turkish relations. but also to show be on this issue, how the incipient divergent opinions about turkey's role in the world, going back to 2012, 2013 when this case came into being, how this case and the crisis we find ourselves in now was the result of a growing divergence that predates it. in that regard i would say from the knighted states perspective people look at this as a simple legal matter. they violated u.s. law, now they are being tried in u.s. court. the turkish response has been what right does america have two make it against the law for us to do business with iran? this was a bilateral trade between two sovereign countries. why is this in violation of u.s. law? i think it is worth acknowledging where this argument is coming from. certainly the united states does have the unique ability to make our national interests into a matter of universally enforceable law. if this was paraguay and i ron -- iran, he would not be facing trial now. that only goes so far. the point is also worth mentioni

turkish relations and turkish trade policies and foreign trade policies, the author of several books, the newest entitled "turkey and the west fault lines in a troubled airline" just came out in july. you can purchase it here if you like. we are very grateful to him for taking the reigns and i will leave to it him to introduce the panel and lead the conversation from now until 12:30. please welcome him and the panel. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you. i'm delighted to be here. i'm not not sure whether i'll be able to reign the panel as eliso has done and not sure i can speak as soft as she has been able to do. please bear with me. there's a lot that will need to be covered here. oat in the program we have our honorable first speaker member of the european parliament. i have sought his permission to allow me to start with a professor from the university of maryland. right now, she has a fellowship working also with the fed as well as imf. i thought we could start with a bigger picture. and then finally, somewhere along the line, we will get to taspinar, my good friend and profess

it's always some problem for turkish government. before the presidential system, my belief is that the best, maybe the most optimistic way for the kurdish woman to be getting some concessions and being maybe like less violent is basically being part of a coalition government. there was a real possibility like in june 2015 after the first sign of elections. there's no such possibility. he will decide on it. it's more like worst than what used to be the parliamentary system because more like possibilities for being part of a coalition government. there was some kind of real possibilities for kurdish people to become ministers as long as this peace process was true. i can make more demands about the referendum and maybe we can keep it like for next time. >> the first thing i'd like to specify is that the criminalization of the kurdish calls didn't start with erdogan. this goes back a long time and the akp comes from a political tradition where in the '90s, it's members of parliament. activists were killed on the streets. this is the tr

today marks the three hundredth day in a turkish prison for turkish german journalist and su chel the turkish government accuses him of writing terrorist propaganda but the german government says he's been detained for political reasons his newspaper says you is being held in a four by three watch of the time he's being kept isolated from other prisoners. there hundreds of human rights workers are currently behind bars in turkey human rights activists recently returned from a symbol after being held there for weeks shut out of pots in his burning home. on his way to germany to reunite with his family after spending nearly four months in a turkish prison and the week census return he's been trying to readjust its continuing doing my relaxation exercises which i did before going into prison during prison i'm doing it still it's a lot of talking was friends with colleagues it's also just getting back into normal rhythms like taking care of the children etc they human rights activist was teaching a seminar in istanbul when he was unexpectedly detained by turkish authorities during his tim

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and greece rolls out the red carpet for wretch of time ever to one he is the first turkish head of state to visit the country in sixty five years. i'm sumi so misconduct good to have you with us widespread condemnation today of president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the palestinian group hamas has called for a new intifada an uprising against israel the united nations security council will hold an emergency session on friday trump said his decision marked the beginning of a new approach to the conflict between israel and the palestinians. with the stroke of a pen donald trump turned the middle east on its head. i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the u.s. president throwing decades of diplomatic caution to the wind he dismissed warnings that his decision could light the fuse of one of the world's most explosive powder kegs this decision is not intended in any way to reflect a departure from our strong commitment to facilitate a lasting peace agreement we want an agreement that is a great d

