his family is originally turkish. that means that as the law stands at the moment, he is entitled to both german and turkish citizenship. but with tensions growing between berlin and ankara, the issue of dual nationality is becoming a political one in the elections and some politicians want to scrap it. this would mean a painful decision for arman. >> sports acrobats in berlin run through their routine. among them are 16-year-old arman boyraz and his sister bilge, the only ethnic turks in the gymnastics club. their proud parents place high value on integration. they deliberately did not choose a majority-ethnic turkish sports club. afterwards, the boyraz family serves up free turkish watermelon for all. they want to be part of german society but still preserve their turkish roots. >> as time goes on we feel very good here in berlin actually just like at home but we do in turkey, as well. i like both countries a lot. >> arman was born here, so he has a right to german and turkish citizenship. but, much to his chagrin,

his family is originally turkish. that means that as the law stands at the moment, he is entitled to both german and turkish citizenship. but with tensions growing between berlin and ankara, the issue of dual nationality is becoming a political one in the elections and some politicians want to scrap it. this would mean a painful decision for arman. >> sports acrobats in berlin run through their routine. among them are 16-year-old arman boyraz and his sister bilge, the only ethnic turks in the gymnastics club. their proud parents place high value on integration. they deliberately did not choose a majority-ethnic turkish sports club. afterwards, the boyraz family serves up free turkish watermelon for all. they want to be part of german society but still preserve their turkish roots. >> as time goes on we feel very good here in berlin actually just like at home but we do in turkey, as well. i like both countries a lot. >> arman was born here, so he has a right to german and turkish citizenship. but, much to his chagrin,

turkish president. accuses him of spreading terror propaganda and inciting hatred and his articles for a german. is fighting for. guns for the whole situation still seems so unreal the hash tag has become a symbol for freedom of the press and free speech it's joining creasing supporters . we're demanding the immediate release of. the journalist is a valuable political. they had an agent a terrorist hiding in the german residence. and the german chancellor wants me to hand him over. night she grew up with her brother in the west in germany. of floors high man frankfurt a town of just twenty thousand that until now face no bigger problem than aircraft noise now once a month it's matter organizes a vigil the community is determined to continue its support for dennis until he is set free. attends every rally public appearances have become routine but she is very different from her older brother he and extroverted journalist she acquired social worker. and her i'm an emotional person and it doesn't take much

dozens of turkish and foreign colleagues have interviewed p.k. k. leaders in the qandil mountains and attended their press conferences i don't want to elaborate i was one of them i was at a news conference and afterwards conducted a long interview with mordechai and another p.k. k. leader and published it with photographs nothing happened to me by then to dennis. because there is any. i did was detained but released for health reasons in july he appeared in court for another hearing his trial continues its outcome uncertain it's also unclear what lies in store for dennis under turkish law defendants can be held in pretrial detention for up to five years. notion that dennis will receive a fair trial is a fairy tale the judge and prosecutors have a defendant before them who the president has described as a spy and a terrorist. there's a suspension of the trial doesn't go according to the president's plan we've seen are not examples where that's been the case. the remains under a state of emergency. situation is unchanged. his parents are visiting ista

the german turkish. analyst has been behind bars in turkey since february fourteenth turkish president. accuses him of spreading terror propaganda and inciting hatred in his articles for a german day and. is fighting for her brother's release. guns the whole situation is still seem so unreal the hash tag three dennis has become a symbol for freedom of the press and free speech it's join increasing supporters. we're demanding the immediate release of. the journalist is a valuable political bargaining chip. they had an agent a terrorist hiding in the german residence. and the german chancellor and him over . the limelight she grew up with her brother in the western german town of fleurs high man frankfurt a town of just twenty thousand that until now face no bigger problem than aircraft noise now once a month it's mass organizes a vigil the community is determined to continue its support for dennis until he is set free. attends every rally public appearances have become routine but she's very different fro

