turkey defies u.s. warnings to buy a russian missile defense system why is the sale so controversial and could turkey be risking its position in the nato military alliance this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm dennis now a battle appears to be looming within the west the world's most important military alliance the 2 nato members with the largest armies are in dispute over weapons from russia the u.s. is threatening sanctions against turkey for taking delivery of the russian s $400.00 anti missile system this faces russian weapons inside nato territory washington had warned that if the sale goes ahead turkey would be kicked out of a program to build the new f. 35 war plane and turkish pilots learning to fly the jet would be sent home well let's take a closer look then at the weapons the s 400 missiles can similar take in the sea track and destroy incoming targets up to 400 kilometers away the u.s. is concerned turkey's s 400 purchase will compromise the security of its f. 35 jets th

to support turkey's broader goals in syria and the middle east and also turkey was very disappointed with washington's lukewarm condemnation of the field coup plot in july 26th in turkey seems to be currying favor with china and russia believe that china and russia will support turkey in the way they support in both countries supported nicolas maduro. the embattled venezuelan president who's now where who's in the our who is in the sights of washington but warmer relations with countries like china and especially russia is one thing that's different from a broader geo strategic alliance where turkey would be the junior partner is that something that a personality like president would be willing to accept the president or do on fields that that his embrace that the that the embrace by russia and china will further bolster turkey's geo strategic got a role in the middle east and more around the world if feels that russia and china are more sincere in their ports in their support of turkey than washington and its turkey's traditional european partners also feels that washington if is th

on turkey because this course not the 1st time the u.s. and turkey. have had difficult relations there was the whole episode with the u.s. pastor as well. yes indeed we've seen last summer the threat of sanctions or cold or sanctions were not applied but even the threat of sanctions was enough to destabilize the turkish economy now if the u.s. . as i had with the cuts a sanction. that is likely to have an impact on the turkish economy by raising turkey's risk perception is sold that it's really the main economy impact but. the and that this will have also implications for thirty's defense in the streets it's going to make it more difficult for turkish companies to pull trade with the with their u.s. counterparts and 30 this will also have an impact on the f. $35.00 program whereby the u.s. has clearly stated that if the s. $400.00 come to turkey the u.s. will stop the delivery of the f. $35.00 aircraft to churchy but also exclude british defense companies from of the production line of of the f. 35 so there are many different aspects of or many of the

journalistic turkey because i. think i'm. going to show. hello i'm richard just put in you're watching a special edition of the listening post coming to you from istanbul last month turkey's president regift type air to one held a rare press briefing for journalists here in that meeting area once said that freedom of the press was of quote vital importance to him it was a statement that failed to square with the facts let alone the numbers because for each of the past 3 years ever since july of 2016 when an attempted coup failed to depose erda one turkey has imprisoned more journalists than any other country in the world in this program we will take you behind those numbers unraveling a complex and sometimes contradictory picture a story that we'll examine in 3 parts to begin with we'll look at the many journalists who have fled turkey to avoid ending up behind bars later the ironic flipside to that story how a country that's been described as a living hell by many of its own reporters has become a safe haven for journalists from other coun

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economic zones and turkey is sea shelf that's why the turkish side and turkey also has the right to explore and drill energy resources in the middle to in this and mediterranean also turkey accuses. the greek the cyprus side for ignoring the turkish cyprus too while taking the decisions to explore energy in india exclusive economic zones and excluding the turkish side brit side from its benefits and turkey also now accuses the european union of for being by us just because cyprus is the greek siberian side is a member of the e.u. and turkey says whatever measures have been taken by the e.u. turkey will continue being the size of about its political position in that is the mediterranean sea so actually the choir of between the 2 sides they back to $900.00 so into 4 after a group inspired coup in their island took you back to turkey cyprus and since their trick is since then turkey is the gunter of the turkish cyprus side. the turkish cyprus have proclaimed independence which is owner recognized by turkey so this is actually what makes turkey's seems weak right now but took its foreig

on turkey because this course not the 1st time the u.s. and turkey. have had difficult relations there was the whole episode with the u.s. pastor as well. yes indeed we've seen last summer the threat of sanctions or cold or sanctions were not applied but even the threat of sanctions was enough to destabilize the turkish economy now if. u.s. schools have had with the cuts a sanction. that is likely to have an impact on the turkish economy by raising turkey's risk perception is sold that it's really the main economy impact but. the and that this will have also implications for 30 defense to the street it's going to make it more difficult for turkish companies to pull trade with the with their u.s. counterparts and 30 this will also have an impact on the f. $35.00 program whereby the u.s. has clearly stated that you yes $400.00 come to turkey the u.s. will stop the delivery of the f. $35.00 aircraft to churchy but also exclude british defense companies from of the production line of of the f. 35 so there are many different aspects of or many of these ful