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or i learn turkish in prison only rather rough turkish. everything's new like the day rhythm is new to moving from one prison to the other prison is new routines. there are very strict frames to everything else solitary confinement is maybe the strictest one had for several days. also there. i was treated mainly was respect for the work guards i had great great inmates in a way. whoever passing through similar situations like i did and for me it was very important to feel the solidarity from the outside as well from the fellow prisoners so there was a lot of taking care of me i could take care of them and then knowing about all the solitary takes an outside really helped me to carry through these one hundred thirteen days you're lucky to be out now but you are still on trial in turkey for your accused of supporting actually several terrorist organization how is that influencing your lifestyle while the one hand sure enough i'm closely following the hearings it was the second one was on twenty second of november was the hearing of some of t

or i learn turkish in prison but only rather rough turkish. everything's new like the daily rhythm is new also moving from one prison to the other prison is new routines. there are very strict frames to everything else solitary confinement is maybe the strictest one had for several days but also there i was treated mainly was a respect for the work guards i had great great inmates in a way. whoever passing through simulate situations like i did and for me it was very important to feel the solidarity from the outside as well from the fellow prisoners so there was a lot of taking care of me i could take care of them and then knowing about all the solitary takes an outside really helped me to carry through these one hundred thirteen days you're lucky to be out now but you are still on trial in turkey for your accused of supporting actually several terrorist organization how is that influencing your lifestyle while the one hand sure enough i'm closely following the hearings it was the second one was on twenty second of november was the hearing of

or i learn turkish in prison but only rather rough turkish. everything's new like the daily rhythm is new to moving from one prison to the other prison is new routines. they're very strict frames to everything solitary confinement is maybe the strictest one had for several days but also there. i was treated mainly was respect for the work guards i had great great inmates in a way. whoever passing through similar situations like i did and for me it was very important to feel the solidarity from the outside as well from the fellow prisoners so there was a lot of taking care of me i could take care of them and then knowing about all the solitary takes an outside really helped me to carry through these one hundred thirteen days you're lucky to be out now but you are still on trial in turkey for your accused of supporting actually several terrorist organization how is that influencing your lifestyle while the one hand sure enough i'm closely following the hearings it was the second one was on twenty second of november was the hearing of some of the

said your trial of a turkish bank is a u.s. conspiracy against his country. the trial is a ploy to distract turkey while washington hatch's plans to strengthen syrian kurdish groups which turkey considers to be terrorist organizations christensen to be has more. for nearly a week journalists from turkey along with businessmen and students have been pouring into the federal court in manhattan so have opponents of the turkish government wanted to hear for themselves allegations of widespread corruption back home. we are upset and concerned these trials should have actually been held in turkey reza rob a turkish iranian gold trader testified that turkey's current president recip thai air to one authorized the scheme to launder iranian money in turkish banks in violation of u.s. sanctions so rob also said he paid tens of millions of dollars in bribes to this man former khana minister's offer child similar charges were raised by investigators in turkey four years ago but later dropped and labeled politically motivated by the government while it's times it feels as

or i learn turkish in prison but only rather rough turkish. everything's new like the daily rhythm is new also moving from one prison to the other prison is new routines. there are very strict frames to everything solitary confinement is maybe the strictest one had for several days but also there. i was treated mainly was respect for the work guards i had great great inmates in a way. whoever passing through similar situations like i did and for me it was very important to feel the solidarity from the outside as well from the fellow prisoners so there was a lot of taking care of me i could take care of them and then knowing about all the solitary texan outside really helped me to carry through these one hundred thirteen days you're lucky to be out now but you are still on trial in turkey for your accused of supporting actually several terrorist organization how is that influencing your lifestyle while the one hand sure enough i'm closely following the hearings it was the second one was on twenty second of november was the hearing of some of th

also coming up greece rolls out the red carpet for red hook type air to want to use the first turkish head of state to visit the country in fifty five years plus. i hope your high score by. a very special performance here in berlin by the stars of the new two we will listen in as bongo and the edge entertain commuters with selections on their new album. i'm sorry. kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us the palestinian group hamas has called for a new and to fatah and uprising against israel this comes after u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize to roussillon as its capital israeli security forces have used tear gas water cannon to disperse protesters on the streets of the west bank conflicting claims to jerusalem are at the core of the israeli palestinian conflict a trump has ignored international warnings by recognizing it as israel's seat of government saying it is time for a new approach. kramer is following events from jerusalem and joins us now tania tell us a little bit more about these clashes which we were just witnessing there. yes they're just repor