and this is where he fell in love with a turkish television producer i took the couple married in prison in april only immediate family members are allowed visitation rights. his sister will cry is back in istanbul staying with friends she's just returned from a prison visit where a thick pane of glass separated her from dennis. it was very hard for me to see him like that. the fuss but he was very composed and hasn't lost his courage still i could tell it's taking a toll. dennis can see visitors once a week doesn't know when she will get to see her brother again. the only reason i came here was to see my brother. on the one hand it's been a relief to see him. on the other it's very difficult that i have to go back home and leave him behind one. guy used to enjoy coming to istanbul but this time she has no interest in the city's attractions or she can think off is her brother there's increasing concern for his plight as the situation for journalists in turkey continues to deteriorate. more than one hundred fifty journalists have been arrested since last year's failed coup. has not been a

on lay a pulled square in berlin i should the mirror is handing out flyers in turkish and german her organization the turkish union of berlin is encouraging german turks to vote in the upcoming federal election the mayor's message is clear vote or allow other germans to vote for you and this year the stakes are high the anti immigrant party a.f.d. the alternative for germany is likely to enter parliament for the first time in the desert campania money in this campaign is meant to increase fights participation this is the only way we'll be able to stop the i.f.t. from getting stronger often the stop for turks are the largest ethnic minority in germany and over a million have the right to vote but this year more than half are uncertain whether they will go to the polls in fact many will be staying home and protest claiming into turkey a sentiment in the german government turkish president you have edwin has called a boycott on germany's established parties this could be bad news for the green left parties which depend on votes from german turks still the mir is hopeful that she can per

we need a solution that respects the right of turkish cypriots. while struggling with all of these global and regional problems, our world was shocked once again by the said news that we received from jan mark a few weeks ago -- from myanmar a few weeks ago. the muslim community in myanmar is being subjected to almost an ethnic cleansing, with terrorist acts used as a pretense. the villages of the rohingya muslims have already been living in poverty and deprived of their citizenship. they are burned down as hundreds of thousands of people are forced to migrate from the region and the country. in bangladesh, the country to which the people migrating from the region are diverted, those cams are not in a position to fulfill even the minimum humanitarian needs. the case in syria, the international community has not even given a good account of itself regarding the humanitarian plight which the rohingya muslims have been exposed to. if this tragedy in what is most important is to ensure the people will have taken refuge outside of their country, in ban

today, erdogan accuse the irarai turkish -- iraqi kurdish leader of treachery. but he a accuses a lot of people of treachery, includuding people who use birth control. he also says curtis iraq -- provides well over $1 billion worth of food, consumer goods, construction materials, everything, from turkey. turkey could really hurt kurdish iraq were a to cut off trade. however, sucuch a move would alo hurt tururkish manufacturerers. turkey is just recovering from a near r recession.. i do not thihi erdogan will impose sanctions on fofood and goods. hihithird remamark today -- he s threatened to cut the oil pipeline. by oil trade, which goes taker trucks across ththe borde. the oill trade is kurdish irar's principal source of revenue.e. they pump p or send byby truck 7 billion worth of crude oil through turkey every year. , if they apply thing since, erdogan will apply sections on oil. how far he will go -- whether he closes the pipeline completely or partially -- we do not know. >> thank you very much. has officially launched its spanish-language channel. they are

of turkish experience. they would think it is not better than them and that would come as a shock to them when they could replace like istanbul or someplace else. >> postcode or even that it's not modern but it's at its best and we should try to improve it. >> this is so interesting because we are talking about the healthcare system but this is what i mean about reflexes and so much of this book is about examining these tiny moments because it's people that are very critical of the healthcare system in america and all of these debates. that is kind of extraordinary. so many of them have arrived at the chapter now. there's a lot in this book that looks at what's been happening with growing populism inaudibly places like turkey that we hear about the president of turkey and how he's become in authoritarian and we constantly see what's happening in russia and we see populism rising in hungary and poland in the philippines and it's a phenomenon that is happening around the world and certainly here in this count