turkey has turkey has problems with the united states about the policies they have conducted in syria because it turkey accuses washington for supporting the it wipe e.g. diffs syrian kurdish fighters group which turkey says that as a branch of the outlawed kurdistan workers' party so turkey says i still have threats am your ally as nato but you are not supporting me in protecting my country and that's why i took you went to united states to buy papyrus but you know i could say it didn't want to sell it and then turkey went to chinese the deal was canceled because of the u.s. intervention and then finally tookie had a cheaper and better offer from the us 400 for this 400 from the from the russians took it decided to buy its and the united and turkey accuse washington for not reacting at the beginning right because they say we already announced that we are buying these missile defense systems that you are acting right now so for turkey it is important because it receives threats from syria and it's the mediterranean currently and so if turkey is only buying missile defense systems that

turkey has called the u.s. decision to suspend its from the f. $35.00 fighter jet program unfair and said it would harm relations between the 2 the u.s. says it made the move off to chirk he began accepting delivery of russia's s 400 air defense system last week washington had struggled for months to prevent it from completing the deal with russia the u.s. says russia would have access to covert military information if cherokee acquired both systems joel rubin is the president of the washington strategy group and the former deputy assistant secretary of state for the obama administration and joins us live from washington d.c. thank you very much for coming on this program was it inevitable that turkey would be removed from the f. $35.00 program given now involvement with the $400.00. well thank you for having me and yes it was inevitable and this is not new information to the turks this is been a couple of years coming and unfortunately now the turks decided to move forward with their purchase of this 400 and i

turkey defies u.s. warnings to buy a russian missile defense system why is the sale so controversial and could turkey be risking its position in the nato military alliance this is inside story. thanks. hello and welcome to the program i'm dennis now a battle appears to be looming within the west the world's most important military alliance the 2 nato members with the largest armies are in dispute over weapons from russia the u.s. is threatening sanctions against turkey for taking delivery of the russian s $400.00 anti missile system this faces russian weapons inside nato territory washington had warned that if the sale goes ahead turkey would be kicked out of a program to build the new f. 35 war plane and turkish pilots learning to fly the jet would be sent home well let's take a closer look then at the weapons the s 400 missiles can similar taina see track and destroy incoming targets up to 400 kilometers away the u.s. is concerned turkey's s 400 purchase will compromise the security of its aesthetic 5

turkey defies u.s. warnings to buy a russian missile defense system why is the sale so controversial and could turkey be risking its position in the nato military alliance this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm dennis now a battle appears to be looming within the west the world's most important military alliance the 2 nato members with the largest armies are in dispute over weapons from russia the us is threatening sanctions against turkey for taking delivery of the russian s $400.00 anti missile system this faces russian weapons inside nato territory washington had warned that if the sale goes ahead turkey would be kicked out of a program to build the new f. 35 war plane and turkish pilots learning to fly the jet would be sent home well let's take a closer look then at the weapons the s 400 missiles can simulate a in the sea track and destroy incoming targets up to 400 kilometers away the u.s. is concerned turkey's s 400 purchase will compromise the security of its aesthetic 5 jets

mayor in turkey's biggest city and financial capital istanbul. this man that graham and thehe modem has called his victoryry a new begiginning foror the c cou. one of his fellow party leaders says it is now time to and the president erred once quote one man regime and build a democratic system. days after the vote along himself promised to draw lessons from it saying he understood the messages given by the people. turkey is heir to one losing his grip that's our topic here on quadri gonna talk about that i'm joined here in the studio by. sade also the mayor he works for dw's turkish department says. a great moment for turkish democracy but the real struggle has only begun. alan poser as a commentator for the daily developed. he believes everyone has lost the trust of the educated leaks but he is far from finished. and floral accomplice is an analyst for the turkish politics for the berlin based think tank german council on foreign relations she thinks quote the result of the local elections in south pole. and other metropolitan cities indicate a

turkey defies u.s. warnings to buy a russian missile defense system why is the sale so controversial and could turkey be risking its position in the nato military alliance this is inside story. thanks. hello and welcome to the program i'm dennis now a battle appears to be looming within the west the world's most important military alliance the 2 nato members with the largest armies are in dispute over weapons from russia the u.s. is threatening sanctions against turkey for taking delivery of the russian s $400.00 anti missile system this faces russian weapons inside nato territory washington had warned that if the sale goes ahead turkey would be kicked out of a program to build the new f. 35 war plane and turkish pilots learning to fly the jet would be sent home well let's take a closer look then at the weapons the s 400 missiles can simple taina see track and destroy incoming targets up to 400 kilometers away the u.s. is concerned turkey's s 400 purchase will compromise the security of its aesthetic 5