turkish president has begun a two day official visit to greece the first by a turkish head of state in sixty five years in the capital athens he met with the prime minister alexis tsipras to discuss relations between the neighboring countries both are members of nato but the relationship has been rocky for decades occasionally even going to the brink of war. and greece and turkey have tried to normalize relations in recent years but there are still thorny issues to resolve the greek turkish relations have been tense if not adversarial for decades the two countries have disagreements over three major issues the island of cyprus control of parts of the aegean sea around the two countries and recently the migration crisis. cyprus was granted independence from the british in one nine hundred sixty years of violence between the island's greek and turkish communities followed when greek nationalists tried to unite cyprus with mainland greece in one thousand nine hundred seventy four turkey invaded and captured land in the north. today the two halves of the island a still separated turkish no

or i learn turkish in prison but only rather rough turkish. everything's new like the daily rhythm is new to moving from one prison to the other prison is new routines. there are very strict frames to everything else solitary confinement is maybe the strictest one had for several days. also there. i was treated mainly was respect for the work guards i had great great inmates in a way. whoever passing through similar situations like i did and for me it was very important to feel the solidarity from the outside as well from the fellow prisoners so there was a lot of taking care of me i could take care of them and then knowing about all the solitary takes an outside really helped me to carry through these one hundred thirteen days you're lucky to be out now but you are still on trial in turkey for your accused of supporting actually several terrorist organization how is that influencing your lifestyle while the one hand sure enough i'm closely following the hearings it was the second one was on twenty second of november was the hearing of some of

bring you an exclusive report also coming up prosecutors in turkey have called for the release of a turkish german journalist jailed on terror charges observers say the accusations against her are politically motivated to go live to stumble. german chancellor angela merkel needs today with relatives of those killed in last year's berlin christmas market attack many families say they've been forgotten the last of the city's official liaison assisting them what needs to change. and one of the football have to hang on for the win head to went down to ten men early on but still managed to headlights at their first home loss of the season. i'm sumi so much come to thank you for joining us on this international migrants day we're looking at an astounding number there are an estimated sixty. million people around the world who have been forced to leave their homes seventeen percent of them are in europe the greek island of les paul's for example is now home to thousands of migrants the main camp there is the maria refugee camp but it is those outside the camp and makeshift homes who live in partic

turkish president has begun a two day official visit to greece the first by a turkish head of state in sixty five years in the capital athens he met with prime minister alexis tsipras to discuss relations between the neighboring countries both are members of nato but the relationship has been rocky for decades occasionally even going to the brink of war. and greece and turkey have tried to normalize relations in recent years but there is still thorny issues to resolve. greek turkish relations have been tense if not adversarial for decades the two countries have disagreements over three major issues the island of cyprus control of parts of the aegean sea around their two countries and recently the migration crisis. cyprus was granted independence from the british in one nine hundred sixty years of violence between the island's greek and turkish communities followed. when greek nationalists tried to unite cyprus with mainland greece in one thousand nine hundred seventy four turkey invaded and captured land in the north. today the two halves of the island a still separated turkish norther

prime position to run for president in two thousand and nineteen and freed after eight months in a turkish prison authorities released the german journalist michel a total but say she is not allowed to leave the country. i bring coffee it's good to have you with us it was billed as a yes. speech on the united states' new national security strategy but president donald trump offered many familiar messages in a major foreign policy speech today that included chastising past u.s. leaders for failing to protect america's national interest and promising to pursue a doctrine of america first outlining his new strategies for main pillars trump valent to boost homeland protection promote american prosperity demonstrate military strength and advance u.s. influence in the world. we want to go now to washington our correspondent carsten phenomena is on the story for worse good evening to you karsten trump launching a blistering attack on previous leaders policies in that speech what did you make of. this was a very dark speech almost election campaign speech harking back to his inaugural address almo