announcer: turkish president erdogan focused his u.n. general assembly remarks on the ongoing conflict in syria. he also called on the united nations to do more for the muslim rohingya people in the r.marked --myanma >> the assembly will hear an address by his excellency president erdogan, of the republic of turkey. [applause] i request protocol to escort his excellency. on behalf of the general assembly, i have the honor to welcome to the united nations, his excellency, president of the republic of turkey, and invite him to address the assembly. [applause] president erdogan: honorable president, honorable secretary-general, distinguished heads of state and government, esteemed delegates, i greet you with respect on behalf of my own self and my country. . . . i would like to thank mr. peter thompson for his successful work over the past year as he was the president of the 71st session of the un's general assembly. i would also like to congratulate his successor. i hope this year's session of the general assembly convening with the theme

turkish state media has been showcasing a russian made missile defense system bought in bulk by ankara in a way that might rile some of the countries allies it points out that the s four hundred is capable of downing strategic bombers fighter jets and cruise and ballistic missiles all of them of the kind made by fellow need our nato member the us the alliance was dead against the russia turkey deal in the first place the turkish president says he went ahead with it out of frustration with washington over its refusal to supply a comparable system. look they went crazy because we made the s. four hundred agreement what we supposed to do for them we've taken precautions and will continue to take precautions when it comes to our security and we'll fend for ourselves who take matters into our own hands there's no other way. let's bring in emory telescope and co-author of the new turkey and its discontents so why do you think the official turkish news agency chose such a provocative way to illustrate the s four hundred capability is. today it was one of the genders between the meeting betwee

dozens of turkish and foreign colleagues have interviewed p.k. k. leaders in the qandil mountains and attended their press conferences i don't want to elaborate i was one of them i was at a news conference and afterwards conducted a long interview with mordechai here and another p.k. k. leader and published it with photographs other happened to me by then to dennys. them. because there is any. i did was detained but released for health reasons in july he appeared in court for another hearing his trial continues its outcome uncertain it's also unclear what lies in store for dennis and defendants can be held in pretrial detention for up to five years. notion that dennis will receive a fair trial is a fairy tale the judge and prosecutors have a defendant before them who the president has described as a spy and a terrorist. there's a suspension of the trial doesn't go according to the president's plan we've seen enough examples where that's been the case. the remains under a state of emergency. situation is unchanged. his parents are visiting istanbul f

that's the true face of germany's turkish policies. we need to send other messages and end for niceities and we need to make it clear without the release of german hostages, there can be no return to normal relations between germany and turkey. as yet, therere's beeeen no rese from t turkey. ththe goverernment is keeping mn the arrests, at least for now. anchor: let's get more from our correspondent who is standing by for us in berlin. what goes through this situation? how did the news of these detentions reach the german authorities? reporter: this is an important point because german authorities did not find out about these arrests or these detentions directly from turkish authorities. they say they found out at the german consulate in izmir by nonstate organizes. we don't know which what that means but it does mean that the initial contact was not by the turkish government. the consulate decided to contact airport police and it was there through airport police they finally got an official confirmation and got an official confirmatio

we are in the same atmosphere and i couldn't address my turkish leaders. therefore, what fascinates me is you... this atmosphere you talk about is so constraining, as a campaigner, as a man who cares about your national life, and yet you are telling me that all of those constraints, the anger and guilt you feel, it does not affect you when you go to your writing room, wherever it is, istanbul, the building you have occupied for a long time, and you can shed all of that frustration and anger and constraint and write as free as a bird? not as free as a bird. but let me tell you about what the product of this repressive authoritarian atmosphere is to a writer who is more concerned about the beauty. first, you don't have to read newspapers until 2pm because it spoils your day, you get angry. and second, this kind of atmosphere makes me work harder, fear and repression. perhaps like in early years when my family did not want me to be a writer and they all accused me of being a bohemian. i worked so hard in these years because i felt so guilty about something. a

stephen sackur speaks to the turkish novelist orhan pamuk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm steven sackur. —— welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. in this age of the internet, we've come to expect instant access to knowledge but real deep understanding takes longer to acquire and to share. my guest today is one of the world's most acclaimed novelists, nobel prize winner, orham pamuk. he's lived almost all of his life in istanbul, writing stories about turkey which have, over decades, painted a vivid picture of a country and society pulled between east and west, past and future. what is the key to understanding orham pamuk‘s turkey? orham pamuk, welcome to hardtalk. very pleased to be here. i want to start with the book, the novel that has just been published in english, the red—haired woman, your latest. it is built around relationships between fathers and sons. and ijust wonder why you were so drawn to that theme? in 1988, i was finishing one of my novels, during summer, and in the land next to me, an oldish man and his disciple started

