ankara has been bombing p.k.k. positions. and the p.k.k.has resumed its deadly attacks on turkish police officers. things are looking like they are spiraling out of control. and kurdish people are scared. but they are also getting angry. and so the worry is that the more violent the situation gets, and the more ankara clamps down on the kurds, the more moderate kurds will become radicalized. it's a vicious circle which could just lead to more violence. but not everyone has given up working for peace. >> kurdish human rights activist ismail akbulut wants to prevent young kurds from joining the p.k.k. and taking up arms. so every day, he drives to the villages around his hometown of hakkari. first he speaks with the village elders, like here in the mountain village of sÜman, because they're the ones the young people listen to. akbulut believes that the peace process between turkey and the kurds deserves another chance. ismail akbulut: sooner or later, both sides will have to sit down together again and talk. so why not now, before thousands a

in 2013, the dhkpc said it was against a suicide bombing in ankara. now they're behind this attack. >> i saw this woman running and someone from a apartment threw a chair at the woman from the balcony so the woman shot at the bol coin. balcony. >> several civilians and police officers were wounded. then as forensic teams searched the scene, two opened fire on them. some police were killed in that shootout. violence in southeastern turkey. four police officers were killed by a road side bomb and orocket fired on a helicopter. attacks blamed on the separatist pkk. carried out attacks on the positions of pkk and i.s.i.l. security forces have arrested hundreds of people suspected of beings members of banned organizations. the turkish government code has repeatedly said it faced threats from a variety of sources, not just i.s.i.l. bernard smith, al jazeera, istanbul. >>> 300 u.s. personnel arrived at incirlik air base t to contie the fight against i.s.i.l. the base is seen as having a major tactical advantage over launching fighters from the gulf. the miss

ankara., laura: there is a lot of international attention focused on what ankara and what they decideo do next. the military in nigeria say an explosion has left 47 people dead and 50 people wounded in a town. the infamous military group, ano haram, has been waging insurgency across the area. possible fragments from a soviet designed missile system have been found among the debris recovered from the site in an airlineaine where crashed last year. it might be from a surface-to-air missile system, but it is too early to say if they caused the crash. as is taking disciplinary action against 28 athletes after it retested urine samples from the 2000 five and 2000 seven world championships. it has not named the athletes involved, but it says that if violations were confirmed it would strip offenders of records.es and greece has reached a deal with this international creditors to keep it in the euro zone and to stop the country from going bankrupt. it comes with strict terms. it must be agreed by the greek parliament and eurozone countries. here is our economics editor. mad, ans is running s

there are growing fears of civilian deaths since ankara started bomb be separatists in turkey and iraq. in the latest unrest, the p.k.k. is blamed for an attack on a police station which killed two soldiers. we have this report. >> another attack against turkish security personnel this time involved a suicide truck bomb. at least two soldiers were killed and more than 20 injured. authorities in the city blame the outlawed kurdistan workers party or the p.k.k. sunday's bombs is being seen as an escalation in the continuing conflict between turkey and the p.k.k. which has spilled on to the streets. scenes like these have been recurring in mainly kurdish areas of the country. >> we wanted to organize a match urging the continuation of peace talks, bub as you know, there is eight i don't say in kurdistan. who wanted to create this atmosphere? it was the government. >> turkey disagrees. it has blamed the p.k.k. for violating a ceasefire and killing a civilian and 21 security personnel over recent days. >> the game is clear. three terrorist organizations are targeting turkey's democracy, fre

has accused ankara of killing civilians of air raids in the north.hrightright police mofrp 200 spent another night trying to cross into the u.k. large parts of myanmar are submerged after landslides. the u.s. secretary of state on a trip to egypt said the recent nuclear deal will make the region a safer place. jong kerry who met president sisi: a wide range of topics including the country's human rights record and the fight against isil. kerry said the key to ending isil's campaign is to stop the recruitment of foreign fighters. >> border security and law enforcement actions are a significant part of the equation. but even the larger imperative is to persuade and prevent young people from turning to terror in the first place otherwise no, matter how many terrorists we bring to justice, those groups will simply replenish their ranks, and we will not be safer. we will be involved in al rou round-robin circular, repetitive process. >> on egyptian court a verdict in the retrial for a second time. it's delayed until august 29th. mohammed fahmy and mohamme

