as istanbul, it was the seat of the turkish-ottoman sultans.fter the first world war, the last remnants of the ottoman empire disappeared. turkey, on the losing side, was reduced to its present size. in the 1920s, the political leader ataturk founded the modern turkish state. ankara, to the east, became its new capital. one of ataturk's major goals was econom modernization. development was focused on the cities. the effort led to mass migration from the countryside to urban areas. many villages were completely abandoned, especially in the 1950s and '60s. ( speaking turkish ) translator: this village of formerly 120 families now only houses 35. these 35 households mainly consist of elderly people-- old-age pensioners. i don't think anyone will stay, seeing what the village has come to. ( man speaking turkish ) translator: in our home area, there is no industry. there is no work. that's why people come to istanbul-- to work for daily wages. ( speaking turkish ) translator: according to the census of 1990, istanb hadseven milli, now it is assumed

it chronicles the immigration to istanbul from rural anatolia. and how generation after generation of people made istanbul when i was born into this town 60 years ago it was almost a million and now 14 million and most of these people came from poor parts of turkey. why did they come? whey what did they do? they built their own houses were their own hands. they are developed now, we see high-rises in those areas of town. the city has changed so much in the last 50 years and now trying to in my new novel that i'm very busy with trying to chronicle that to the point of view of the dispossessed. >> rose: many people say a great novel begins with a question. >> okay. here the question is trying to see the life that we have all lived in turkey from the point of view of a person who came to this town late who tried to make a living, who came with a very poor background and tried to adapt to the city. we always saw turkish officials history, turk turkish establishment, myself included, we always saw these people who are coming and imbalancing the cultur

. >> jon: by the way, where was that taxi -- where was that -- >> istanbul in turkey. >> jon: so in istanbul. so if your daughter, an american woman, is driving a taxi in istanbul do they go "these foreign drivers"? >> there's a little bit of that, yeah. >> jon: du howe did you like istanbul. >> it's a beautiful place. >> jon: i would love to go there. >> it's a really amazing city. >> jon: had you been there previously? >> i'd never been but i read up about it. you know; it used to be constantinople, the gateway from the west to the east. it's incredible culture and history. >> jon: do they have chick-fil-a? (laughter) what are the kinds of -- do you immerse yourself in the local culture? what was your favorite food that you had? >> actually, you know what my favorite food was? it was a chicken wrap every night. >> jon: chicken wrap every night. >> yes. >> jon: you're a man of simple pleasures. >> very simple. >> jon: was it turkish? was there something about it -- >> it was kind of a little spice to it. >> jon: cumin. it's cumin. >> it wasn't cumin. >> jon: no, it's cumin. it's cumin. (lau

with the institute for security and development policy silk road studies program also in istanbul we have icon editor america he is a republican people's party member of parliament and in washington we cross to il han ten years of a correspondent for the town daily and a fellow with the henry jackson society right gentlemen cross-talk rosen in fact i mean she can jump in anytime one if i go to you first what is neo optimism and is that a good idea. so basically i think it's the idea that there should be a turkish influence in the middle east in particular in those territories which were once ruled by the autumn an empire and a simple answer your question no i don't think it's a good idea and i don't think the people in the region want it ok can you give me two reasons why it's a bad idea. no one is i don't think anybody in the region wants to go back to the age when paris and where you have one particular country loading it over the others and the other is that there are many sectarian divisions within the region now both between sunni and shia and also divisions on ethnic grants so

when you be in istanbul again? i will again probably. what about your descendants?, of course, i buy the rug. >> jimmy: yeah? >> and, one picture, with me and my friends and my sister, with the guys, just for the guys, i don't know you, i don't care about you. for these guys, i hate you. [ laughter ] so, i take a picture with all these guys, i go hope, and my wife and i'm like, honey, i got this awesome istanbul rug, it's got the blood of 10,000 dead kings. and she's like that's great but we already ordered rugs we needed for the living room. i was like, okay. where can this go? she was like, maybe your bathroom? so, now, i have a 2,500 terry cloth mat, so when you get out of the tub and somebody sends me an e-mail that says, did you spend a quarter of a million dollars on rugs in turkey? i was like -- i think i'd remember that. and i knew it. >> jimmy: you knew that -- >> i got turkey tabloided. the turkish -- >> jimmy: look how excited this guy is. >> and they had the, like, headline on it, you know what i mean? i didn't know what it said. it said, "scandal." it g