police say turkish security officials brutally attacked processors outside the turkish abbasid icehouse. fights breaking out in new york during the turkish president's speech in a hotel. it all started when somebody yelled "terrorist." >> julie: a protester interrupts the turkish president's speech in new york, calling him a terrorist. >> jon: it got violent from there with people punching each other in security forces escorting him from the room. this isn't the first time his visit to the united united stas sparked violence. >> unfortunately this sort of thing is not new when the turkish president to visit the u.s. last night he was in the middle of an address to the turkish american committee at a hotel in times square when protesters attempted to shout him down and that's when things got out of control. his address quickly turned into a malay, look at this. protesters screamed you are a terrorist, get out of my country. as president erdogan's security detail started removing protesters, punches flew. security moved in and started removing people from the room. security also reportedl

some some experts have said that you know that indicates that turkish germans have not fully adopted democratic values they don't value you know limited government representative government there is saying no that that turkish germans have two separate identities you know they can vote democratically in germany and have support different policies in turkey but it's it's unclear exactly how they will vote on september twenty fourth but if they do is p.d. certainly will take a hit they if they listen to the one minute i'm just wondering where this leaves and gillum merkel she's already said that they are no natural coalitions for her to choose from what do you think might sway what direction would she look. well given that i think we can safely assume or go on the assumption that the america will win the election the next question is who will she go into coalition with of course we could have a continuing grand coalition with the s.p.d. but trigger maybe she will go into coalition with the liberals that they of course didn't make the bundestag last time around because they didn't pass

with the turkish. . that was in new york city and there's video. [crowd noise] state department officials say it did not appear that turkish officials involved in the fight. but they have gotten violent with protesters before. laura engle is live with us. >> hey, shep. it's not always calm when the turkish president visits the u.s. we know. and that was no different last night. the president is in new york for the united nations general assembly, in the middle of hills address to the turkish american national steering committee at a hotel when protesters attempted to shout him down. that is when things got out of control. very quickly. the turkish president's address turned into this melee when the protester screamed why the you're a terrorist get out of my country." now, as the security detail start read moving protesters, audience members began punching and slapping the protester as security moved in and started taking people out from the room. a security also reportedly kicked out one person who allegedly assaulted a protester. those involved sa

our country but through an agency, through the disaster and management authority of turkey, and the turkish red crescent, we rushed to the help and underse suffering oppression, regardless of which part of the world they may be. through its official institutions, turkey has spent one billion u.s. dollars for the reconstruction so far. out wouldhat we carry indeed set an example for similar efforts. with 6 billion dollars, turkey the world's second-largest honor and top covenanter bitter .- contributor turkey is the 17th largest economy of the world. spanned .8% of international income for humanitarian assistance, turkey is one of the six countries that could meet the u.n. target. hard toward aing sustainable world which is the main message of this general assembly. we will continue in the coming days with the same consideration in mind. turkey is engaged in -- [inaudible] additionally, our fight against the terrorist organization which attempted to change the democratic regime of turkey by -- is ongoing. we have recovered 243 residential areas, a land larger than 2000 square kilometers. tha

i can remember turkish people saying to me when i first moved there you could invade iraq was within turkey being asked. they are not thinking about what it's like to be the neighbor in a country that conveyed this for no reason, the psychological impact and the way that must feel. so i didn't want to remind them of all of the good things because i think that the history is so surprising and interesti interesting. i think they are fairly comple complete. >> a lot of things have certainly changed over the past year there was a referendum in april which changed the constitution and put more power in the hands of the president that we've mentioned several times now. we are seeing the kurdish minority and people are saying the worst is yet to come. would you still continue to be based in this ensemble? >> guest: i will always have a relationship with a country. i love living there and i've always been happy living there. it's hard to watch what's happening but i think that there will always be a place that will feel like a place of peace and a place of call ms. oddly enough, so even if a

