especially northwest anatolia are indeed the ancestors of all the european new little peoples of and would. not risen at all and for fun i'll avoid a local place near little and. it's difficult to find well preserved genetic material from this period in warm environments bones decay more quickly and with them the genetic evidence another problem is that sometimes older genetic material has been contaminated by newer material which produces inaccurate results . still archaeologists have come up with some interesting findings. in that hard time to get. a genetic analysis of skeletons from northwestern turkey specifically an area south of istanbul shows that nearly think people in modern day germany and spain were descended from an ancient people that we called a.g.s. . there is evidence that the migrants at that time highs used both the mediterranean and a buncombe root word order and about a kind of. farming people spread rapidly throughout europe over several hundred years but not in an organized way. this research facility is located in talk in austria. reattached or nickel and her

hope for democracy in turkey but the president isn't having it all his own way one mayor in eastern anatolia is challenging the other one agenda and our reporter going to colonel takes us now to the small town of overtrick where they do things a little bit differently. nestled between high mountains lies the small town of attic with its three thousand inhabitants it seems like any other small town in anatolia. and you'll see the local cafes called cuba and that a picture of che guevara rather than the president hangs in the town hall and that there are no biographies of add one in the library but instead of chris child. poverty is the only town in turkey with a communist led local government. this is the mayor fattish mehmet much alone a lab technician elected four years ago with over thirty six percent to head a coalition. much earlier hates wearing a tie and likes to be hands on here people like to help each other. one person will drop shoes off for the town home or someone else will bring books and other clothes that whoever needs something can take it from here just now a school boy drop

possible invasion of anatolia, the ottoman empire capitulated on october 30, 1918. so, before discussing the various treaties and dissolution of the ottoman empire, i want to step back in time and move to the east and discuss the actions of the great arab revolt. this was an irregular action funded and resourced by the british empire. the forces were commanded by the prince faisal, the son of hussein sharif of mecca. , the force conducted irregular attacks on the lines of communication. of course, most of us know about these events through the writings and movies associated with the british army officer, known asce, or "lawrence of arabia." and now to the clip. [video clip] [gunfire] >> come on, men! [cheering] [war cries] lt. col. steed: so the success of this force in securing the railroad that connected the ottoman leadership to these places was significant. it is certain that the great arab revolt was neither as successful as its most active and public promoters, lawrence among them, would have you believe, nor was it as unimportant as many detractors often stat

sedentary cultures has been found in what is now jordan syria palestine northern iraq and southern anatolia. nine thousand years ago this region was probably more humid in densely forested than it is now. archaeologists discovered several prehistoric settlements near the ruins of the ancient city of patron in southwestern georgia. the yacht is about ten kilometers west of wa the move or the valley of most. it was an extremely important find. now for the first time archaeologists bands and her colleagues are trying to reach the excavation site during the winter. in. the site is located on a plateau twelve hundred meters above sea level to reach the plateau the team has to hike through a gorge. sometimes the gorge is blocked by rain water or snow. but today the weather is fine. and ben is a member of the research association x. orient which is affiliated with the free university of berlin. this site was discovered more than twenty years ago by the german archaeologists hans-georg abel was also the director of the excavation project and the chairman of ex orienting. so far the team that carrie

concern with respect to mosul was the result of controlling christian refugees and eastern portions of anatolia in what is often termed the armenian genocide. it was thought if the british controlled mobile -- mosul, they could keep the refugees in the north and prevent any expansion of attacks on the christian populace. a second reason for attacking north was to control the grain for people in baghdad and basra. many of the units advancing on mosul learned of the war's end from turkish soldiers under white flags. turkish forces were forced to abandon the mosul governorate. such successful action encouraged similar movements. it was held by mustafa kemal, and he wanted to fight. constantinople ordered him to withdraw. the capitulation of the capital in the face of advances gave additional support for those turks who believe the ottoman government to be corrupt. even before his open position in turkey, he invited all turks to enter a national pact to only accept the lines drawn at the armistice of midros. it's fascinating that president erdogan reminded the turkish people about this in 1917. in