the way and by whom and number of investigation only by our military have been launched how many mr kalin how many some of them are operational details i would rather not you can tell me if there are any now writes a problem able to find out as a good journalist you don't know you don't know why it's just a blanket excuses in this look if you look at the civilian casualties in the syrian war. can you guess how many people how many civilians have died in the operation in iraq or. make a guess we're not talking about no you're talking about syria those are talking about syria civilian casualties are huge severely talking about human rights violations around 3000 civilian people died in iraq. the city of raka was destroyed level to the ground around a 1000 people civilians were killed in the resort and in mosul again in the fight against isis if you're going to talk about all this i think we should be very candid and clear about this issue and it will be 9911 your hours and your very very about your rights invest in young 9 to 11 see you very very heroes in the fight against isis in mosul al

guest this week here at the foreign policy forum in berlin is turkey's presidential spokesman ibrahim kalin how does he justify his country's highly controversial policies. and the brought. to britain callin welcome to comfort zone thank you let's start with mr ones trip to washington a couple of weeks ago. he went to change minds to change influential minds in the united states to talk about the justification for your military action in syria but he appears to have failed to change those minds comprehensively why did that happen do you think but for us to visit went well actually we have a good relationship with a trumpet ministrations some people that the congress will be with trump rather than movement a strange well if you want to make that distinction that's for domestic american politics. to comment about but obviously some people in the congress have a different view the ones he hoped to influence had a different in our president made a very clear case actually for why we went in there because our goal has been to clear our border with syria from more terrorists elements for a better

kalin their art is absolutely culture yes we have a lot of high culture orchestras 60 museums everything the heart desires in terms of classical and contemporary art. and then we're going to the broad spectrum of everyday culture that is beer beer gardens eating and drinking and spending time together. all this makes it possible even for visitors to take part in the city's life and activities. want to climb the steps side and know what is the difference between a learning holiday and the regular one you don't have to yourself you know your horizons has a lot to do with getting to know a city's culture as if you were actually living here. you could learn how kings had their houses built on audience plots over the centuries for instance or contemplate the urban arts or watch people surf on the ice bath. and a bit and simply discovering that munich is so much more than beer and tasty food and things that merely because i've been reduced to unfairly it was enough. for the dumb ass when trying to open up and say hey munich has a lot to offer a whole range of culture and learning opportunity t

guest this week here at the foreign policy forum in berlin is turkey's presidential spokesman ibrahim kalin how does he justify his country's highly controversial policies. and abroad.

kalin who speaks for president of egypt time there are some of mr condit's thoughts about to join the e.u. we were promised to be a full member in the european union many many many times and then you violated human rights left right isn't and we've been made since of a 6263 or fischer levy got an official date in 2004 and 5 it was our president president edwin actually who put so much political capital into this and we were presented with a package of 36 chapters no candidate member was ever presented with this many chapters and then what happened 15 years later we open only one chapter close only one chapter i'm not even tears very well you say you are the victim here you like to play the victim the victim of what biased against turkey i don't see myself as a victim i'm just stating the facts look there is an enlargement process or fatigue in europe and there are creations to be met they want they don't want to and you don't need to end the cal and there you go me go she ation fatigue in turkey also how long will it take another century call in a day then we will europe with it call

guest this week here at the foreign policy forum in berlin is turkey's presidential spokesman ibrahim kalinhow does he justify his country's highly controversial policies. and abroad.

injuring about 1200 people they had the intent to kill the elected president of turkey the reports mr kalin go on and on 2 years ago the ngo freedom from torture said that from 2011 to 2016 all the years were missed the one in the k.p. had been in power turkey was one of the top 10 countries for referrals after torture and in 2016 you moved into the top 5 no known investigations were carried out in a number of investigations have been carried gunmen. they said we have how many and by whom you want to say 203040 well i can give you what you will detail i'd like the truth i will i can i will be had like usually exact numbers i don't have the reports with and i'll be happy to send them to you in 2017 the council of europe's commissioner for human rights said the problem of effective investigations and impunity of security forces is a very longstanding and entrenched problem in turkey so you're not fooling anyone you know is talk of if you're not if this is fooling anyone we are taking care of our own national security when you face this kind of credible national security threats against the p

roads blocked with burnt out cars tables and chairs strewn across major briards in hong kong central kalin district at polytechnic university protesters started to emerge from the campus after a not a violent confrontations with police the choice to surrender we just want to leave you know why did you not only. because i have a lot of political we are also afraid of water police say on the air and because we don't know what will happen and some people. are coming out always because they are. also injuring some cynical or something like police set up a checkpoint to the campus for questioning those charged with brushing face up to 10 years in jail some students managed to escape on monday they were met by police firing tear gas and rubber bullets on tuesday university professors school teaches and principals negotiated a deal allowing students to leave the campus peacefully with those pages and they keep me in october at. the time. i might even held in photos in the media but i do think. we can reach the police based on the arresting them. make sure that they are they dealt with before the.

roads blocked with burnt out cars tables and chairs strewn across major birds in hong kong central kalin district at polytechnic university protesters started to emerge from the campus after a not a violent confrontations with police the choice to surrender we just want to leave . them out why did you not only. because i have a lot of political will also afraid of order police say on the air and because we don't know what will happen and some people. are coming are always because that is also enjoying some synagogues i say or something like police set up a checkpoint to the campus for questioning those charged with brushing face up to 10 years in jail some students managed to escape on monday they were met by police firing tear gas and rubber bullets on tuesday university professes school teaches and principals negotiated a deal allowing students to leave the campus peacefully with those under age and they meet police agreeing not to arrest them we talk tongue here by my details in photos and then we beat them but do things. which reach me if the police believe based on the arresting the

. >> so i call this a wish list by republicans, kaline.nk that adam schiff and company will say, okay, check, we'll let all of these guys get there onto the witness stand? >> i think democrats should just reject this list outright. and when you look at this and you see hunter biden on that list, it's not serious. they're trying to turn this into a circus. they're not trying to get down to the truth, and they're playing a game here. because at the end of the day, it is not about joe biden, the impeachment inquiry. it's not about hunter biden. it's about donald trump and his criminality. it's about donald trump asking a foreign government to interfere in our elections for his own political gain. that's it. i mean, this is what it's all about. and so, they're trying to go after, look into, dive into the corruption, which does not exist, with hunter biden, and make it something that's not about what we're talking about here, which is donald trump and what he did with the ukraine president. and so, they should outright say no, move forward, sta