embassy in the capitol, ankara.hey now said they are behind this attack. >> i saw this woman running and police shotting "stop." they fired warning shots. then someone in an apartment threw at that chair from the balcony at the woman. the stacker shot at the balcony. a van packed with explosive detonated at the eastern edge. an attacker was killed. several civilians and police officers were wounded. then, forensic and bomb squad teams searched the scene, two stackers opened fire on them. a police officer and the stackers were killed in that shootout. there has been further violence in southeastern turkey. four police officers were killed by a roadside bomb and a soldier was killed when a rocket was fired on a helicopter. stacks blamed on the separatist pkk. in the last three weeks, the turkish military carried out airstrikes on positions of the pkk and isil. across the country, the security forces have arrested hundreds of people suspected >> in istanbul, the violence in the southeast even prove incident has been bl

ankara blaming that group, p.k.k. for a suicide attack in which two turkish soldiers were killed. zeina khodr sends this report. >> reporter: another attack against turkish security personnel. this time it involved a suicide truck bomb. at least two soldiers were killed 20 injured. authorities are blaming the outlawed kurdish workers party or the p.k.k. sunday's bombing is seen as an escall eights in the conflict between turkey and the p.k.k. which spilled on to the streets. scenes like these have been occurring. >> translation: we wanted to organise a march urging the continuation of peace talks. als you know there's chaos in kurdistan. >> who wanted to create it atmosphere. it was the caretaker a.k. party. >> turkey disagrees, blaming them for violating is ceasefire and killing security personnel. >> translation: the game is clear, three terrorist organizations are targetting turkey, their actions a declaration of war. the turning point was not when we declared war on july 23rdrd. >> reporter: the turkish government says there can be no talks if the attacks continue. turkey bega

ankara could normalize relations with iran.on one hand they have very close relations economically and very close energy ties. on the other hand despite their differing stances in syria and iraq they could, they could be able to manage the and have a working relationship and i think it will, it will remain so. >> thank you very much, gonul. very fascinating and detailed presentation. thank you very much. let me turn to robert ford, impact on long-running conflicts in syria and iraq. >> no? thank you all. very nice to be here. thank you for the invitation. they said, well, when you start to speak for five, six minutes on how this is going to affect syria and iraq, i thought, five minutes. reminded me of a story of a very ponder russ brittish archeologist invited at end of 1900s, beginning of 20th century to talk about archaeology research in the far east and digging up temples and ancient cities. the british museum asked him to talk about 20 minutes. he sputtered to his friend, how could i possibly explain everything i know in a

the president's of rack's kurdish region is accusing ankara of air raids in the north killing civilians. he's asked the p.k.k. to leave the region if violence continues. >> another attack against turkish security personnel this time involved a suicide truck bomb. two soldiers were killed and 20 injured. authorities blame the outlawed kurdistan worker's party. sunday's bombs is being seen as an escalation in the continuing conflict between turkey and the p.k.k. which has spilled on at the streets. scenes like these have been recurring in mainly kurdish areas of the country. kurds have called for an end to the military operations. >> we want to organize a match urging the continuation of peace talking about. who wanted to create this atmosphere? >> turkey blamed the p.k.k. for violating a ceasefire and killing a civilian and 21 security personnel over recent days. >> the game is clear, three terrorist organizations are targeting turkey's democracy freedom and public order. their actions in june were messages to us and a declaration of war. the turning point was not when we declared war on