turkey's relations or u.s. turkey or russia relations issue this is much bigger again which is going on which is. that at least then what we see from the russian side is to push to reshape your atlantic security architecture and what suits better in this big picture if russia is successful in there to bomb a city to i. cannot look at major relationship it's serious and let me just interject and i'll ask you then where has nato bayne and to la la now russia this amazing amount of penetration into what is meant to be the. the main bastin if you like of western security architecture. i. i'm sure that nato has been a solid there but they don't change is what we see in witness both in the middle east but also internally in turkey in recent years given a very little opportunities for democratic allies within nato to have a more serious impact on on turkey i think there is disagreeing with you and out now yeah i have to say i disagree i think that i make that absolutely if you're tired to our real life our security pr

on turkey because this course not the 1st time the u.s. and turkey. have had difficult relations there was the whole episode with the u.s. pastor as well. yes indeed with last summer the threat of sanctions or cold or sanctions were not applied but even the threat of sanctions was enough to destabilize the turkish economy now if the. u.s. schools have had with the cuts a sanction. that is likely to have an impact on the turkish economy by raising turkey's risk perception is sold that redid the main economy impact but. the and that this will have also implications for thirty's defense in the streets it's going to make it more difficult for turkish companies to pull trade would be with their u.s. counterparts and 30 this will also have an impact on the f. $35.00 program whereby the u.s. has clearly stated that you yes $400.00 come to turkey the u.s. will stop the delivery of the f. $35.00 aircraft to turkey but also exclude british defense companies from the production line of of the f. 35 so there are many different aspects of or many of these full tra

and nato is future air power turkey's already bought for and wants another 116 but the u.s. believes russia may use the f. 400 system to collect sensitive data about the f. 35 said of course yahoo has the latest now from istanbul. this russian plane jailors its cargo that's got turkey's allies who worried those 400 surface a are missile system is expected to give the turkish military a clear advantage in the region it can detect and destroy incoming missiles up to 400 kilometers away but the u.s. and nato say it is not compatible with their weapon system and insist it could pose a risk to their new stealth fighter jet the f. 35. we don't know exactly the extent. the russians would allow this means size to be used in what kind of targeting the possibilities of course the turkish sides argue that turkey would be totally free to use it but the more much depends on the called the. friend in full identifications nato says it is concerned about the potential consequences of this missile purchase while washington has vowed to impose sanctions if that $400.00 ever become operational

turkey has called it is that the u.s. decision to suspend it from the f. 35 fighter jet program unfair saying it will harm their relations washington at about to turkey accepted the delivery of russia's s 400 defense system. and the un special rapporteur on human rights i'm in law says the persecution of the rectangle is still going on down he says villages have been burnt down in recent days and she's been prevented from getting into the country to gather information about the body of the turkish deputy consul general shot dead in a northern iraqi city of at a bill is being taken back he and 2 kurdish civilians were killed in an attack at a restaurant on wednesday a solid binge of aid reports now from baghdad. it was just another meal at this local restaurant in their appeal the capital of iraq's northern kurdish region but soon after a turkish diplomat and his colleague sat down a gunman entered and opened fire kurdish intelligence sources believe multiple attackers were involved but only one carried out the killings th

a commie but turkey is looking to its turkish president's relationship with the u.s. president donald trump to so stop any of those sanctions being introduced remains to be seen by the trunk will invest heavy political capital standing up to congress over this missile deal daryn jones and i said well thank you very much. that's out take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world police in afghanistan say a child suicide bomber blew himself up at a wedding killing at least 5 people and injuring 11 others the dead include a commander of a pro-government militia so far no one has claimed responsibility the taleban deny they were involved. german carmaker volkswagen has announced plans to invest billions of dollars in self driving and electric cars they're expanding their cooperation with ford and will become equal owners of a company specializing in autonomous driving vehicles. saddam's ruling military council claims to have boiled a coup attempt by members of the army and intelligence services it's said to have taken place during final talks on a p

on turkey because this course not the 1st time the u.s. and turkey. have had difficult relations there was the whole episode with the u.s. pastor as well. yes indeed with last summer the threat of sanctions or cold or sanctions were not applied but even the threat of sanctions was enough to destabilize the turkish economy now if the. u.s. schools have had with the cuts a sanction. that is likely to have an impact on the turkish economy by raising turkey's risk perception is sold that it's really the main economy impact but. the and that this will have also implications for thirty's defense in the streets it's going to make it more difficult for turkish companies to pull trade with the with their u.s. counterparts and 30 this will also have an impact on the f. $35.00 program whereby the u.s. has clearly stated that if the s. $400.00 come to turkey the u.s. will stop the delivery of the f. $35.00 aircraft churchy but also exclude british defense companies from of the production line of of the f. 35 so there are many different aspects of or many of these