and after a german turkish relations could this be a sign that the tide is possibly turning. well i think there are concerted efforts in the last to stop relations getting any both sides realize that this secret ration was far getting out of control the german foreign minister making a surprise visit last month where he sat down with his turkish counterpart that seemed to be the start of a process we've seen some movement some gestures coming from both sides we had the german chancellor speaking to the turkish president earlier this month over the possibility of more money be released to help with the refugee deal possibly a billion euros this would mean a decision by german colt last few weeks ago to end the prosecution of some turkish . charges that. were going through. independent but we do see that there does appear to be a process where both sides at least don't want to get any worse and then possibly talking about normalization up before that happens still there are a number of german nationals in jail most notably. german journalist he still hasn't even been charged an

the turkish owner lets us film but only because we promised we would not show him in our report child labor is illegal in turkey the owner knows this but says the families would be much worse off without the work. these children might be safe from the war and terror all back home in syria but what they really need now is education and the chance to build a future despite efforts by the turkish government to get refugee children off the streets and into public schools many here remain out of the classroom. many other children are send out by their parents to beg on the streets they can be seen everywhere in istanbul. up to one million syrian refugees live in the city about one third of them are children no one knows exactly how many of them are working instead of going to school. has finished work for today she takes me home with her to meet her family. she has two little sisters her mother's pregnant and had to stop working they don't receive any financial support from the turkish state her father found a job but even with the money. they can still only barely make ends meet. that us

turkish president has begun a two day official visit to greece the first by a turkish head of state in sixty five years in the capital athens he met with prime minister alexis tsipras to discuss relations between the neighboring countries both are members of nato but the relationship has been rocky for decades occasionally even going to the brink of war and greece and turkey have tried to normalize relations in recent years but there are still thorny issues to resolve the greek turkish relations have been tense if not adversarial for decades the two countries have disagreements over three major issues the island of cyprus control of parts of the aegean sea around the two countries and recently the migration crisis. cyprus was granted independence from the british in one nine hundred sixty years of violence between the island's greek and turkish communities followed. when greek nationalists tried to do unite cyprus with mainland greece in one thousand nine hundred seventy four turkey invaded and captured land in the north. today the two halves of the island a still separated turkish nor

turkish german journalist michel or two who said set to walk free that's after it and istanbul court orders her release and that of five others but they still face terror charges will get you the very latest and austria's new chancellor is sworn into office having a race between coalition he's pledged to get tough on immigration but downs that turned out in protest. i'm well arrakis a pleasure to have you with us turkey has released german journalist masella to go after nearly eight months in prison but german officials say she has only been let go on the condition that she doesn't leave the country to who was charged with being a member of a terrorist organization and publishing terrorist propaganda following a failed military coup in july twenty sixth. a day of celebration for mashallah tolu supporters and legal team after more than seven months in custody in turkey the judge has decided to release the thirty three year old german on bail. now i am happy again but this has been a bad year for me i certainly won't forget twenty seventeen it will help me michelle atoll who was arrest

rights groups in germany more international human rights day with a call for the release of a turkish german journalist from prison in cherokee we'll hear from an activist who's just been freed from the tension there. plus the best film that europe has to offer this year of bitter at that if you're the square. eyed dark swedish comedy wins big at the european film awards we'll bring you all the highlights from europe's answer to the oscars. from sarah harman welcome to the show it's good to have you with us. arab league foreign ministers have demanded that the united states reverse president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital that decision has sparked violent protests not just in israel in the palestinian territories but in other countries as well and loving on security forces a fired tear gas and water cannon the protesters near the u.s. embassy in beirut addressing crouse the head of lebanon's communist party declared the us to be the enemy of palestine and president trump has said he's only recognizing reality despite warnings that the move could jeo

also coming up in greece whirls out the red carpet for rest up tie up ever the one he is the first turkish head of state to visit greece in sixty five years could the visit improve the frosty relations between the two neighbors. and the slow road to recovery we meet the people trying to rebuild their homes and communities and domenico more than two months after hurricane maria. i'm same it's almost comical to have you with us there's widespread condemnation today of president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the united nations security council will hold an emergency session on friday u.n. secretary general antonio terra saying the move will only jeopardize prospects for peace trump said his decision marked the beginning of a new approach to the conflict between israel and the palestinians. with the stroke of a pen donald trump turned the middle east on its head. i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the u.s. president throwing decades of diplomatic caution to the wind he dismissed warnings that hi