this outbreak of violence comes as ankara has been carrying out attacks on iraq and the islamic state group. by rob parsons. obviously this is still very much a developing story, but what is the latest? latest, there is shooting outside the u.s. consulate. that is not the first time. a couple of years ago there were attacks on the u.s. consulate in istanbul is well. no one seems to have been killed in the consulate. at least one of the assailants was injured, shot in the legs, and her colleague was captured as well. but in a separate incident in there was an attack in which four people were killed. to try toe investigate and rescue people inside the building. they were then attacked. three more people were killed, and several people were injured. separately, in the southeast of the country, it is hard to say whether these are connected incidents. and last friday, with four people killed today another four people were killed and another incident. and another, an attack on helicopter in which one soldier was killed and seven wounded. in various spots across the country, do we have any i

consulate in ankara. now behind this attack. >> they fired warning shots then someone in an apartment threw a chair from their balcony at the woman so the attackers shot at the balcony. >> earlier a van with explosives detonated, an attacker was killed. several civilians and police officers were wounded. then as forensic and bomb squad search the scene, they were fired upon. there's been further violence in southeastern turkey. four police officers were killed by a road side bomb and a soldier was killed when a rocket was fired on a helicopter. attacks blamed on the separatists, pkk. military has carried out air strikes on position he of the pkk and i.s.i.l. across the country, security forces have arrested hundreds of people suspected of being members of banned organizations. the government says it faces security threats on a serious of threaa series ofthreats not jus. the past several hours seem to back up that statement. bernard smith, al jazeera, istanbul. >> pushing towards assad family's ancestral s

. >>> congressman fattah is married to nbc 10 ankara nay chenault-fattah.erenced in the criminal complaint against her husband. she's label as person e and an affiliate of the fattah enterprise. the feds allege she took part in a scheme to fraudulently sell a car in order to pay closing costs on a vacation home. she's not charged and denies any wrong doing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> it is 6:36 now. local school officials are concerned that the budget stanoff in harrisburg will affect the start of the school year. leaders of several delaware county school districts will call on state legislators today to pass a budget before the school year begins. they're holding a news conference in lansdowne to send a message. they want lawmakers to approve a budget that includes more than $400 million in new education spending. >>> a local organization dedicated to teachers is getting a big gift. ed camp is a program run for teachers by teachers. the bill and me linda gates foundation is giving the group a $2 million grant. >> my most significant opportunities i

on the same day, central banks from the groups of 20 countries will kick off a two-day meeting in ankara, turkey. >>> we spoke on events 23478 coming weeks with a senior associate professor. he is keeping an eye on india's gdp just later monday. asia's third largest economy grew 7.5% from a year ago in the january to march quarter. it was a higher than even china's figure. they expect india's grooet growth will remain strong. >> i think it's the highest consumption, fern investment, foreign inflow has doubled and it is strong. however, the bunk lending is is not improving despit they have cut the interest rates three times there area. also, it's a great product despite these families p. >> last week stockmarkets around the world went on a roller coaster and the price of crude oil sank to six-and-a-half year lows. the economy will be affected by the market moves. >> one ting, they have dropped r. the indian economy is dependent upon the import of oils and other qualities. global prices are going down. for every group, half go to the government. half to the private success. it's in good fo

in ankara, turkey's foreign minister confirmed that talks were complete, and joint operations against i.s.i.l. will begin soon. >> in washington. it is limited to air strikes only. >> cooperation with turks, and the expansion that of that is in progress. it's a step forward for turkey and the united states to find what that cooperation looks like. >> what the u.s. wants is a major commitment to ground operations to sewcure the borde with syria and iraq, a 68 mile area, west of the river, reaching into aleppo. defense secretary last week pulled out turkey for failing to control the area. it is a boarder for which dehli are looking for them to do more in that regard. as well. >> the digs amounts so a small symbolic cribb use against i.s.i.l. they have a lot of air power, conducting 70%. the significant agreement was turkey said is allowing plains to operate. one reason there's no agreement on the reason to create a safe zone. it's something the pentagon is not easy to do. not necessarily because if suspects turkey's motives is more about keeping kurds? >>. >> joe biden arrived advisors