on turkey because this course not the 1st time the u.s. and turkey. have had difficult relations there was the whole episode with the u.s. pastor as well. yes indeed we've seen last summer the threat of sanctions or cold or sanctions were not applied but even the threat of sanctions was enough to destabilize the turkish economy now if the. u.s. schools have had with the cuts a sanction. that is likely to have an impact on the turkish economy by raising turkey's risk perception sold that reviewed the main on the impact. of the on that this will have also implications for thirty's defense in the street it's going to make it more difficult for turkish companies to pull trade with the with their u.s. counterparts and 30 this will also have an impact on the f. $35.00 program whereby the u.s. has clearly stated that if the s. $400.00 come to turkey. it will stop he did agree off the f. 35 aircraft to turkey but also exclude british defense companies from of the production line of of the f. 35 so there are many different aspects of or many of these full trac

they don't necessarily want to see a very secular turkey. and as ates ilyas bassoy, chp strategist, says, said "we cannot change erdogan. we fight by changing ourselves." so, are you going to become more successful on the national stage by becoming more more like the ak party, more aware of your islamic heritage and perhaps toning down the secular elements of the chp? that's what you said, "we need to add a religious flavou r", and that's the point i'm making. it's also one that's been echoed by mustafa akyol, an independent writer. "the chp is finally getting religion. a political party that does not understand this fact is doomed." "religious flavour", what do you mean by that? you've got a big mountain to climb, you know, when you had this stunning victory in istanbul when everybody said ‘0h, look, this might be the beginning of the end for president president erdogan and the ak party.‘ but the chp hasn't had a majority government since 1950. in the election in 1999, your party failed to win a single seat. muharrem ince, who stood aga

seo software for pat for its turkey in early 2019 so that's why now turkey say's i want to buy from you those missiles but you didn't even respond to me and the offer that you sent was early $2900.00 and it was much more expensive then there's $400.00 plus the s. $400.00 are technically better this is what the turks argue also present put in reminded a couple of weeks earlier that turkey and russia will be joint to producing the master next generation of the missile system which is asked $500.00 and took a season as a benefit to establish an diversified its all national air defense capacity as it is now having problems and receiving threats from both syria and innocent mediterranean these days more than $120.00 rebels and soldiers have been killed in syria in the past 48 hours that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights they were fighting for a village in hama province which is now under government control trying to straight to and from the u.s. has plunged in the pasture amid an ongoing trade war between the countries but beijing says its trade surplus which triggered t

and turkey's other nato allies. are watching to w. news up next resign when the flowers left by well wishers at indian temples that on eco india after a short break i'm nicole crowley from me and the entire team here at the news room thanks for joining us. oh boy. a 1000000 tons of flowers dumped into the gun jews in india and every. pesticides consumer. now a start of converts use flowers in some charcoal and chemical free incense sticks. you mean able to smear some and be a good use of your best designs from getting into the one. next on the deal women. welcome to the girl max you tube channel. plus a gold mine of stories. with exclusive insights. and a must see concerning arts and culture to ensure a. place to be a full curious minds. do it yourself networkers. so subscribe it and don't miss out. a forest area equivalent to 30 soccer pitch is cleared every. hour consumerism is causing a radical depletion of forests. for 25. responsible. for has it. forests and money. the tragic reality behind the exploitation starts july 24th b.t.w

expulsion from this giant program where turkey also turkey couldn't abuse by producing 900 parts of the fighter jets also that it is seen as a violation of international trade law by many parties in which can be a sign that united states can you know lay truly expel any other country in the f. 35 program along with other international contracts so member. well absent ashraf is an assistant professor of international relations and security at nottingham university he says expelling turkey from the program will only drive up the jets costs for other countries. there are also very significant complexities involved in removing turkey even if it legally can be removed from the program there's the maintenance there's the manufacture of components all of that has got to be moved elsewhere and then the number of aircraft that turkey was due to buy will now manifest itself in a higher unit costs for the other partners including the u.s. who of course are going to be very uncomfortable with what is already an extremely expensive aircraft becoming even more expensive so there are some bigger i

turkey is a friend of us and. we doing great things together would be very important we're going to be much bigger i think the $75000000000.00 a small i think it's going to be well over $100000000000.00 well turkey stood to be tipped back into recession just months after escaping the last one if sanctions were imposed turkey agreed to by the s $400.00 missile batteries for $2500000000.00 from russia washington isn't happy that at least 13 nations are interested or are buying the missile defense system including india vietnam and egypt but delivery of its 1st 4 f. 35 warplanes has been delayed over concerns its security may be compromised by the s. 400 missile each plane is worth about $85000000.00 and turkey has ordered $100.00 f. $35.00 ankara has invested more than $1250000000.00 in the f. $35.00 program since 2002 will the $900.00 turkish companies stood to lose participation in the building of the f. $35.00 over the lifetime of the plane they stood to make $12000000000.00 we're joining me now via skype from is

