well we will ask a high ranking official from turkey's a k party about that in just a moment but first here is turkish president recha type ared won speaking on tuesday. toward the evening today we determined that they were about ten pickup trucks full of shia militia coming towards a free and then they were forced to turn back off the shelling this file has been closed for now. during conversations with the russian and iranian presidents and these are issues we have already agreed on i said these kinds of terror organizations may take wrongful actions like this sometimes when they make their own decisions of course we cannot let them do that they will pay a high price. and joining us now from istanbul is her ruin our magon he is a high ranking member of president rest of typing out of one's a key a k party thanks so much for joining us this evening there is a. now we just heard president erika one describing the reinforcements damascus is sending to our frame as ten pickup trucks of shia militia is he in denial about assad's support for the wipe e.g. . well first of all i would like t

istanbul is her own arm a gun he is a high ranking member of president rest of type erda was a key a k party thanks so much for joining us this evening. now we just heard president erika one describing the reinforcements damascus is sending to africa as ten pickup trucks of shia militia is he in denial about assad's support for the wipe e.g. . well first of all i would like to like to correct the bird that was using your footage turkey isn't in the raiding syria turkey is doing its self defense and it is a given right to turkey at international at you an article fifty one because we have been we have been attacked from the syrian border over seven hundred times in last one year and that gives us why to self-defense and clear to try it that is threatening to just people on our border so we but also many lane mr arm and on i mean this this is currently syrian territory isn't it. are you saying that because you know you have had those and. are you willing to go to war with syria right now . like sarah i think i am trying to make it very clear that we are not in a war with a country we are just

turkish politicians agree as well and it's not just the ruling a k party that supports the offensive in syria opposition leader kamal kill extols says he also backs the operation the only party to condemn the offensive is the pro kurdish h d p j military a former spokes person calls it inacceptable. when your couldn't look at a lot of what is the olive branch has always been a symbol of peace but now it is stained with blood it's also the end of one as extending the olive branch to bashar al assad in syria who once used to be his allies it was not much but this operation is an attempt to massacre the kurds open the story up to the journalist who knows servile colleagues who got into trouble with authorities over reports criticizing the offensive he says the government gave editors of turkey's leading media outlets directives on how to report patriotically . with anger the left i mean i have you noticed how all of the newspapers have similar headlines. this is actually government propaganda. journalists must censor themselves to avoid trouble with both. unfortunately you can't do you

k party the killer was never identified. mourners have gathered outside the home of pakistani human rights campaigner os mud to hunt here she died on sunday of a cardiac arrest in lahore at age sixty six campaigned tirelessly for democracy and free speech in pakistan she faced many death threats for speaking out against the strict blasphemy laws of the conservative muslim majority country. and german chancellor angela merkel has vowed to serve another four year term despite growing concern that criticism within her conservative bloc many contend that she granted too many concessions in a coalition deal but the center left social democrats to end months of political gridlock on sunday she shot back saying it would have been irresponsible to let the negotiations collapse the social democrats rank and file have to vote on the coalition deal on march fourth. the chancellor stepping out to defend the coalition deal specifically the key foreign and finance ministries going to the social democrats it was the only way sh

the mayor of the studio set up the project he's a member of the ruling a k party and believes every turkish citizen should stand unconditionally behind the military operation in syria. we don't have any problem with those who say no to war but if our country is being drawn into one we need to fight. those who say no to war have a hidden agenda they are actually supporting the terrorists and this is something we cannot tolerate her series. for south vietnamese. public support is strong with polls suggesting more than eighty percent of turks back the operation criticism is not well come president and one is the blunt he calls those who oppose the war terrorists love us. samit mean good she knows what that feels like he represents turkey's biggest medical association shortly after the military offensive began the doctors had published a declaration saying no to war peace now a few days later and have been of his colleagues were detained on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda they have since been released but the authorities reaction shocked me which. is why with those doctors detained. f