i'm delighted to welcome deger akal who has worked for several years and and kara -- ankara. deger believes that the turkish people are more progressive than their politicians. what we are seeing his massive destabilization and the region and my sense is that you blame erdogan for the escalation. why? ms. pohl: he lost his majority in june and i think this is why he is increasing his attacks on the pkk and i said this is a cynical game of fire. we do not know where this will lead to or when and how this can be ended. what we do know is that we need the kurdish fighters to fight i.s. this is where erdogan really plays and we should be aware that he is unpredictable he might increase the violence against pkk. peter: alan, i get the impression you feel sorry for the turkish leader. mr. posener: i'm not sorry for mr. erdogan. i'm sorry for the situation in turkey. turkey has on its board, mr. assad, a mass murderer on a terrible scale and the west has done nothing. turkey has demanded for years and years that there be a safe haven and a no-fly zone established on its border. this

kathy: you served at the embassy in ankara and not the consulates that was attacked today in.ow vulnerable will american interest be in turkey given that erdogan is rocked -- is ratcheting up the attacks against islamic state? >> i think we've seen this over the past decade to where we are today. the fact that the consulate was untouched and the turkish police gives responded quickly me hope, but we have to start thinking about these areas because turkish is such an amazing country to see americans targeted this way. kathy: thank you. the town was consumed by riots, ferguson, missouri is tense again today. a man is hospitalized after being shot by police at a of --t marking the death marking the one-year anniversary of the death of michael brown. onis charged with an assault law enforcement. >> there is still fury and atrage in ferguson exactly year after michael brown was shot dead. demonstrators once again confronted police on the streets. tensions rose dramatically. [gunfire] a sudden and intense volley of chaos., it was it was hard to know where the shots had come from. po

ankara holds the pkk responsible and blames them for what is the single most deadly strike since its campaignost against kurdish militants last month. the soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb was detonated in the southeastern province of one the pkkegions against and islamic state group. within hours of that last, two launched against this that -- against istanbul. >> who are on the tram and heard a sound like umag three or four gunshots. reporter: both assailants were arrested. turkish police seized and an aids and weapons and ammunition. istanbul has blamed an unspecified terrorist group, saying they believe the same men were involved in an attack on the eighth of august. the violence has been escalating since the suicide bombing of a kurdish cultural center on the 20th of july which left 33 people dead. it reignited a decade-long conflict between the turkish state and kurdish separatist party. turkish president says he's disappointed about the gridlock in parliament. enoughty failed to find to form a government after it lost its majority in parliament last month. he urged sup

embassy in the capitol, ankara.hey now said they are behind this attack. >> i saw this woman running and the police shouting "stop." they fired warning shots. then someone in the apartment threw a chair from the balcony at the woman. so the attacker shot at the balcony. >> earlier, a van packed with explosive detonated outside a police station on istanbul's asian side at the eastern edge. an attacker was killed. several civilians and police officers were wounded then as forensic and bomb squad teams searched the scene, two opened fire on them. there has been further vie lings in southeastern turkey, four police officers were killed by a roadside bomb and a soldier was killed. rocket was fired on a helicopter. attacks blamed on the separatist pkk. the turkish million dollar with positions on the pkk and isi will: crosses the country, the security forces have arrested hundreds of people success supposed of being members of banned organizations. the turkish government previously said it faces security threats on a seri

ankara holds the pkk responsible and blames them for what is the single most deadly strike since the country

