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US/Turkey (3:45)


Listen October 12, 2007 permalink

Turkey recalled its ambassador to the U.S., following the symbolic vote by a Congressional Committee to label the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I genocide. Ankara has threatened to restrict US access to Turkish military bases that are crucial to US operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The World's Jason Margolis examines why there's been such harsh reaction from Turkey.


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