german journalist dennis usual has spent in a turkish prison hundreds of artists have called for his release popstars bono and sting and several nobel prize winning author is among those who signed a letter calling to free dennis is accused of terrorist propaganda but the german government says that usual has been detained on political grounds and he is not the only one hundreds of human rights workers are behind bars right now in turkey the human rights activist peter lloyd was recently released from prison in istanbul after being detained there for months our reporter charlotte. at his home here in berlin. peter now on his way to germany to reunite with his family after spending nearly four months in a turkish prison and the week census return he's been trying to readjust it's continuities in doing my relaxation exercises which i did before going into prison during prison i'm doing it still it's a lot of talking with friends with colleagues it's also just getting back into normal rhythms like taking care of the children etc they cumin rights activist was teaching a seminar in istan

iranian turkish gold trader reza zurab is the prosecution's star witness he's testifying against a turkish banker after pleading guilty to his role in an elaborate scheme to launder billions of dollars in iranian money through turkish banks and avoid u.s. sanctions on thursday zurab testified that president reza tayyip erdogan then the prime minister of turkey not only knew about the scheme but authorized it it's just one of the explosive allegations made by zurab during the proceedings he's also testified that he paid the former economy minister tens of millions of dollars in what prosecutors described as bribes everyone has denied turkey violated u.s. sanctions saying his government has legitimate business dealings with the law and he and other members of the government have described the trial as an attempt to discredit turkey. in there is a big campaign of slander against turkey what kind of justice can you expect from such a judiciary i don't expect any justice. so rob is expected to continue testifying on friday in a trial that's expected to last three to four weeks and is putting th

the turkish owner lets us film but only because we promised we would not show him in our report child labor is illegal in turkey the owner knows this but says the families would be much worse off without the work. these children might be safe from the war and terror all back home in syria but what they really need now is education and the chance to build a future despite efforts by the turkish government to get refugee children off the streets and into public schools many here remain out of the classroom. many other children are sent out by their parents to beg on the streets they can be seen everywhere in istanbul up to one million syrian refugees live in the city about one third of them are children no one knows exactly how many of them are working instead of going to school. has finished work for today she takes me home with her to meet her family. she has two little sisters her mother is pregnant and had to stop working they don't receive any financial support from the turkish state her father found a job but even with the money. they can still only barely make ends meet. we have

the turkish syrian border. brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show catalonia heads to the polls today for a hotly contested election now it comes to months after the reason declared independence following a referendum opposed by madrid spain responded with a crackdown arresting separatist leaders and calling snap elections madrid hopes today's vote will put an end to the political crisis before we go to barcelona we have this report. you know about his companion for the independent catalonia the pianist and her friends think that madrid stands for spain of the past. and. the independence movement in catalonia really wants to change things for the better people in the rest of spain don't necessarily agree with that our parliament for example approved giving people the right to receive gas and electricity even if they can't afford it but the central government then overturned the law but we don't have a common future with moderate elements. we are not going to do that. but the group has been plastering makes

government and greece rolls out the red carpet for a wretch of tell you a better one he's the first turkish head of state to visit in sixty five years but can his presence in prove the frosty relations between the two neighbors. i'm bringing off it's good to have you with us in response to u.s. president donald trump is controversial decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the palestinian group hamas has called for a new uprising israel's president lavished praise on president trump's decision today but the palestinian president says he is rallying international opposition to the move a move that he calls quote unacceptable and criminal. it was a day of unrest in many parts of israel thousands of palestinians took to the streets to protest against u.s. president donald trump's decision to officially recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. and in many parts of the country protesters clashed with security forces. israel is preparing for more violence in the coming days and is deploying additional troops to the west bank but many fear that the situation could escalate as the