. >> congressman fattah is married to nbc 10 ankara shay chenault-fattah.she's referenced in the criminal complaint against her husband, labeled as person ext and an affiliate of the fattah enterprise .feds allege she took part in a scheme to fraud lenly sell a car in order to pay closing costs on a vacation home. she's not charged and denies any wrongdoing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> 4:34 now. should a domestic abuse shelter be allowed to move into a montgomery county community? that's the issue before the zoning board in east norton tonight. the laurel house shelter would relocate next to st. titus church. some neighbors oppose the plan saying it will reduce property values. >>> kane is not able, that is the slogan of a grass roots campaign trying to force pennsylvania's attorney general from office. a group of political activists plans on filing additional complaints with the supreme court disciplinary board today. they want kane gone by labor day. the group will be at the capital rotunda with suitcases and movie boxes, a symbol of their message

they will continual to engage ankara. >>> two dozen gay lesbian and transgender people in iraq, told the u.n. scoirch security counct i.s.i.l. executed 30 people that were accused of committing sodomy. the tell bl in palm ra temple in considered a war crime. >>> commander of forces is accusing western countries ever interfering in iraq's affairs. zeina khodr is in baghdad with details. >> reporter: a newly formed force made up of thousands of iraqi soldiers and sunni volunteers has been trying to advance into the i.s.i.l. controlled city of ramadi. many received u.s. training. the leader was on a defiant mood but the reality on the ground is different. dozens of his men have been killed in ambushes over recent days. it is proving to be a difficult fight. this battle is an important test for government whose army and police units abandoned their positions after i.s.i.l. arrived in may. washington has asked president haider al-abadi not to use shia militias, those militias who are known as the popular revolutionary forces, now one of the commanders of the forces feel there are attempts

in ankara the foreign minister confirmed that technical talks were complete and joint operations against i.s.i.l. will begin soon. in washington pentagon explained the agreement now is limited to air strikes only. >> the cooperation with turks, and the expansion of that is a work in progress at this point. we see it as a step forward, and see it as an opportunity for turkey and the united states and the rest of the coalition to find exactly what that looks like going forward. >> reporter: what the u.s. wants from turkey is a major commitment securing a boarder with syria and iraq, especially a 68 mile long area in syria, west of the you crayedies river, reaching into aleppo. last week defense secretary ash carter called out turkey for failing to control the area. >> it is a border of a rich logistics for i.s.i.l., and dehli cross and so we are looking for them to do more in that regard as well, and are in active discussion was them. >> the addition of turkish planes amounts to a small contribution to the overall contribution against i.s.i.l. the u.s. has a lot of combat air power. doing

embassy if the capital ankara. >> i saw this woman running and the police shouting stop. they fired warning shots. then someone in an apartment threw a chair from their balcony at the woman so the attacker shot at the balcony. >> reporter: earlier monday a van packed with explosives deals detonated, an tacker was killed. several civilians and police officers were wounded. then as forensic and bomb squad teams searched the seen, there was open fire and police and attackers were killed in that shootout. four police officers were killed buy road side bomb and a soldier was killed when a rocket was fired on a helicopter. attacks blamed on the separatist pkk. in the last three weeks the turkish military ahas carried out attacks ton pkk and i.s.i.l. across the country the security forces have arrested hundreds of people suspected of being members of band organizations. the turkish government has are previously said, it faces security threats from a number of groups not just i.s.i.l. the events of the past 24 hours seem to back up those concerns. bernard smith, al jazeera, istan

ankara is fighting the p.k.k. and helping the u.s. in a fight against i.s.i.l. recep tayyip erdogan spoke about the fight on tuesday. >> translation: our fight will continue until terrorist organizations stop posing a threat against our country. until guns point at our state and people are buried. i'd like to put an emphasis here. stopping gun fire is not enough. they should be laid down and buried. the fight will continue until not one terrorist is left within the borders. >> the u.s. denied that it reached an agreement with turkey over safe zones for syrian rebels in northern syria in the battle against i.s.i.l. a mississippi couple is in custody for trying to spend their honeymoon with the islamic state. 20-year-old jadon wrong and 22-year-old mohammed, his father an imam in mississippi, were charged with conspiring and trying to aid a foreign terrorist organization. according to officials they planned to travel to syria to join the group. they were arrested saturday while trying to join a fight. if convicted they face up to 20 years imprisonment. >>> let's t