but let's get the latest from turkey will go to istanbul join dorian jones welcome dorian why is turkey so keen on this russian system well turkey insists as a sovereign country it is in its up to its own decision who it buys from and what it by on top of that it says that turkey is in a very difficult neighborhood it borders syria iran iraq on top of that 3 years ago rogue elements of the turkish military tried to overthrow the government and even perm the turkish part of presidential palace so turkey says it needs a defense missile system and it said it neutrally went to washington to buy the america's patriot system that was blocked by the then u.s. president barack obama and congress are on percept return to moscow and it is widely recognized that the russian its 400 system is one of the best in the world but speaking to a former senior turkish military official he points out as turkey's a nato member this missile system is incompatible with any other military system so turkey had an air defense relied heavily on integration so there is seem to be a powerful diplomatic element to th

the process to formally remove turkey from the program. the dispute stems from anchorage decision to buy the s 400 defensive rocket system from russia washington sees this is a security risk for nato fearing russian radars could gain access to f. 35. so the u.s. is excluded turkey from the project and is threatening to impose further sanctions it is statement the turkish foreign ministry described the us decision as a mistake which would cause a reparable damage to relations between the 2 countries ankara says it has in the process tried to acquire the american patriot missile defense system the pentagon denies this claim it says turkey was offered the system but could not. well i'm joined now by our correspondent in istanbul dorian jones good evening to you dorian threatening irreparable damage to the u.s. targets relationship if washington holds on to that decision to ban turkey from the f. 35 fighter jet do we know dorian what irreparable damage could look like. and the reason we don't tease it does appear that this decision by washingt

missiles from moscow turkey defies the u.s. and its nato allies receives the 1st shipment of a much feared air defense missile system from russia with u.s. turkish relations on a collision course just how well washington react on my little rock in berlin this is the day. with. the immediate past. trying to dissuade turkey from taking d.s. $400.00 but. he is not a country that needs to negotiate with other countries to seek admission or power to pressure when it comes to beating our needs for self defense or. the brochure is going to deliver this as $400.00 to turkey. and that will have consequences going through we say visit each time this is a done deal not the process continues to record live there will be a dissociation with the f. $35.00 system. also coming up a war of drove them out of syria on our refugees are being told to demolish their new homes in lebanon we have a special report that and i'm very angry with i've lived here since 2013 and within a span of 2 weeks to have decided that everything has to be demolished it

the was rejected by the us and then turkey went to china and turkey opened. open its markets there was but the china deal was also cancelled because of us intervention because they had to sized both china and the us had some cyber security issues at the time and then turkey went to russia for as for hundreds the deal was cheaper plus the delivery it was earlier which was suitable for turkey and the talks at the s $400.00 talks with the russians again in 2016 and $2.00 sides sealed the deal in december 2017 however the us sent their offer szell's. sales offer for patrick turkey in early 2019 so that's why now turkey say's i want to buy from you those missiles but you didn't even respond to me and the offer that you sent was early $2900.00 and it was much more expensive then there's $400.00 plus the s. $400.00 are technically better this is what the turks argue also present put in. reminded a couple of weeks earlier that turkey and russia will be joint to producing the next generation of the missile system which is asked $502.00 can see that as a benefit to est

missiles affirm moscow turkey defies the u.s. and its nato allies receives the 1st shipment of a much feared air defense missile system from russia with us turkish relations on a collision course just how well washington react a little rock in berlin this is the day. there may be a purpose. to try to dissuade turkey from taking the s 400 it. is not a country that needs to negotiate with other countries to seek admission or power to pressure when it comes to reaching our needs for self-defense but russia is going to deliver this as 400 to turkey. and that will have consequences going to through we say visit each time this is a done deal and the process continues the record maybe there will be a dissociation with the f. $35.00 system. also coming up a war of drove them out of syria on our refugees are being told to demolish their new homes in lebanon we have a special report that and i'm very angry with i've lived here since 2013 and within a span of 2 weeks they've decided that everything has to be demolished it's very hard for us

the process to formally remove turkey from the program. to dispute stems from anchorage decision to buy the s 400 defensive rocket system from russia washington sees this is a security risk for nato fearing russian radars could gain access to f. 35. so the u.s. is excluded turkey from the project and is threatening to impose further sanctions it is statement the turkish foreign ministry described the us decision as a mistake which would cause a reparable damage to relations between the 2 countries ankara says it has in the process tried to acquire the american patriot missile defense system the pentagon denies this claim it says turkey was offered the system but could. not agree. i'm joined now by our correspondent in istanbul dorian jones good evening to you dorian threatening irreparable damage to the u.s. turkish relationship if washington holds on to that decision to ban turkey from the f. 35 fighter jet do we know dorian what irreparable damage could look like. and the reason we don't tease it does appear that this decision by washing