before the colla pse turkish government. before the collapse of the alliance between turkish president and the group, the newspaper has followed a pro—government line and these journalists on trial are known as moderate islamic views and liberal views. they were saying during the hearings that they are not a member ofa hearings that they are not a member of a terrorist organisation, they only red columns, and they were also saying that they didn't know the coup attempt before it happened. more broadly, when the turkish government sees that it has more journalists imprisoned than any other country in the world, what is it defence to that situation? the government says they are not journalists but they are terrorists. after the failed coup attempt last summer in turkey, everyone who has anything to do with the movement might have been accused as being a terrorist. you might account with a bank associated with the movement and you might be on trial because of that. let's talk about toys r us. one of the best—known toy store

the turkish hospital i would've went to would've been much nicer. my friend's mother would've brought me food. the idea that americans really think that the rest of the world is not in some way modern are not better than them, that will come as a shock to them when they go to a place like istanbul or someplace else. >> steve: it's not even that it's modern comments that may be our system isn't the best and we should try to improve it. >> guest: were talking about the health care system, but this is what i mean about reflexes. so much of the book is about examining those moments. most of the people who said these things are very critical of the healthcare system in america, all of these debates and still there instinct was this must be better healthcare than in turkey, thank god you're in america, that was extraordinary. many have read that chapter in a and it's a very common thing to think. >> steve: there's a lot in the book that looks at what's been happening with growing populism in places like turkey and the rise of how the president of turkey h

eric, the turkish story. we did see a remarkable rally within the last couple days. turkey saw very steep losses, kurdish developments weighing on sentiment. how do you feel about turkey? bute are under way turkey, we are looking for opportunities for injury and that is part of a larger story, both equity and debt. our goal right now is to take advantage of this improving economic growth environment globally, and you have to look past the negative geopolitical headlines, whether it is north drumbeat of daily negative headlines out of washington, d.c., and look at the fundamentals of global economic growth, inflation, interest rates. this is a bit of a sweet spot for these key dynamics, and in this environment, what we are looking for is to take advantage of that economic growth at attractive valuations. some of those opportunities we find to be in the emerging markets. nevertheless we are quite cautious,, given where we are with valuations and low volatility. one of the key things we are driving is we want to take advantage of these opportunities and the capital stru

the german turkish journalist benazir cho has been behind bars in turkey since february fourteenth turkish president. accuses him of spreading terror propaganda.

any reaction seem eminent from the turkish government. it would seem that the answer is we guarded on that because there's certainly been no sudden and now on the part of the turkish government now at the moment we have the president making a number of remarks live on television but he's only just started a speech in a ball but prior to that we heard from ben ali the room the prime minister and he was making it quite clear that despite all the build up of military here on the border there would be no question at all about a war going on here he said i was sure the turkish people that the military was here for possible cross border operations for location focused operation of the future only if the safety and security of turkey or turkish citizens was at stake now he did say that they were the turkish government was now liaising with the iraqi government rather than the kurdish regional government about the border issues and indeed aspace now this all hinges in to what you heard from holder there the request was made to iran to close their

of justice filed charges against members of the turkish leaders security personnel the summer early one reportedly told p.b.s. news hour trump called him to quote say he was sorry however white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders pushed back yesterday saying that while the two leaders discussed the incident there was quote no apology from trump the confrontation between irwin security detail and protesters coincided with the turkish president's visit to the white house on may sixteenth violence erupted when demonstrators gathered outside the turkish ambassador's residence in washington d.c. to protest the arrest of the leader of turkey's pro kurdish party. president donald trump says hurricane maria a literal rated puerto rico but promised a swift recovery for the u.s. territory puerto rico was absolutely literate in puerto rico got hit with winds to show you never seen winds like this anywhere it is a five category five storm which literally never happens. the u.s. president says he plans on declaring puerto rico a disaster zone the designation would make federal funds ava