the turkish owner lets us film but only because we promised we would not show him in our report child labor is illegal in turkey the owner knows this but says the families would be much worse off without the work. these children might be safe from the war and terror all back home in syria but what they really need now is education and the chance to build a future despite efforts by the turkish government to get refugee children off the streets and into public schools many here remain out of the classroom. many other children us and out by their parents to beg on the streets they can be seen everywhere in istanbul up to one million syrian refugees live in the city about one third of them are children no one knows exactly how many of them are working instead of going to school. alice has finished work for today she takes me home with her to meet her family. she has two little sisters her mother's pregnant and had to stop working they don't receive any financial support from the turkish state her father found a job but even with the money. they can still only barely make ends meet. we ha

or i learn turkish in prison only rather rough turkish. everything's new like the daily rhythm is new also moving from one prison to the other prison is new routines. there are very strict frames to everything else solitary confinement is maybe the strictest one had for several days but also there i was treated mainly was a respect for the work guards i had great great inmates in a way. whoever passing through simulate situations like i did and for me it was very important to feel the solidarity from the outside as well from the fellow prisoners so there was a lot of taking care of me i could take care of them and then knowing about all the solitary takes an outside really helped me to carry through these one hundred thirteen days you're lucky to be out now but you are still on trial in turkey for your accused of supporting actually several terrorist organization how is that influencing your lifestyle while the one hand sure enough i'm closely following the hearings it was the second one was on twenty second of november was the hearing of

now the turkish president is visiting greece it's the first time a turkish head of state has been to greece in sixty five years they are nato allies they have territorial disputes in the. and they disagree over the reunification of the divided island of cyprus and even before he left president called for a revision of the ninety four year old treaty which defines. let's go live now to the greek capital our correspondent john psaropoulos is there for us and john this is truly historic isn't it the first time a head of state has been in the greek capital for more than sixty years how did it go. well rather than it being the crowning achievement of a diplomatic process in which certain things declared to be agreed and there is progress it appears more like the beginning of such a process both. laying out the problems that exist bilaterally as they see them as you said the turkish president really did set the tone of these two discussions before he came here he saying that the treaty of one hundred twenty three which greek turkish borders among other things and really created territorial

government is on trial here in new york the man actually facing charges as a turkish banker member at a con until his lawyers described him as a career civil servant someone who never took a bribe and was merely following the orders of those above him in a country where iran is considered a friend not a foe. president airline of turkey has accused the u.s. court of attempting to undermine his government by using evidence fabricated by supporters of for to the glen the self exiled turkish religious leader on a blame for orchestrating an attempted coup last year. and over the. air to one even launched his own investigation of the us prosecutors who deny the claim one of the big arguments that the turkish government has made repeatedly is that this current case in the united states is an extension of a corruption case in turkey in two thousand and thirteen that was subsequently dismissed zurab also testified that he bribed his way out of the two thousand and thirteen turkish corruption investigation and then went straight back to laundering money until his attorneys say the gold trader w

turkish president richard tired one has begun a two day official visit to greece the first play a turkish head of state in sixty five years in the capital athens he met with prime minister alexis tsipras to discuss relations between the neighboring countries both are members of nato but their relationship has been rocky for decades occasionally even going to the brink of war greece and turkey have tried to normalize relations in recent years but there are still thorny issues to resolve. the jailed leader of turkey's opposition party went on trial in absentia in ancora today more than a year after his arrest so i have seen is accused of connections to the outlawed kurdistan workers party also known as the king there may tell us has did was detained excuse me last year when the government launched a crackdown after a failed coup attempt to until his arrest the charismatic h d p leader was widely seen as the strongest political opponent to shouldn't. if convicted faces up to one hundred and forty two years in prison. for more on this so we can take you now to istanbul a story and jones is co