the mayor also who does set up the project he's a member of the ruling a k party and believes every turkish citizen should stand unconditionally behind the military operation in syria. we don't have any problem with those who say no to war but if our country is being drawn into war we need to fight. those who say no to war have a hidden agenda they are actually supporting the terrorists and this is something we cannot tolerate her series. for south everest. public support is strong with polls suggesting more than eighty percent of turks back the operation criticism is not well come president ad one is blunt he calls those who oppose the war terrorists love us. samit mean good she knows what that feels like he represents turkey's biggest medical association shortly after the military offensive began the doctors had published a declaration saying no to war peace now a few days later and have been of his colleagues were detained on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda they have since been released but the authorities reaction shocked me which. is why were those doctors detained. first and

week on conflict zone i'm in istanbul to talk to rob's a comeback succumb myself to his ruling party the a k p she speaks for a party on human rights since the parliament and is also a close confidant of president out as the government pursues military operations in syria and continues to crack down on civil liberties well his principles.

week on conflict zone i missed the boat to talk to rob's a cub actually myself turkey's ruling party the a k p he speaks for party on human rights sits in the parliament and is also lost confidence of president calderon as the government pursues military operations in syria and continues to crack down on civil liberties are turkey's principles. about to come well come to conflicts in a talk in front of your party members shortly after the beginning of the attack in syria president other one said quote if the terrorist enough enough don't surrender we will turbaned what does tearing down me how far will turkey go well as you know this process is not a new process it started in two thousand and eleven with the. people being massacred in syria and turkey has been under attack over the last two years seven hundred attacks have come to turkish soil to the first charge you intervening in syria you actually know this is not a this is not the first time it was during operation euphrates shield in two thousand and sixteen when turkey went first into the syrian through the syrian border and turkey was

k which turkey has designated a terrorist group accusing it of orchestrating attacks inside turkey last week muslims here d.w. and spoke with my colleague sara kelly about whether his party had any links to the p.k. k. is outlawed kurdish movement. well let's just ask you turkey says that the y.p. cheney and that the people that these are terrorist organizations. they say that they are no different from the p.k. k. which we know that many governments around the world have classified as a terrorist organization the links are strong aren't they know it's not true. you yourself though once with the p.k. no i was with him. and you know they were in so doing libya was in the end and you know why is it that then that nothing to do with why is it then and you can watch that entire interview at our website view dot com well earlier i spoke with correspondent lot american building bergen who's in the syrian town of qubani muslims hometown i asked him what's been the reaction there to the kurdish leaders arrest well most of the reactions are that there are this sort of idea of unbelief they are like us in the like how is it that europe can all do is that they can all do as the kur

on conflict zone i'm in istanbul to talk to roger come back she comes by self turkey is ruling party the a k p she speaks for a party on human rights sits in the parliament and is also a close confidant of president out as the government pursues military operations in syria and continues to crack down on civil liberties well our troops.

political party to oppose operation olive branch the army campaign in northern syria against kurdish y.p. chief isis turkey says the y. peachey is a terrorist group that is allied to the p.k. k. more now from zero to zero seven costello who's at that conference in ankara. despite the state of emergency thousands of kurds have caught stated in people some of party h d p's congress in on parts of a new school share the horses here not the dead beats ours has been to the. other eight. not that they may. be of importance politics if you are. carrying is parliament and was issued group by winning. the war. but h.d. be up to that. with. not being able to. shout from. the terrace to. share in. the dispensary be carrying a lot of responsibility. have to. be forgiven i. know it's annoying. tributes being paid to a leading pakistani human rights lawyer who has died following a heart attack as much a hunger received france's highest civilian award in twenty fourteen and sweeping the sole target of the nobel prize for decades of rights work she spoke out against violence towards women and so-called honor killings she was sixty six years old. british government leaders are threatening to

work here and the fact that he did interviews with leaders of the outlawed kurdistan workers' party the p.k. k. which is from a journalistic point something journalists do they do listen to different sides of a conflict in order to understand what's going on and yes the state prosecution is asking for a jail time of up to eighteen years but since he was not demanded to stay here in turkey there were no no bans and he can actually leave for germany i wonder whether he will be back and actually be appearing in court any time soon again. many journalists who were. tell us about the situation other reporters well yes right there are dozens of other journalists still in turkish prison still behind bars and why this has been a very happy day for dan his huge l. it has been a terrible day for several other turkish journalists well known turkish journalists who were charged today. with a terrorist propaganda in the name of the so-called green movement and actually they were sentenced to life times in jail this is a very very harsh sentence for journalists so of course this day has mixed emotions and m