championship clash in istanbul. take your pick we take a look back over the weekend that was in the russian premier league and in particular the strike which made all the difference it is gold time very short. for us were champions league action continues and then later on wednesday is a neat hoping to follow in the footsteps of fellow russian side sports yesterday and claim their first win after three attempts belgian i should under like the side standing in their way to meet went into the competition dark horses having spent heavily on players over the summer but losses to milan and malaga meant a place is now a big task in itself the russian champions though will enter the game on the back of two straight wins the mystically and will be confident of claiming all three points tonight under like meanwhile have just one point from their opening couple of pictures on will be desperate to leave russia with a police patrol. plenty of action immediately after the fixture tonight in the group a porter will be seeking to

sharapova again loses at the hands of an imperious serena williams at the end of season finale in istanbul. and getting closer sebastian vettel clinches a fourth straight win up the indian grand prix to extend his title lead over commando along with three races to go. first to football where tears guy came from a goal down to grab a late two one win at in-form tarek and go top of the russian premier league brazilian i also put the chechen side to head off the beaten keeper igor acting fair to the new york post just eight minutes it. wasn't keisuke honda volleyed in a cross by guy you'll be sure nick off to level matters midway through the first half. and with just two minutes to go pontus yvonne bloom headed home to finish off a free kick by fellow swede rasmus el as the army men went a point clear at the top of correct stay force. for me while angie dropped to second and saw their seven game winning streak come to an abrupt end after two undefeated rubin the home side took a fourth minute lead through alec whose mean but swiftly equalized courtesy of top scorer at the scene a try or a gen

a championships in istanbul. and march in on our new men are three four three in the euro be following says caused dominance against both the bamberg right here in moscow. and let's start with football and the consonance second most significance kolob event the europa league where two russian seems war in action on match week three of the group stage on thursday now former back to back national champions of russia rubin open the day with an early match in ca's against nifty from the neighboring republic by john kerry's side was not the toughest of opponents on paper but the visitors still managed to mutual lies for beans and multiple charges on their gold however one slipped through early in the match when circus international give denise courage in these sets up along with made no mistake from outside the box in the sixteenth minute and that's how that water was ends and the same scoreline in the others i in this group were ensor melanne. belgrade into the russian and italian sides now have dominant leads in thi

you were in istanbul shooting this?ed attaturk and his real limb is mustafa kumal, no relation to jimmy kimmel. >> jimmy: no rulers in the family. >> i had to get this season where they storm the embassy, 1979, i was trying to recreate. i wanted thousands of extras in turkey and it was this student revolution, they are rabid and fired up and they came from the university over there and the whole thing and so, trying to find 2,000 extras to come down in the middle of the day. we didn't have a big budget, we couldn't pay people. we were like let's give them raises, we don't do that. throwing it off for all movies, and so we tried to get 2,000 people and had to bus them in from the houses at 1:00 so they get dressed, come in waves and it turns out that it's hard to get these students, they are actually in school during the day. sore people who are working, the only people you can get who are free all day are people who have retired. >> jimmy: senior citizens. >> a seniors revolt. like, you know, what they were unbelievable

let's talk tennis where maria sharapova has started the year ending w t a championship in istanbul with a confident victory over server irani the russian is aiming to finish the season on top of the world rankings a feat she can achieve if she wins all of her white group matches the first of which she did with relative ease the second seed taking a break but you get the one later on to clinch the you can set six three on the twenty five year old kept up momentum in the second and final set around the on able to stop sharapova for notching up two more on monster breaks meant the score was six three six two overall to the russian. i. i can ask you what i've done to get on patrick did battle in the white group second much of the day the czech had not only cleaned the last three corresponding fixtures between the per but it also was a straight matches on indoor hard courts but to advance it wasn't playing to the script the fourth seed claiming the first set six three and never looked back in the second taking it six two afterwards pulled out of the tournament altogether complaining of illne

correspondent holly williams is in istanbul. in il reporter: syria's civil war is spilling over its borders. today, the turkish village of guvecci was hurt by two mortar shells. nobody was hurt it & it's thought they were a mistake. the turkish military returns fire for the fourth day in a row. turkey has openly sided with the eebels in syria's conflict, confh so far, it hasn't intervened directly. now some fear that border skirmishes between the two countries could escalate into a regional war. on wednesday, a mortar bomb fired from syria killed five civilians in a turkish border town, including a mother and her three children. in response, the turkish parliament voted to approve the use of force against syria if it's deemed necessary. today, turkey's department prime minister described that decision ec a warning. "we have to protect our sovereignty, our security, and the lives of our people "he said. in the syrian capital damascus, aresident bashar al-assad made a cere public appearance, laying a wreath to the mark of annivers

