Why are people stuck on 180 degrees cooking a turkey?

If you take a turkey out at 180 degrees or trust that pop up thing to give you a decent dinner , you are gonna have tough dry turkey . Besides, the temperature rises even more when you take it out to rest . The FSA finally made a statement that finally should put at [...]

While cooking a Turkey , do you set the oven to 325 F or 160 F ?

It says on the recipe to preheat the oven to 325 F but later adds : A whole turkey (and turkey parts) is safe when cooked to a minimum internal temperature of 165 °F as measured with a food thermometer. So is it 325 F or 165 ? http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/turkey/techniques.html