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k. is the kurdistan workers' party a group that's been in conflict with the turkish authorities for more than thirty years. considers the p.k. k. a terrorist organization the wife is a mostly kurdish militia based in syria seen by the u.s. led coalition as a key ally in the fight against i still however regard it as a branch of the p.k. k. now in january i started a military campaign against kurdish militias in northern syria that's after the pentagon announced it was creating a kurdish led border security force in the region and the move triggered a furious reaction from ankara which has long been calling on the us to stop arming the kurds however washington now seems to be denying it ever actually supplied their weapons in the first place. we have never given heavy arms to the y.p. jews so there's none to take but in terms of weapons the united states has provided weapons to the syrian democratic forces for use in iraq we need to arm and train and equip their pressure help the kurdish government in erbil and strong and starch allies we should be using we should be doing the kurdish reg

week on conflict zone i miss them both to talk to rob to come back so i still took his ruling party in the a k p she speaks for apology on human life and is close so close confident president of the government assumes military operations in syria and continues to crack down on civil liberties well i'm not sure this principle conflicts on sunday w. w term diversity place. where the world of science is at home in many language. has. been brought to bear with me show you can you tell us that our innovations magazine for and show. us from every week and look into the future on t w dot com science and research for. scholars on. the plane still touchable. the search for her go. to cities and. they have survived but do they also have a future. i really understand people who say they don't want to stay here. but i also admire people who want to stay here and who decided to create something new in peace time what needs to happen if tolerance and reconciliation are to stand a chance to start this city's after more starting march tenth on t w. this is it everything is live from berlin is the finish line

k a group accused of running a decade last week he was here at g.w. spoke with my colleague sarah kelly about whether his party had any links to the p.k. k. turkey's outlawed kurdish movement. i let's just ask you turkey says that the why peachey and that the people that these are terrorist organizations. they say that they are no different from the p.k. which we know that many governments around the world have classified as a terrorist organization the links are strong aren't they know it's not true and then we have you yourself though once with the p.k. no i was with them and you know they were in so doing libya was in the end and you know if you want to use it that then nothing to do with it why is it then that was a muslim the former leader of the main syrian turkish political party the p.y.g. was speaking with us last week so a muslim was arrested in prague on sunday at the request of turkey you can watch the entire interview with him on our website that state of you dot com let's go now live to our correspondent a lot of there from building burg he's in the syrian town of bani salim muslim's hometown of

k. the kurdistan workers party with which turkey has been in conflict for three decades russia controls the airspace over threaten but ahead of the turkish operation it withdrew hundreds of its soldiers from near the city kurdish fighters held after in six years ago after the syrian president bashar al assad soldiers left northern syria. let's go to our guests now joining us from istanbul met him at the yangon and affiliates of the political science department at the university of bill kent in butlins on a muslim member of the diplomatic committee of tev demme the movement for democratic society that's an alliance bringing kurds together in northern syria and joining us from moderates so in it's me on skype is joshua landis director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma welcome to you all joshua coming to you first who is going to end up fighting whom he i don't think there is this is it designed to avoid fighting and it should be a win win for everybody because turkey gets to stop its invasion over twenty turkish soldiers have been killed so far syria gets

considers the kurdish wife p g a terrorist organization and an extension of its outlawed p k k or kurdistan workers' party which it's been fighting for decades the turkish military plans to create a thirty kilometer buffer zone near the border president reject type and one has warned people in the area to evacuate. portions. mark one of the it's up to those in the area whether to evacuate the places where terrorists are present or not as we have openly declared without playing games we'll continue to clamp down on terrorists regardless of whom they are accompanied by nobody should expect us to act according to the statements of those who do not even respect their own words al jazeera zumo el shell sat down with the turkish foreign minister and asked him about the operation in northern syria. there had been white p.g.p. terrors from region and they were sending harassment fires and the rockets to turkey to different parts of turkey and it became a serious threat to our security and also to our borders we warned you warned the countries who have been engaged with them nevertheless they increase the harassme