other news and senate where maria sharapova has started the year ending championship in istanbul with a confident victory already iranians for. it sets there around robin servant featuring the world's top eight players competing in some groups with some french open on the substance going. white for a second seeded sharapova. and number one make room to clinch the opening set six three in her opponent failed to turn around the second to run it with a rubber ball used to broadcast the breaks sixty three sixty two the russian was the out of. one. and in the y. group second match of the day against her advance and petrarch beats of a did their bats over the czech not only claimed the last three corresponding fixtures but had also won twenty five straight matches on enjoy but her opponents proved this it's six just useless the fourth seed claimed the first set six three and never looked back and the second once the broker opponents in the opening service game in retaining her advantage to snatch a six three six two win. elsewhere in the red group only one game has been played as u.s. open

to go on any other path that i mean you know i guess we go to hell i believe there are i can in istanbul i mean what is a positive role that turkey can play now in resolving the situation in syria because it's already taken a fight. i think turkey is already on the other side of the mirror visibly syria that is i see little chance of turkey playing a positive role in syria because we have already entrenched ourselves within syria through our support for the insurgents logistical support our support our financial support and which means that turkey no longer has the legitimacy to speak to other stakeholders in syria and i do agree that assad's regime cannot continue as it does and i do agree that it was already. voted in the regime and turkish prime minister don befriended him and became best buddies for a while but i still believe that transition to democracy rarely happens through lots of bloodshed and. civilian fighting and killing and often what we need is a gret gradual transition. often bringing in carrots and sticks from the international community i know assad is difficult to move

-t. a championship in istanbul the czech has been replaced by world number nine some stores are. expediency you can have. yeah i mean i don't like to. send. me. up of a storming ahead in her quest for honors in turkey i just read from her latest record russian made it to. the hard courts aging the first seven five and was for it to dine in the second before battling back to also take it seventy five or. eighty five year old thus marching into the semifinals but. let's talk all fun to china where jamie dalton has sped out of the blocks at the b.m.w. masters the welshman securing a four shot lead following the opening round in shanghai the thirty six year old shooting a course record ten under par sixty two at lake lawler really hoping to keep up the chase for the ryder cup winning perve sweet peter hunt. francesco molinari six. while the top ranked rory mcilroy is right on their heels after posting a five on her sixty seven alongside the defending champion is another northern irishman michael hall spaniard who was in maria. i just played really well from start to finish hardly mis

the world number one women's tennis ranking is at stake the season ending w t a championships in istanbul for her to kick goals . then there were two son francisco romp into a world series should run with the troika after going to time on the cardinal. football first though where apartheid faced a goal keeping prices ahead of choose this clash at home to benfica injuries forced the moscow side to her third choice keep our arch him red brawl for his champions league debut richard bump or fleet has more response arcs injury list was long enough already it's now gotten even longer. the rhythm winds have only one foot keeper off to say good to see call for joint i'm going to count on the sidelines the ukrainian international is just starting his comeback so it's unlikely that first choice alternative role but make his european debut for spa time. and head coach when i am really understands just how important a clash it is for his team and for this about that owner i think this will be a crucial game for us just as it is for benfica i think it's fair to say that barcelona will win the group so

the williams qualify for the semifinals of the season ending w t a championships in istanbul. second chance to our young russian footballer got his pick of clubs being rejected by a slew of sides in his home country. it's been a dream start pulling season for. club currently sit top of the russian premier league and at the summit of the europa league group but they're sent for quite a challenge tonight heading our way to liverpool in europe the second week of competition. from just one loss in twenty one games winning seventeen and drawing three three players have never been ruled out for the. night former real madrid. fellow. made off giving hitting a selection headache but. so will lead the line once again up front liverpool currently set twelfth domestically but hiddink is well aware the european giants have always done well on the continent the spy troubles that. although liverpool is not in the top three at this moment. they have as we have experienced players they know they are going for this competition and what i know as well to get further in europe. and make them fav