. >> yet we are hearing of a bigger offensive against another enemy of ankara, isil. what might that look like? >> i think now that turkey will join with the united states, target much more intensively the islamic state in syria with a negative blow book into turkey, perhaps targeting some of the soft diplomatic representations. the tourist sites areas in turkey, so there's no doubt that turkey now is entering a two front war, one against the p.k.k. and another against the islamic state and that will have some serious pee percussions on turkey's security and stability. >> it's very volatile. thanks for joining us. >> iraq's former prime minister al-maliki has come out in support of prime minister's al abadi's plans to reform the government. a series of reforms would cut several searer posts. it follows weeks of dome machine distributions for better services. we have more from baghdad. >> many people support the prime minister's decisions, but the government must implement these reforms and yet, there's a lot of cynicism on the streets here and other parts of the count

ankara has been turned the u.s.isis would embolden the kurds which they believe want to carve out a state. the state departmentncí defend turkey's actions. >> their attacks on pkk are as a result of attacks they're suffering by this terrorist group inside turkey. >> right now the kurds control all of turkey's border with syria, except for a small 68-mile corridor. should the kurds gain control of that section of the border, they would have access all the way from iraq to the mediterranean sea. the turks areogy the war against isis to settle score with the kurdish pkk. >> timing is interesting here. >> that's right. the string of attackses one day after the u.s. sent six f-16s to turkey's air base in southeast turkey along with hundred u.s. military personnel. on july 24-inch the turks finally agreed to allow u.s. war planes to again using their bases to fight isis after a year of resisting u.s. requests to do so. that same day turnish war planes struck isis targets in syria. there were waves of strikes against the

there is a historic rivalry but a contemporary issue here the kurdish regional government and ankara turkish government have over the last 10 years established an incredibly good working relationship built mainly on economics because they land-locked krg needs to export oil through turkey. it's the only way they can do it. there are other trade links through turkey. what has happened repeatedly recently is the pkk have targeting the turkish, kurdib pipeline the oil pipeline which is a direct threat to the krg. >> what is the arrangement between ankra and the kurdish regional government based upon the fact the kurdish government would be happy to see kurds do what it likes because they are separate in so many ways. >> they are, but there is -- it's a complicating factor. president brazani wants to be seen as the de facto leader of all kurds. the national unity is a very strong force whether the kurds in irak in syria or iran. there is this desire for a nationhood which i think the president must be seen to be protecting but at the political level, yes, i don't think there is a huge am

critics charge that ankara's own efforts against extremism focus too much on attacking turkey's militant kurdish group, the p.k.k., and not nearly enough on i.s. to help us understand the latest developments and what they mean is our chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret warner. margaret, hello. >> hello. >> woodruff: so this is just two months after the last election. what do we make of it all? >> this is so somplecated, judy. let's just start with the pure politics. bottom line, erdogan succeeded. his party has islamist roots, ruled in tote mall jort in parliament since coming to power. suddenly, he was faced with having to make a coalition government and i'm told by people close to the negotiations he never really empowered his prime minister to give away anything. if he was inviting another party to join, he wouldn't even give them the head of the ministry. who would want to join a coalition like that? meanwhile, he renews this shooting war with the p.k.k., this terrorist group the u.s. calls terrorists. it's kurdish militants who fought a civil war with turkey for years and y

embassy in ankara a couple of years ago. caroline: what underlines that groups desire?re a left-wing group. they oppose militarization and the u.s. involvement in turkey. caroline: the fact that we now suddenly have the u.s. fighter jets being stationed -- >> this is pretty much them. if it is them, that would be why. guy: how do we play this? , the last couple of years, has been slightly improvising with his constitutional plans. think the situation, both over the syrian border and inside turkey, is a reflection of that. istanbulike this in are just going to increase this it's -- the sensation that he is not in control and there is a -- ee of caroline: what about externally to turkey as well? this brings to the boil other concerns. with itsit set turkey neighbors? stableey has been relative to all of its neighbors in the recent years. there is very much a sense that if turkey ceases to be a stable security environment, which this does not suggest just yet, but it suggests things are coming down from the peak of security and stability. it clearly has implications for an