the process to formally remove turkey from the program. the dispute stems from anchorage decision to buy the s 400 defensive rocket system from russia washington sees this is a security risk for nato fearing russian raid us could gain access to f. 35. so the u.s. is excluded turkey from the project and is threatening to impose further sanctions it is statement the turkish foreign ministry described the us decision as a mistake which would cause irreparable damage to relations between the 2 countries and chris as it has in the process tried to acquire the american patriot missile defense system the pentagon denies this claim it says turkey was offered the system but could not. well i'm joined now by our correspondent in istanbul dorian jones good evening to you dorian threatening irreparable damage to the u.s. targets relationship if washington holds on to that decision to ban turkey from the f. 35 fighter jet do we know dorian what irreparable damage could look like well no we don't and the reason we don't tease it does appear that this de

turkey seems to be carrying favor with turkey and -- china and russia. relations with countries like china and russia is one thing. that's different from a broader geopolitical alliance were turkey would be the junior partner. is that something like up -- that a personality like president erdogan would accept? >> he feels that the embrace by russia and china will further bolster turkey's gop -- geostrategic gold in the middle east and around the world. he feels that russia and china are more sincere in their support of turkey than washington. traditional's european partners that feel that washington wants to drive him out of power in the way that washington is trying to oust president maduro in venezuela. anchor: thank you for explaining that to us. live from london, much more still ahead. syrian government troops are forced on the defensive after rubber fighters launch a furious onslaught. hope on the horizon in the battle against age -- eight. an experimental hiv vaccine. s not to forget from the british grand prix. ♪ anchor: west african leaders hav

has threatened turkey for. has threatened turkey for imposing sanctions if the missiles were received by ankara have over the rhetorical change they said turkey would be sanctioned if the as for hundreds become operational for now turkey expects some sanctions from the united states but on the other hand turkish president reject a paragon said that at present donald trump never mention him about sanctions when they met during the g 20 summit last month in japan that's where described as the offensive but syrian government forces leading the campaign against rebels in the northwest are now on the defensive more than $120.00 soldiers and fighters have died and heavy fighting over the last 48 hours and how my province on the set of other reports from neighboring lebanon president bashar assad's forces are finding it hard to make substantial gains. syrian government forces and their allies are struggling to take ground from the opposition their offensive in northwest syria has been costly and difficult instead of a

, traditionalists in turkey. how are you going to win over those who are proud of their islamic heritage practice? they don't necessarily wa nt to practice? they don't necessarily want to see a very secular turkey. and, asa and, as a test, chp strategist says, said we cannot change it a one, we find us changing ourselves. are you going to become more successful by becoming more aware of your islamic heritage and perhaps toning down on the secular elements of the chp? that is what you said, need to add a religious flavour, that is the point i'm making. also by an independent writer, the chp is finally getting religion, a political party that does not understand this fact is doomed. religious favour, what do you mean by that? you've got a big mountain to climb, you know, when you had this stunning victory in estimable when everybody said this might be the beginning of the m4 president early gun and his party —— president erdogan, but the chp hasn't had a majority since 1950. chp hasn't had a majority since i950

where does that leave turkey?w what happens n? >> i would say that, on a scale, amna, that kind of runs from both sides shrug say, ah, we were just kidding, no big deal and, at the other end of the spectrum, dork pulls out of n.a.t.o., neither of those are going to happen. we're kind of in the middle. the next step is withholding participation in the joint strike fighter program. that's a big deal for president odor wan. i think it will cause him to hio pause ansider whether there is some way we can map out a compromise bewet these very difficult positions. >> reporter: can any of these steps, pressure from n.t.o., the u.s. sanctions, anything else, would any of those potentially force erdogan to back out of that deal? >> i think it's highly unlikely. i've met with now president erdogan, prime minister erdogan while i was the n.a.t.o. commander, i met wh him. i know very well the minister of defense who, at the time, wa chief of defense, the senior military officer, gennoally halusiw the chief of defense, they are very dug in at t

the process to formally remove turkey from the program. the dispute stems from anchorage decision to buy the s 400 defensive rocket system from russia washington sees this is a security risk for nato fearing russian radars could gain access to f. 35. so the u.s. is excluded turkey from the project and is threatening to impose further sanctions it is statement the turkish foreign ministry described the us decision as a mistake which would cause a reparable damage to relations between the 2 countries and chris as it has in the process tried to acquire the american patriot missile defense system the pentagon denies this claim it says turkey was offered the system but couldn't. not agree. i'm joined now by our correspondent in istanbul dorian jones good evening to you dorian threatening irreparable damage to the u.s. turkish relationship if washington holds on to that decision to ban turkey from the f. 35 fighter jet do we know dorian what irreparable damage could look like. and the reason we don't tease it does appear that this decision by wa