k and promotes a negotiated end to the kurdish conflict the party's former co-leader as we said is not seeking reelection because he's in jail awaiting trial on multiple charges including managing a terrorist organization the h.t. is turkey's only a major political party to oppose operation olive branch the army campaign in northern syria against kurdish y p g fighters turkey says the y. p.g. is a terrorist group allied to the p.k. k. al-jazeera has some costello is at that party conference and in ankara. turkey is proposing this party h d p is going to be electing the chair today and the party's current curtsey is the last and scimitars has been president. for a year. or to be. detained and arrested following that santa which took place in july two thousand six hundred currently when we look at the numbers there are and night and he's prepared to spark in these are arrested and kill them or out of the country and seven of them have been stripped of their parliamentary status and the total number of. m.p.'s in trouble are just parties down to you. when you l

this week on conflict zone i miss them both to talk to russia come back to myself to his ruling party the a k p she speaks for apology on human rights and is was so close confident president is the government pursues military operations in syria and continues to crack down on civil liberties well i'm not sure of his principle conflicts on t.w. . lympics stadium in seoul south korea is a big event on the way here it involves the country's national pastime some of these people look like they stepped out of a fantasy film. it's the end of the game and tens of thousands get to see it live the national video game championships. the south koreans are masters of these games known as e-sports there are hundreds of professional players and millions of fans around the country. do you think so vile. i'm dressed like d.j. sona that's a character in an online game she's strong and beautiful and has a weapon that looks like a star and that's about it and she has large breasts unlike me i know. this young man is a rising star in the world of sports he's as famous in south korea as top football players are i

k. agreed on a ceasefire years ago guns were laid down but the peace process collapse in two thousand and fifteen. d.p. had gained support in successive elections and became the second largest opposition party in the turkish parliament the turkish government said the h.d. peace policies have become more. and started to accuse it of being aligned with the p k k. we lean on the y.p. why p.j. and pay why day we're comfortable with. one of the parties new co-chairs is a key figure in kurdish politics piven bull don has been well received by the party grassroots her. husband was murdered by unknown assailants a ninety nine to four during the most heated times of the conflict between the p.k. k. and the turkish state a conflict that has cost thirty thousand lives on both sides. of the front door to. the small. consequence of pro time the new courts share will not on the have to deal with the fact that against it are to the toughest challenge will be needed another response to. this not. in line with the ongoing military operation in. turkey has been targeting what it says are why fiji fighters in africa for three weeks the government stays the y.p. g.'s the syrian branch of the p.k. k. and to mod

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considered a solid muslims party an offshoot of the banned p.k. k. a group accused of running a decade's. long insurgency on turkish soil his arrest comes as turkey continues its military offensive against kurds in syria's afrin region now last week he was here spoke with michael a colleague sara kelly about whether his party has any links to the p.k. k. that's turkey's outlawed kurdish movement let's just ask you turkey says that the white peachy and that the people that these are terrorist organizations. they say that they are no different from the p.k. which we know that many governments around the world have classified as a terrorist organization the links are strong aren't they know it's not true and then going on where you yourself though once with the p.k. know i was with him. and you know they were in so doing it via was in the. internet in what is it that then nothing to do with why is it then let's go now live to our correspondent a lot of my phone bill ginsburg he's in the syrian town of bani salim muslims hometown of lot of me or what ha

k. . the kurdistan workers party which is listed as a terrorist group by turkey and the us. the fourth are you pull flick between the picking and turkey has cost around thirty thousand lives from both sides as the result of this operation should have been launched much earlier our border should have been cleared of terror as the weather gets colder women launched different campaigns to support the army some are knitting schools and socks for the soldiers . others are sending jars of jam or will pray for the safety of the armed forces. i made a presentation protestants approach to the after an operation something that is quite rare in turkey but it is parliament members say the military intervention in africa is actually an invasion in the area. and there is nor ever sure tread. for the turkish borders and the turkish state some of those who oppose oppression all of brent's play what they call turkey is misguided policies in syria for escalating the situation others say this is a move by the government to preserve the nationalist vote in next year's election none of them howe