for almost a year what we see in the turkish foreign policy is a shift from. fashion diplomatic civilian design to foreign policy when more muscular more economy centric foreign policy which i define as moral realism in this is more of the realism in combination of a user of or a promotion of heart power military capabilities push for economic cooperation humanitarian purposes and you know historical cultural and religious values so we see a sort of combination of these four kompany and seen this in the paradigm i would say more of the realism so in this is a new paradigm the issue. the question that should be asked is the question that you ask in fact you know the capacity side of the story and can maintain this in an sustainable fashion but right now has me feeling itself in any pressure is i said before and we do you sort of moves need openings like the one that we witness in sudan has me trying to increase its leverage sitting on the strategic bargaining table tables with the regional players like egypt israel or iran and also with system level players. an

the concert turks are now part of the turkish x. pac immunity in berlin here they will find help and support yet despite all optimism they are all united in their longing for home and worry for those left behind. in. the cogito family has now found their own home and even received their first paid in cajuns are you looking forward to the new year and all the surprises it has in store or would you rather know exactly what to expect in the car path the ins of ukraine many people believe in the supernatural powers of soothsayers and folk hiller's of whom they called well farce the tradition is deeply rooted in the region they heal predict the future and are even consulted on political matters all reporter met one of them magdaléna and felt surprisingly enchanted. the landscape around the settlement of vehicle vinyasa in the car patrons is remote and magical so it's perhaps understandable that the region is associated with magic . this is meant to lean a macho ski she's a more fatah as a female father are known she personifies the secr

an evening in a bar in quotes back i'm sure and came all koch a turk are visiting the regular turkish ex-pat meet up for the first time. they can recognize several familiar faces among the journalists artists and writers and each week new political refugees arrive from turkey. was it you now i just want to enjoy this freedom from you here nobody interferes in your life there doesn't seem to be aggression here nobody shouting it's so peaceful i could live like this in the world. tonight is kamal culture turks first small performance in berlin he recites turkish poems accompanied by a. guy. the culture turks are now part of the turkish ex-pat community in berlin here they will find help and support yet despite all optimism they are all united in their longing for home and worry for those left behind. in. the cogito family has now found their own home and even received their first paid in cajuns are you looking forward to the new here and all the surprises it has in store or would you rather know exactly what to expect in the car pathans of ukraine many people believe in the supernatural

the turkish owner lets us film but only because we promised we would not show him in our report child labor is illegal in turkey the owner knows this but says the families would be much worse off without the work. these children might be safe from the war and terror all back home in syria but what they really need now is education and the chance to build a future despite efforts by the turkish government to get refugee children off the streets and into public schools many here remain out of the classroom. many other children us and out by their parents to beg on the streets they can be seen everywhere in istanbul up to one million syrian refugees live in the city about one third of them are children no one knows exactly how many of them are working instead of going to school. at us has finished work for today she takes me home with her to meet her family. she has two little sisters her mother's pregnant and had to stop working they don't receive any financial support from the turkish state her father found a job but even with the money. they can still only barely make ends meet. we ha

and the last issue is operational military technology side of the story turkish military particularly navy has been trying to improve its capabilities in the fields of namely aviation naval aviation and also marines so turkey has been planning to procure a light aircraft carrier so turkey has been trying to give more agency to the navy for the force protection force projection or so africa is and. to concentrate more in two thousand and two any system run russia has also expressed a desire to set up a military base in sudan i mean this desire expressed by the russians the presence of the chinese in places like djibouti just. djibouti is an interesting case where he has a never made french never. based on american history base and also a chinese naval military base this interest in red sea is it because of just to egypt importers shipping oil route order it gives any key player may just take the major issues including the middle east and also the old shipping route yes i think it bears a little bit but remember for china that route is not important for oil and gas it goes out through t

and the last issue is operational military technology side of the story turkish military particularly navy has been trying to improve its capabilities in the fields of namely aviation naval aviation and also marines so turkey has been planning to procure a light aircraft carrier so turkey has been trying to give more agency to the navy for the force protection force projection or so our frica is and is the mission is to concentrate more in two thousand and two a nice midsomer run russia has also expressed a desire to set up a military base in sudan i mean this design expressed by the russians the presence of the chinese in places like djibouti just. djibouti is an interesting case where he has a never miss french never mature based on american history base and also a chinese naval military base this interest in red sea is it because of its just to teach importance shipping oil route or it gives any key player major stakes in major issues including the middle east and also the old shipping route there so i think there is a little bit remember for china that route is not important for o