the process to formally remove turkey from the program. the dispute stems from anchorage decision to buy the s 400 defensive rocket system from russia washington sees this is a security risk for nato fearing russian radars could gain access to f. 35. so the u.s. is excluded turkey from the project and is threatening to impose further sanctions it is statement the turkish foreign ministry described the u.s. decision as a mistake which would cause a reparable damage to relations between the 2 countries ankara says it has in the process tried to acquire the american patriot missile defense system the pentagon denies this claim it says turkey was offered the system but could not. well i'm joined now by our correspondent in istanbul dorian jones good evening to you dorian threatening irreparable damage to the u.s. targets relationship if washington holds on to that decision to ban turkey from the f. 35 fighter jet do we know what irreparable damage could look like well no we don't and the reason we don't tease it does appear that this decision

and turkey's other nato allies. and saddam's military council claims to have foiled a coup by small factions in the army just days ago the military agreed a power sharing deal with civilian pro-democracy activists ending months of protests just. you're watching t w news up next in news asia a fungus from china is more precious than gold we look at why it's becoming harder and harder to find. and india takes a shot at going where no man has gone before the moon's unexplored south pole. don't forget you can always get the w. news on the go just down on our app from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the d.w. app to attend your photos and video. thank you now for news asia with farish bannerjee after the break i'm nicole really for me and everybody here and berlin thanks for joining us. back. to. back. to. the foods. i'm going. to. the mountains. to the victims. of a bridge i'm not

well there in turkey you know is the biggest is the 2nd biggest army within the nato and turkey has strong relations not only with nato but also separately with the u.s. as well for instance there is this a race which was which is in service of the american army in turkey southern city other now and they have for. for the last half century they have moved they have more to they have taken steps together turkey sees us the situation to expel the turkish companies from the f. $35.00 fighter jet program as a unilateral decision so far we don't know whether the other partner countries have also water they get turkey when when the u.s. took the decision that's why to say this is you know and this is against the supports of nato and turkey justifies itself as such turkey says i asked i asked to by patrick missile defense system from you after you guys with through your missiles from my country when i had threat coming from syria and the outboard could to some workers party you didn't deliver you didn't accept to sell me the is these with sars and then when i went to the chinese you'll you into r

journalistic turkey because i. think. i'm. going to. hello i'm richard just put in you're watching a special edition of the listening post coming to you from istanbul last month turkey's president regift type air to one held a rare press briefing for journalists here in that meeting area once said that freedom of the press was of quote vital importance to him it was a statement that failed to square with the facts let alone the numbers because for each of the past 3 years ever since july of 2016 when an attempted coup failed to depose erda one turkey has imprisoned more journalists than any other country in the world in this program we will take you behind those numbers unraveling our complex and sometimes contradictory picture a story that we'll examine in 3 parts to begin with we'll look at the many journalists who have fled turkey to avoid ending up behind bars later the ironic flipside to that story how a country that's been described as a living hell by many of its own reporters has become a safe haven for journalists from other co

although they were initiated by turkey they were not independently carried out by turkey on foreign territory. mist and i thought that the given the severity of these cases i do not have the impression that the german government is publicly or vehemently standing up for these people to stop such things from happening. those germany's reluctance to seek clarification on the matter leaves opponents of the earth a woman at the ministry of his regime wherever they live. chicana. sold. me on some. yes some missing years it's a kind of culture walk to me and send me a phenomena. or a family on a level i. d w. letter we were. when we were. the 1st to americans at some point and our lives will experience hardship back listen. to. the minds. of forest area equivalent to 30 soccer pitches is cleared every. hour consumerism is causing a radical depletion of just. 425. percent. as it. plays. forests and money. tragic reality behind the exploitation starts july 24th w. jimmie's this lafond line has announced she will step down as the country's defense minister on tuesday the european. how many set to vote

nor the republic of turkey side it is on the record lies by turkey so turkey also say is this is my continental shelf i am also defending the rights of the turkish cyprus on the island and they accuse the greek side it for doing the explorations and drilling without the permission of the turkish cyprus and plus turkish republic because. the if the continental shelf areas and exclusive economic zone areas are overlapping according to turkey that's why that's why there are 2 turkish ships and it's the mediterranean right now one of them which is called 40 has been off sail and has been drilling since early 2019 and the 2nd ship was as sailed off in the late june last month and it is preparing for dragging its counting down right now for for oil and gas drilling in the eastern mediterranean and took a says it will not back down despite all those threats coming from the western allies united states and the quake site all rights and of course we'll all live for us in istanbul send and thank you. nigeria's national assembly went into lockdown on tuesday after shots were fired during fighting between