k. is the kurdistan workers' party a group fighting turkish authorities for more than thirty years both ankara and washington consider them a terrorist organization on the other hand american turkey have different opinions on this so we are based kurdish militia called the people's protection unit saw the white p.g. and co regarded as a branch of the p.k. k. and therefore terrorist but the us led coalition to seize the white p.g. as allies in the fight against islamic state in syria in january the pentagon announced it was creating a kurdish led security force right on turkey's doorstep in northern syria in response. to a military campaign against kurdish militia turkey has long been complaining about the us arming syria's kurds however washington insists its weapons supplies a limited. we have never given heavy arms to the y. p g so there is no one to take back we should be using we should be. driven to be that this. really proved to be the most. now the turkish government considers these kurdish forces operating in syria to be terrorists and feels quite threatened by them and has been

k. is the kurdistan workers' party a group fighting turkish authorities for more than thirty years both ankara and washington consider them a terrorist organization on the other hand american turkey have different opinions on this syria based kurdish militia called the people's protection units all the white p.g. and regards it as a branch of the k.k.k. and therefore terrorist but the us led coalition sees the white p.g. as allies in the fight against islamic state in syria in january the pentagon and loudest it was creating a kurdish led security force right on turkey's doorstep in northern syria in response ankara launched a military campaign against kurdish militia they're threatening. to have a clash with american forces while. in has been following this story. as tennyson visit to the turkish capital produced any specific results yet well it's hard to tell now at this moment there seems to be an agreement that the countries will normalize their relations with each other but on the principle issue of disagreement which is u.s. support for kurdish forces in syria neither side seems w

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k. that's the kurdistan workers' party a group fighting it is for more than thirty years both ankara and washington considered them to be a terrorist organization then on the other hand america and turkey have very different opinions about the syria based kurdish militia called the peoples protection units or the y.p. g eight and to regards it to be a branch of the p.k. k. therefore terrorists but the us led coalition sees the y.p. g. is being allies in the fight against islamic state in syria. in january the pentagon announced that it was creating a kurdish led security force that would be right on turkey's doorstep in northern syria in response and korea launched a military campaign against kurdish militias they're threatening a direct clash with american forces on the scale of morgan has been following the meeting between the u.s. and turkey and whether it's likely to produce any significant results. there seems to be an agreement that the countries will normalize their relations with each other but on the principle issue of disagreement which is u.s. support for kurdish forces in syr

k. is the kurdistan workers' party. he a group that's been fighting turkish authorities for more than thirty years and calls them a terror organization now the y p g on the other hand is a mostly kurdish militia based in syria and regards them as a branch of the p.k. k. however the us led coalition sees the y.p. as allies now in january the pentagon announced it would be creating a kurdish led security force right on turkey's doorstep in northern syria in response and korea launched a military campaign against kurdish militias and korea has long been complaining about the us being serious kurds however washington insists that his weapons supplies are limited. we have never given heavy arms to the y p g so there's none to take but we need to arm and train and equip their pressure and help the kurdish government. and strong starch allies we should be using we should be doing the kurdish region to be the biggest. really proving to be the most reused long standing. of supporting the kurds or the peshmerga who are on the fro

k. is the kurdistan workers' party a group that's been fighting turkish authorities for more than thirty years considers them a terrorist organization there why p.g. on the other hand is a mostly kurdish militia based in syria and who are gods then as a branch of the p.k. k. however the us led coalition sees the y p g as allies now in january the pentagon announced it was creating a kurdish led border security force in the region and that move triggered a furious reaction from ankara which started a military campaign against kurdish militias in northern syria the turkish president even threatened to target u.s. forces if they stood in the way of the operation and crew has long been complaining that the u.s. is failing to deliver its promise to stop militias however washington now appears to have changed its messaging on the issue. we have never given heavy arms to the wife e.g. so there's none to take but in terms of weapons the united states has provided weapons to the syrian democratic forces for use in iraq we need to arm and train and equip their pressure and help the kurdish governm