what are we to make of the turkish president's words. well it's hard to see where we go from here another day another military exercise and more attacks from senior politicians the turkish president probably with his most outspoken attack yet accusing massoud barzani of of effectively using treachery to actually get through with this vote ignoring turkish advice turkey had been friends with him and actually had trained peshmerga had also been an ally in many other areas economically in particular and that's the key issue now along with the military position here the economy he's threatened again to cut the oil pipeline taking the kurdish oil from kook and other fields through turkey to the tune of something like half a million to six hundred thousand barrels a day that could be cut also the road just over going through to the border and into northern iraq that border post could be shot but the action hasn't been taken is he leaving some space open for a subset of deal very hard to imagine that now that there's such a convincing victory i

what we're expecting to happen is that there will be an extension of a mandate for turkish forces to enter iraq and take place in military action there also an extension to the one year mandate to intervene in syria as well now this is much more charged obviously because of this situation with the independence referendum we've been hearing from been ali your the room just before the session started he briefed the media saying that what was being considered were a number of actions by both iran iraq and the turkish government all against the kurds if they go ahead and these would be diplomatic actions economic sanctions possibly and also security moves now those security moves could well include the military the turkish military that's built up an operation just on the border with iraq in northern iraq and that is an exercise as it's described but there's no coincidence at all this is definitely a message being sent to the kurdish leadership that the turkish army is ready to intervene if necessary along with other measures so a very serious mood in parliament right now we've heard fro

straight after iraqi kurds started voting the turkish foreign ministry issued a statement saying that all measures under international law would be followed if the result generates threats to national security now that result will be regarded as null and void the statement said the question is what is the trigger point for any action being taken which could be military could be economic diplomatic certainly and also political and there was a separate issue from the foreign ministry and that was travel by turkish citizens asking all turkish citizens to leave the iraqi kurd region and they're saying that anybody who's obliged to stay must do so but the advice is to leave certainly there is coordination between turkey iraq and iran over what action might be taken the turkish president has been in touch with the iranian president by phone there's been a lot of discussions and we will see possibly within the coming hours what form of action these neighbors intend to take. german chancellor angela merkel has won a fourth term in office so election victory for angle of merkel in the christia

an independent state yes or no now the question is asked in four different languages kurdish arabic turkish and assyrian fota christian minorities that's because a lot of people in the displaced territories don't necessarily speak the kurdish language now once the vote behind this box they will then put it in the ballot they're all going to be counted here at the station after fifteen g.m.t. we understand that there's been a high turnout in erbil and the whole areas that are traditionally strongholds of mustard bars arnie and his party however we did speak to officials of the go around movement in silly many over there through in the run up to the referendum there is absolutely no joyous atmosphere celebrations that we have seen in this part of the kurdish region and as we understand it as of now there has been a low turnout not a ground movement who is the second largest party in the kurdish region has said that it was not against the referendum it was against the timing of the referendum there were many issues that needed to be solved among them the kurdish unity before going ahead with s

we are ready to consider proposals for a solution that respect the rights of turkish cypriots. is deemed to mr president to your delegates. while struggling with all these global and regional problems our world was shocked once again by decide new stuff from myanmar if you weeks ago the muslim community in the racan region off me on mark is being subjected to almost nichkhun i'm single with probably good to terrorist acts as a predicts. the religious off the ruling go muslims who have already been there being in extreme poverty and misery and deprived of their citizenship rights are burnt down as hundreds of thousands of people are forced to migrate from the region and the country. the camps in bangladesh to which the people migrating from the region are diverted those camps are not in a position to fulfill even the minimum humanitarian needs as it is the case in syria the international community has not given a good account of itself regarding the humanitarian plight which muslims have been exposed to. if this strategy in myanmar is not stopped the history of humanity will fac

and the turkish president rounds on his nato allies after they raise concerns over an arms deal with russia. good morning ten am here in moscow this thursday when i was kevin zero in thanks for tuning to r.t. international revue around the world this morning hope your day is going good we're starting with this first the story of two children from families that traveled to iraq to join the islamic state terror group who've now returned to russia to be reunited with their relatives and some form of safety it's believed the children's immediate families had been killed in the fighting here in r.t. we've been launching a campaign called bring them home to help trace these orphans relatives help the authorities back here in russia because we're going to talk about here are added and how they were founded most territory was controlled by i still it's hard to get any information about them they're too traumatized to speak but it is thought that adam was rescued from a basement where he hid with his mother two brothers and sister he was the only survivor. jacqueline bouvier met the youngster

