which is the syrian branch of the p.k. has been working closely with the regime for a long time all right so this is not a surprise so it's not really a surprise that necessary i mean if this materializes if they get the backing of assad's forces well the big question i think is how will turkey react for turkey it's of course most important that they get a solution for the security problem tokyo's the security problem with the could just north of syria because the those who are in branch of the p.k. k. is currently in power there and the question is will there trust the regime to really. keep the influence of this low or will then or to that's basically the question for those living in syrian kurdistan it's a different question i think they will neither they neither like to live under turkish power nor under such power and there are many of course of the criticizing the why p.g. ok well let's let's let's first start with deal with damascus with the assad regime . are they willing to grant these currents autonomy independence s

she has engaged in acts of terrorism in turkey or targeting turkey as opposed to the p.k. the p.k. has done that but as far as why peachy is concerned that's not the case so what i don't is doing is that sort of you know. conflating these organizations and and presenting them as one in order to provide the justification for his government's intervention into syria if service for your opening statement appears to indicate that you would agree with in regard to the association between the p.g. militia and the k.k.k. so would you say in fact what b.g. is a terrorist organization well what i would say is that definitely the p.k. k. and the y p g a one and the same organization it really doesn't make any sense to try to differentiate between them for example if you have a look at the personal of the y.p. gee it's all over to make a personal so you can work today at the p.k. k. card or turkey and then you're told to go to syria and then suddenly someone working for the y p g it's also effect that if you have a look at who is fighting in the wife e.g. in syria there are liable statistics t

p.k. k. which has waged an insurgency on turkish soil for decades turkey has banned the kurdish group as a terrorist organization or to one is now hoping for muslims extradition. they broke up the religious community they told this nation apart. that's why we are fighting these terrorists otherwise we do not have a problem with our kurdish brothers. our problem is with terrorists. muslim was wanted in connection with a two thousand and sixteen car bombing in ankara which killed thirty people the attack was claimed by the. muslim denies any involvement d.w. spoke to him exclusively just one week before his arrest turkey says that the why p.g. 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 well i mean war where you yourself though once with the p k k no i was really an engineer and so there. was

p.k. k. which has been fighting a decades long insurgency inside turkey now what i'm calling to report to turkish reports is that they are saying that there was this deadly car bombing in the capital on current twenty sixteen which killed over thirty people injured schools more now they blamed that on a suicide attack of a member of this syrian kurdish militia the white peachy and i think by dive dive by the fact that sully muslim was the head of its political wing at the time that directly links him to the attack now has to be said that the both the p y d and the y. p.g. militia have tonight any involvement in that attack that they strongly dispute that they were involved in any way linked to the insurgency inside but from unger's perspective they have strong evidence from their point of view that links this militia to that attack and therefore link salim muslim cell now has to be said the fact that the czech court dismisses case and the fact of the muslim has been traveling for europe meets with high

p.k. k. which has been killing turks for many years but also over the past three weeks the white p.g. has launched some full rocket attacks on sarky killing at least seven citizens as well as several soldiers on the battlefield so they hold the united states squarely responsible for the support political economic but more importantly military support that they have given to the white p.g. and i guess they've come out here to make it very clear to the section of states that regardless of the diplomacy that may be taking place on the ground the turkish people are very angry and reject the u.s. this stance. and of course jim all those trucks from. the turkish operation in a free and this is of course why the situation. and so difficult because the united states has continued to support because they have been the. strongest fighting in syria so far. as far as the united states are concerned they will say that it is the wife. of the syrian democratic forces. in the fight against the. point to the fact that the u.s. actually considers unprescribed the kurdish. as a terrorist organization an

p.k. k. its alkie or the as a terrorist organization a turkish court has charged salim with sedition. this man is on turkey's most wanted list and president arrow want is willing to pay up to get him a million dollar reward was offered for sale a muslim's capture and he was arrested in prague at the request of turkish interpol whose name is the former leader of the p y d and ankara says this party is the syrian offshoot of the p.t.a. which has waged insurgency on turkish soil for decades turkey has banned the kurdish group as a terrorist organization or to one is now hoping for muslims extradition. they broke up the religious community they told this nation apart. that's why we are fighting these terrorists otherwise we do not have a problem with our kurdish brothers. our problem is with terrorists. muslim was wanted in connection with a two thousand and sixteen car bombing in ankara which killed thirty people the attack was claimed by the p.k. k. while muslim denies any involvement d.w. spoke to him exclusively just one week before his arrest turkey says that the why peachy and that