the turkish owner lets us film but only because we promised we would not show him in our report child labor is illegal in turkey the owner knows this but says the families would be much worse off without the work. these children might be safe from the war and terror all back home in syria but what they really need now is education and the chance to build a future despite efforts by the turkish government to get refugee children off the streets and into public schools many here remain out of the classroom. many other children us and out by their parents to beg on the streets they can be seen everywhere in east i'm bored. up to one million syrian refugees live in the city about one third of them are children no one knows exactly how many of them are working instead of going to school. and us has finished work for today she takes me home with her to meet her family. she has two little sisters her mother is pregnant and had to stop working they don't receive any financial support from the turkish state her father found a job but even with the money. they can still only barely make ends me

the air turkish leader there. bringing up some of brie old treaties one that where the cornerstone of peace and stability in the region the. treaty of ireland's i'm namely nineteen twenty three there which help could define you know the territories of each country's in that has been maintained throughout so when this came up. and he repeated it. pentagon repeated throughout the day until he kind of said that seoul on. at the press conference with his attorneys pat throughout the day now the opposition hearing greece was quick to seize the opportunity to outlast. the premier for a calling this of castle calling this i'm a tragic college risen in the sense that he hadn't kind of clarify did these issues would not be brought up today. and this could actually put of the entire southern done the country a lot on the line. but on the whole i think. everyone is kind of waiting to see how the next day. all but the turkish leaders visit is going today maybe tomorrow when he actually visits alcohol to me and the more the re

tonight is kamal culture turks first small performance in berlin he recites turkish poems accompanied by a. the concert turks are now part of the turkish ex-pat community in berlin here they will find help and support yet despite all optimism they are all united in their longing for home and worry for those left behind. in. the cogito family has now found their own home and even receive their first paid in cajuns are you looking forward to the new year and all the surprises it has in store or would you rather know exactly what to expect in the car pathans of ukraine many people believe in the supernatural powers of soothsayers and folk hiller's of whom they called well farce the tradition is deeply rooted in the region they heal predict the future and are even consulted on political matters all reporter met one of them magdaléna and felt surprisingly enchanted. the landscape around the settlement of vehicle vinyasa in the car patrons is remote and magical so it's perhaps understandable that the region is associated with magic. this is known to lean a macho ski she's a more fatah as a

an evening in a bar in quotes back i'm sure and came all koch a turk are visiting the regular turkish ex-pat meet up for the first time. they can recognize several familiar faces among the journalists artists and writers and each week new political refugees arrive from turkey. goes through security now i just want to enjoy this freedom from here nobody interferes in your life there doesn't seem to be aggression here nobody shouting it's so peaceful i could live like this in the world. tonight is came across the turks first small performance in berlin and he recites turkish poems accompanied by a. the contretemps are now part of the turkish ex-pat community in berlin here they will find help and support yet despite all optimism they are all united in their longing for home and worry for those left behind. the cogito family has now found their own home and even received their first paid in cajuns are you looking forward to the new here and all the surprises it has in store or would you rather know exactly what to expect in the car pathans of ukraine many people believe in the supernatur

tonight is kamal culture turks first small performance in berlin he recites turkish poems accompanied by a. lot of. the concerts are now part of the turkish ex-pat community in berlin here they will find help and support yet despite all optimism they are all united in their longing for home and worry for those left behind. the culture family has now found their own home and even receive their first paid in cajuns are you looking forward to the new year and all the surprises it has in store or would you rather know exactly what to expect in the car pathans of ukraine many people believe in the supernatural powers of soothsayers and folk hiller's of whom they called while farce the tradition is deeply rooted in the region they heal predict the future and are even consulted on political matters all reporter met one of them magdaléna and felt surprisingly enchanted. the landscape around the settlement vehicle vinyasa in the car paty ends is remote and magical so it's perhaps understandable that the region is associated with magic. this is known to lean a macho ski she's a more fatah as a