championships in istanbul where maria sharapova has made a clean sweep of wins in the group stages the russian was already into the semifinals of the winner of the white grouping but added to her ranking points against world number nine some still no messing around siberian native coasting to a six six three win earlier today those ranking points are important is aiming to end the year as world number want. to williams is also already through to the semi finals in turkey the american beating victoria azarenka just for good measure late on thursday evening six four six games to for the final score it is williams ninth straight win over the ballad russian. let's talk goal for sweden's petter henson has secured the halfway lead at the b.m.w. masters taking place in shanghai who are twenty five pulls it to shut it up to firing a round of sixty four fourteen under par in total the swede didn't exactly start the day in the most blistering of fashions carting a bogey at the first before recovering to pick up a series of shots five birdies on the front nine and then four on the way and. also i

prepares to face serena williams in a reprieve at the olympic final at the end of season finale istanbul. getting closer sebastian vettel clinches a fourth straight win at begin d. and grand prix to extend his title lead over from the alongside with just three races to go. the first to go forward this guy came from a goal down to grab a late to one when it informed correct to go at least temporarily top of the russian premier league brazilian elton puts the church inside the head office just eight minutes keisuke honda levels in the uk and with just two minutes to go pointis virgin blue headed home a late winner for the all event to see them go a point clear at the top of her record stay for yet angie who started the day two points clear of tears got kicked off twice former champions rubin and a win would put them back at the summit but the home side took a fall to me telling me angie though they have just equalized well meanwhile in the early kick off anomaly proponents clearly as a back up into eleven off they would know when an exciting wet rush to some sun most go precious try to get

said it's now a year and championships in istanbul where a viral infection force that was droll defending champion patrick meat of all who will now be replaced by world number nine australian samantha stosur. i mean i never returned from the tournament. experience even then of the stress content cease. yeah i mean i don't like to be a rapper so. this separating her to. me action continued to ask of us exit from the servants and maria sharapova now tops the white one both of her own matches but mr abbas got the latest victim despite taking the first set against the russians seven five maria sharapova was two for down in the second but managed to battle back and take it seventy five as well for the same score the second straight day to be sure about that with serena williams in the semifinals. and sports as well but the big champion serena williams also claimed the second wind up championships with victory over french open champion big enough the american struggles for the simple seven sixty four weeks and through the second six weeks of leave her spot in istanbul semi's. while world number

ahead of their trip to istanbul to face group rivals on november the second. chose. will spill. over to golf now and to china where jamie donaldson has sped out of the blocks at the b.m.w. masters the walsham and securing a four shot lead following the opening round in shanghai the thirty six year old shooting a course record set on the porch sixty two at lake mal around going up the chase are there ryder cup winning pair all sweet peter hansen and italian francesco molinari they lie six under while the top rank to rory mcilroy is right on their heels after posting a five under sixty seven alongside the defending champion is another northern artist man michael holy and spaniard jose maria olazabal. had just played really well from start to finish hardly missed it and missed one shoulder which is great. you know you know jolo puts today which showed finished off well you know you can play well with a push don't go in the nit you know it's not as good as school but we put really well and he put some line in and then they all just seem to go in. to leave him also will continue to f

russian will be looking to leapfrog rival victoria azarenka the year ending w t a championships in istanbulseverino williams second made her advance conjugate kerber beat of us sorra irani and also challenging for the title in turkey now only has to win. two group matches to ensure her world number one rank stays intact if the bowler russia loses all of her matches at that stage then sharapova has a chance to take that top spot by securing two victories off her own two thousand and four winner starts her campaign against iran and will later battle and beat them in the white group. when you start the year and you have this one inconsistency of wanting to achieve great things a no win a grand slam during that year and you know the prize is to make it to beat a championship and instead well so i'm happy to be here you know in so much better shape than i was last year at this point so you know it's the final push and i'm looking forward to the final roller skates or of the year has concluded that domino which is located three hundred fifty kilometers outside of moscow now the state of the art c

of three for the russian champion so far as they look to improve further ahead of their trip to istanbul to face group rivals on november the second. most go. over to go fail and to china where jamie donaldson has sped out of the block said the b.m.w. masters that walsh in securing a four shot lead following the opening round in shanghai thirty six year old shooting a course record sixty two at the plate miler and keeping up the chase are their ryder cup winning pair all swedes peter hansen and italian francesco molinari six under while the top ranked aurora mcelroy is right on their heels after posting a five under sixty seven alongside the defending champion is another northern irishman michael holmes and spaniard jose maria olazabal. played really well from start to finish hardly missed it and i missed one show a little day which is great and it's you know. the law puts today which showed finished off well you know you can play well to the post don't go in the nit you know it's not as good as school but we put it really well and had a lot put some line in and then they will just seem