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 have been the reactions in kabbani where you are to his arrest in prague well most of the reactions are that there are this sort of idea of unbelief they are like us and we like how is it that europe and all those that they can are to us the kurdish leader although sadly most of them very

has ties to the p.k. k. a kurdish separatist movement that the ruling ak party calls a terrorist group the majority of media outlets in turkey who are increasingly pro-government have supported the intervention in syria but the government is clearly on easy about any dissent that mike deaver way in its campaign the other story you're looking into is an exposé of a company that is alleged to sell followers on twitter a so-called follower factory first of all who broke that story the new york times said they've published an extensive comprehensive investigation really lifting the lid unveiling a whole world of fake social media accounts and the companies behind them the report revolves around one specific company deveny which sells twitter followers to businesses celebrities even politicians. the way it works is that divinia create fake accounts on twitter and these bots can then be automated to follow retreat even like to be news clients posts but this is not just about popularity for popularity sake for c

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 look at the race and on going in northern syria you see that there is a rising. protein and h.d. . also being released by the government. so. why. was this party and had been set down by the. decision the president of the philippines wants to change the constitution and switch to a new form of government. says that regions would get more power and help to alleviate poverty critics argue that the changes are a smokescreen to prolong h

p.k. 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

turkey my homeland has been wracked by p.k. k. terrorist attacks for thirty five years but p.k. demands autonomy for turkey's kurds last year forty four people were killed in an attack in istanbul in twenty thirteen the government and the p.k. had agreed on a ceasefire. but hopes for a peaceful settlement were shattered in twenty fifteen after a suicide attack in the kurdish region. the assailants were said to be a member of islamic state but the p.k. k. blamed the turkish government the violence continued. the p.k. call for self-government in kurdish said his p k k fighters took up positions on the streets of the turkish government viewed all this as a declaration of war. in the kurdish cities that had declared autonomy were raised to the ground this video was shot by a turkish soldier government troops fired at civilians who were transporting the wounded under a white flag that people who were filming these events. this video was never shown on turkish state t.v. . or hunch ansal also treated the wounded even though he's a dentist by profession. that's what we call the ambulan

p.k. k. and u.s. president donald trump has criticized the f.b.i. for failing to investigate the suspect in wednesday's school shooting seventeen people died when a gunman opened fire on a high school in florida the f.b.i. admitted on friday that agents failed to investigate a tip off about nicholas cruz. who had bought the gun used in the shooting illegally president trump said the f.b.i. was spending too much time investigating allegations of collusion with russia during the twenty sixteen election campaign as the headlines talked to our next i'll see you after that in about half an hour's time. michael. you can. see. is a french activist feminist filmmaker and writer a long time anti racism campaigner she has found herself at the center of a debate about racism and free speech in fraud's last year she was forced to step down from the government's digital council an incident that only served to reinforce hope belief that france has a problem with state sponsored racism today on talk to al-jazeera we discuss the social issues she's fighting to push

p.k. k. . iran's leader ayatollah ali hominine has launched an investigation after an awesome on alan's flight crashed killing all sixty five people on board the aircraft disappeared from radar after leaving the capital to draw on. u.s. president donald trump has criticized the f.b.i. for failing to investigate the suspect in wednesday's school shooting seventeen people died when a gunman opened fire in a high school in florida the f.b.i. admitted on friday that agents failed to investigate a tip off about the suspect nicholas cruz who bought the gun used in the shooting legally president trump said the f.b.i. was spending too much time investigating allegations of collusion with russia during the twenty sixteen election campaign. and hundreds of people have attended the funerals for two palestinian teenagers shot and killed by israeli forces in gaza their deaths have added to tension on gaza's border with israel following an explosion that injured four israeli soldiers on saturday israel has carried out a series of ground in as strikes on eighteen for mass targets in southern gaza it was a wi

p.k. k. and u.s. president on all trump has criticized the f.b.i. for failing to investigate the suspect in wednesday's school shooting seventeen people died when a gunman opened fire on a high school in florida the f.b.i. admitted on friday that agents failed to investigate a tip off about nicholas cruz who had bought the gun used in the shooting illegally president trump said the f.b.i. was spending too much time investigating allegations of collusion with russia during the twenty sixteen election campaign as the headlines talked to there is next after that in about half an hour's time. michael. you. will. see. is a french activist feminist filmmaker and writer a long time anti racism campaigner she has found herself at the center of a debate about racism and free speech in france last year she was forced to step down from the government's digital council an incident that only saw.