the process to formally remove turkey from the program. the dispute stems from anchorage decision to buy the s 400 defensive rocket system from russia washington sees this is a security risk for nato fearing russian radars could gain access to f. 35. so the u.s. is excluded turkey from the project and is threatening to impose further sanctions it is statement the turkish foreign ministry described the u.s. decision as a mistake which would cause a reparable damage to relations between the 2 countries and chris as it has in the past tried to acquire the american patriot missile defense system the pentagon denies this claim it says turkey was offered the system but could not. greta. well i'm joined now by our correspondent in istanbul dorian jones good evening to you dorian threatening irreparable damage to the u.s. targets relationship if washington holds on to that decision to ban turkey from the f. 35 fighter jet do we know what irreparable damage could look like. and the reason we don't tease it does appear that this decision by washingt

the surveillance camera of a multistory car park records the kidnapping of a turkey citizen. christina kossovo march 28th in a surveillance camera films turkish teachers being dragged off in the middle of the straight. kitchen out republican or day via september 28th in a film on a mobile phone shows a turkish citizen being bundled into a car. ankara the turkish capital. is the 3rd one regime pursuing a global kidnapping policy for several months research network a corrective and frontal 21 have conducted research based on this suspicion speaking to victims and witnesses everyone is afraid few people talk. one who does is told it's not his real name he tells us that he was also abducted. i was on the street and suddenly someone appeared in front of me waving his arms 2 or 3 people came from behind grabbed me and dragged me into a van. they shoved a sack over my head and threw me to the ground. then they started pummeling me with their fists. they tied my hands and feet with cable straps. my left ankle was injured you soon realize how serious it is. i thought they were going t

turkey says its defense minister has spoken to his u.s. counterpart on the phone to discuss his nation's controversial purchase of the russian s. 400 missile defense system who reportedly told mark esper that the deal does not mean that turkey is changing its strategic direction the 1st delivery was flown into the med ted air base near the capital ankara with several more settled over the next few days the u.s. is ready to impose sanctions it's also threatening to stop supplying turkey with its f. 35 fighter jets sent in costa who has more from istanbul. this russian cargo that's got turkey's allies who are read those $400.00 surface a year missile system is expected to give the turkish military a clear advantage in the region it can detect and destroy incoming missiles up to 400 kilometers away but to us the maple say it is not compatible with their weapons system and insist it could pose a risk to their new stealth fighter jet the f. 35. we don't know exactly the extent. the russians would allow this missiles to be used in what kind of t

, traditionalists in turkey. how are you going to win over those who are proud of their islamic heritage practice? they don't necessarily want to see a very secular turkey. and as ates ilyas bassoy, chp strategist, says, said "we cannot change erdogan. we fight by changing ourselves." so, are you going to become more successful on the national stage by becoming more like the ak party, more aware of your islamic heritage and perhaps toning down the secular elements of the chp? that's what you said, "we need to add a religious flavou r", and that's the point i'm making. it's also one that's been echoed by mustafa akyol, an independent writer. "the chp is finally getting religion. a political party that does not understand this fact is doomed." "religious flavour", what do you mean by that? you've got a big mountain to climb, you know, when you had this stunning victory in istanbul when everybody said ‘0h, look, this might be the beginning of the end for president president erdogan and the ak party.‘ but the chp

although they were initiated by turkey they were not independently carried out by turkey on foreign territory. mist and i thought that the given the severity of these cases i do not have the impression that the german government is publicly or vehemently standing up for these people to stop such things from happening. those of germany's reluctance to seek clarification on the matter leaves opponents of the erdogan at the missi of his regime wherever they live. it's close the toppling of the president. triggered issa who. don't know the none of these united fruit company. the history of the u.s. corporation that determines the face of central america. and republics after. which course. she has made history now as the 1st woman to become each mission president sets her sights on a future. that not have to take bold action. ursula found alive. what's at the top of her agenda as she takes over the news.

turkey itself will now be suspended is the word used by the d.o.d. officials not kicked out of the program so it's been made very clear that should reverse its decisions it is quite possible to return to the f. 35 program you know might well have got you with us some just sing a few lines are dropping on the news was on my computer saying the turkish foreign ministry says its removal from the ethyl 5 program is not based on a legitimate reason it says removing it from the program does not see the ally spirit and is calling on the u.s. for turn from quote this mistake which would harm strategic ties that as you say the reality is that the 2 countries do need to work together. indeed yes it was repeated time off the time that turkey cannot have the s. 400 system and the f. 35 this got to choose one or the other the department of defense officials saying to that the decision to suspend turkey from the f. $35.00 program or supported by the other $35.00 program partners there are a total of 9 countries involved in this particular program including turkey