turkish agricultural imports to russia. with us as a result it grew by fifty eight percent this year in conclusion colleagues i would like to thank mr president and all of our turkish colleagues for a very constructive conversation and we had to be the atmosphere was very frank and . it was very easy for us to have this kind of frank conversation and exchange of views i think this meeting was extremely productive and helpful thank you. yeah warm words there from president putin. there are the two presidents president of russia and turkey just giving a joint media conference following their meeting in one crib the turkish capital just some of the things briefly what was spoken about trade was touched upon by both presidents saying that for this year is very big in the first six months of this year thirty one percent up to levels from previously since the thaw between the two countries twenty fifteen of course the russian jet was fired by turkish forces over syria deescalation zones another big big issue there are being spoke

for our kids with their four hundred fifty and it's really hard now with the behavior of the turkish president is that who imprisons people systematically and if i become chancellor i will not only cancel the agreement with turkey but also stop talks on turkey joining the e.u. because turkey has crossed all red lines waves of refugees have been hitting i was not for a couple of days but for months. and turkey is distancing itself from all democratic norms that are grads taking pace there would be nothing worse than if we said we're stopping unilaterally all turks with turkey on joining the e.u. and we don't have any majority for that in the european union or the election on september twenty fourth or decide whether merkel remains in office for a fourth consecutive term there was plenty of reaction online after the ninety minute showdown with many actually thinking it was a bit boring. ok let's get the views now he bronson he's from the alternative for germany party and joins me now good afternoon. it looks like then doesn't it at this stage. got this one in the bag no stopping or. ye

has pledged three billion euros in aid for syrian refugees visa free travel for turkish citizens and fast track e.u. membership talks that's in return for turkey agreeing to stem the flow of migrants to greece let's get the thoughts now of dr hussein bag she joins us from the middle east technical university good to have you on who say i'm sure this is well meaning in everything but some people might point and you know is the e.u. in a position to offer advice considering the migrant problems that they have at the moment . i think the migration problem is a future problem also for european union as for others for turkey at the moment the problem seems to be settled down a bit but it will continue and maybe there would be another wave of my ground turkey in the future we never know you what is going to happen in the middle east but the fact is turkey and the european union signed this agreement in two thousand and fifteen march eighteen and their european union promised to turkey to have to contain this three point five million syrians in turkey and the promised. money was more than t

is a blockade and it has to be the worst blockade in history most flights are operating for example turkish airways is still operating quite flights have been canceled much of this will depend on. what happens post referendum and from the people i've spoken to here within the kurdish leadership there is a willingness and an effort a genuine effort to. remedy tensions with baghdad to alleviate those concerns that regional powers have heard varying in mind of course that the k r g has over the past seven or eight years in particular strengthened its ties with countries like turkey there is on ongoing dialogue that will be crucial to ensuring cooler heads prevail mr allawi the next few weeks in particular you talk about the reality on the ground the reality on the ground since the referendum is iraqi and turkish military exercises on the border further just how dangerous is the situation right now is the potential for conflict for a while and so here i mean the middle east as a whole is a volatile region so there is always the potential that it can cross into violent conflict i would hope that

area and as many say yes this would be a historic moment because we're going to see russian turkish run in and syrian sides the countries that are backing war reinforces working together. and fighting between forces expected to send military to the province of. of course cities. the concern for damascus it will require a green light from a syrian side and we hear from sputnik international news agency already that turkey has asked russia to mediate in the talks with damascus over sending troops and equipment to the province of well all the details of how he is collation zones in syria going to work on the ground are expected to be discussed today between putin and this mission also comes off to a referendum in iraq with local kurds overwhelmingly voted for independence this is another issue of concern for turkey we know that and fearing that this could inspire turkish kurds to start moving. in the same direction towards independence as well war is about movements while russia is doing this a little bit different saying it's a risk pax the turkish kurds are right for aspirations so we ca