the First World War 1914-1919, historian Damien Fenton on the wherewithal of war. The NZEF Main Body convoy, the first - and biggest - troop convoy to… Audio
Turkey to let Iraq Kurds join Kobane fight
Turkey has said that it is now allowing Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters to cross into Syria to help Syrian Kurds in their battle for Kobane against Islamic State militants. Audio
Turkey may allow US-led coalition to use its military bases
Turkey's changing its approach in a bid to combat Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. It's discussing the possibility of allowing more moderate Syrian rebels to be trained on its soil - a move welcomed… Audio
ISIS fighters advance closer to Haditha
Over the weekend ISIS fighters have been inching ever closer to Haditha, a key town on the Syrian border with Turkey. Audio
Syrian war at Turkey's doorstep
The war is Syria has come to Turkey's doorstep in the city of Kobani. The city of 44,000 is in the Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria and has been under onslaught by the ISIL group since mid… Audio
Protests rock Turkey
Kurdish protesters across Turkey have vented their fury at the government's lack of military support for defenders of the Syrian border town of Kobane being attacked by Islamic State militants. Audio
Fears Kobani may fall
Turkey's president says the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani is "about to fall" as Islamic State fighters press home a three-week assault that has cost a reported 400 lives and forced thousands to flee… Audio
Wild turkey
Listen to the characteristic gobble of the wild turkey, an introduced species that went feral in New Zealand in the 1860s. Audio
Wayne Brittendon's Counterpoint looks at New Zealand's bid for a seat on the UN Security Council
With New Zealand's bid against Spain and Turkey for a non- permanent seat on the UN Security Council, Wayne takes a critical look at the campaign. Audio
Roast Muscovado Brined Turkey
Recipe by Jacob Stanley
From Nine To Noon on Monday 16 December 2013
Feature Guest - Panni Palasti
Nelson based poet, whose work about her childhood in war torn Budapest have inspired a symphony to be performed by the Auckland Philharmonia. Audio
Classic Roast Turkey
Recipe by Allyson Gofton
From Afternoons on Friday 10 December 2010
Assyrian community refusing to back down in Gallipoli row
The Assyrian community in Australia is refusing to apologise for enmeshing New Zealand in a diplomatic dispute between Australia and Turkey after a momument dedicated to the Assyrian victims of… Audio
Jacob Brown's version of Thompson's Turkey
Recipe by Jacob Brown
From Afternoons on Friday 5 December 2008
Turkey Breast in Verjuice with Green Grapes and Almonds
Recipe by Julie Biuso
From Afternoons on Thursday 27 November 2008