defense secretary ash carter said ankara needs to step up efforts to protect its border. carter talked about the need to shut down the prison camp at guantanamo bay. he said there are those who can be transferred overseas and those the u.s. still needs to hold. >> as long as this facility remains open, it will remain a rallying cry for jihadi group began da. the taxpayers are paying too high a financial price to keep this facility open. additionally, closing the detention facility is not something we should leave to the next penalty. >> he said sites include fort leavenworth in kansas to transfer detainees. south carolina said she will fight any effort to have them brought to her state. >> ushering in big changes in the military. >> defense attorneys grill the alleged victim in a prep school rape trial. they say her story changed. >> welcome to al jazeera america. it is 7:48 eastern time. in china, four new fires have broken out at the site of last week's huge blast. state media said they were within the central blast area, as well as a logistics site, but did not give a

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the reason i mention an ankara, we did see the turkish lira -- this is the dollar versus the lira.e have a touch and we have retreated off of it, as you see the mood back down. -- we cametrading at off of it. we did come off of three. continue to monitor it. it is interesting right now. you see the turkish lira, the fallout on the fed and maybe number of other things coming into effect. the policy decisions not all taken. that is one of the main stories that you need to know. let me take you through the others. the meeting in july, officials are concerned about low inflation. that seems to indicate the improving job market is bringing them close to the first interest rate increase in a decade. whenis the last meeting economists forecasted 38% probability for the hike in september now. the money has been released to greece after the bailout. it will be used or other things, as well as the $3.2 billion debt to the ecb. to in france, asking folks support both countries in a bid instop illegal migrants coming to the country to the tunnel. off on theill sign deal in a meeting in the fre

that is why there has been a lot of tension between washington and o .etween washington and ankara they are upset that they are not fully on board. toil recently, they refused open of the airbase in turkey for the coalition airstrikes. allieser western complain that not enough was done to the crossings of foreign jihadis. the countries have not seen eye to eye. they fear that washington and iran could cut a deal. that is why welcoming a nuclear deal, they are trying to mend fences. thee is support for offshoots in syria. not a new concern for turkey. for decades, in the 1990's. relationsad zero with iran. they thought they were destabilizing turkey. started, thelic issue has become another vulnerability for turkey. the regime supported the north and allow the leadership to return to the country. so, the issue has become more complicated for turkey because of the conflict. more recently, there has been a cease-fire since 2013 between turkey and the pkk. the sides resumed violence and there are concerns they will play that card again. the media last week reported pyd andn approached the p

think that they would do everything possible to correct this situation, acknowledge the problem, ankara this situation. that is what normal human beings to actually care about patience. i honestly do not understand the v.a. system. i want to stay with in it to work for change because i think it has the potential to be the premier health care leader in the united states but at this point, it makes no sense and i'm hoping that congress can inspire some common sense within the v.a. system. senator udall: when you talk about staying in touch with the da when you are working as a physician and stayed in touch with the people, you say things have not changed. >> not the culture, people are still afraid to speak up. i have friends within the emergency room that have reported to me strokes that have gone unnoticed by the triage nurse, that stroke protocols are not being filled, that elderly patients with potential blood infections are being left in the waiting room, that the er is overwhelmed at times even with all of the new physicians that they have hired. i reported that the new ca emergency

that is why there has been a lot of tension between washington and o .etween washington and ankara they are upset that they are not fully on board. toil recently, they refused open of the airbase in turkey for the coalition airstrikes. allieser western complain that not enough was done to the crossings of foreign jihadis. the countries have not seen eye to eye.

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