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 modern day enemy from a conflict that's been going for forty years. al-jazeera. had a south africa's ruling a national african national congress says party leaders are preparing to finalize a deal that will result in president jacob zuma quitting office so as under increasing pressure to leave over a number of corruption allegations and see leader cyril ramaphosa says officials meeting on monday will decide on a swift transition of power south africa's office ition has criticized the

pavin bill done has been well received by the porch a grassroots her husband was murdered by unknown assailants a ninety ninety four during the most hated times of the conflict between the p.k. k. and the turkish state a conflict that has cost thirty thousand lives and both sides why am i the supporters of the front runners. cause that's a critical time the new core chair will have to deal with the selling fact out against. the toughest challenge whether it is other response to the right. balance or not i was on my list of christians on holiday. turkey has been targeting what it says are white egypt fighters in africa for three weeks the government stays the y.p. g.'s the syrian branch of the p.k. k. and the modern day enemy from a conflict that's been going for forty years. al-jazeera. still ahead for us hour an epidemic of loneliness now the u.k. is trying to fight a phenomenon that affects thousands of honorable people. are many willing vamp young john and i were talking to the people here this book site says they volunteered about how they're fighting often called the mike they went right to take a big success. hello there may be to be large areas of interest weather wi

p.k. k. a terrorist organization so while the defense minister has been talking prime minister has also beentalking about this issue he's been speaking with the w.c. sister station let's have a listen. the u.s. has decided to work together with terror organizations in syria to fight against my ass. because. we have a problem with the why. if the usa sides with the wife in a war against us then we are also fighting against america. no sign of compromise that. absolutely not in fact the turkish defense minister minister john hinkley says that matt is told him that the wife was not only not part of the p.k. k. but the that the wife would fight against the p.k. k. turkish defense minister said that's simply not a rational position so it seems that they have no common ground on that and this is very worrisome here at nato while they say this is a bilateral issue between the u.s. and turkey these are the alliances two largest militaries and the idea that they could be marching toward each other in some kind of eventual direct clash is really really unsettling ok so no solution base nato summit wha

p.k. k. terrorist organization and here's what turkey's president richard. said about the arrest. now the head of the p y d has being caught. out hope god willing is that the czech republic will hand him over to turkey. and make justice be done. they broke up our religious community they call this nation a pot and that is why we are fighting these terrorists. now it's important to note here that sali muslim was not fleeing turkish authorities when he was arrested in fact he has been moving and speaking freely here in europe just last week he appeared right here on the day we have. actually i mean we have some numbers there were syrian kurds or syria they were among the peak and then when the syrian conflict stopped to that they tended to defend their communism their syrian their curves with them not the people here anymore and we have i mean many people because you know some put in for a miserable john he was in syria for twenty years and his approach pollution not want to consider all of parts of criticism so this is something different and to have all done in relations with the because it is different. and t

has denounced the arrest saying that it violates international law. or turkey considers a solid muslims party to be an offshoot of the p.k. group accused of running a decades long insurgency on turkish territory the us and the e.u. have deemed the p.k. k. terrorist organization and here's what turkey's president richard eyre to one said about the arrest. now the head of the p. y. d. has been caught. out hope god willing is that the czech republic will hand him over to turkey. and make justice be done. they broke up our religious community takes hold this nation of pots and that is why we are fighting these terrorists now it's important to note here that sali muslim was not fleeing turkish authorities when he was arrested in fact he has been moving and speaking freely here in europe just last week he appeared right here on the day. we have actually i mean we have some numbers there were syrian kurds or syrians they were among the people and then when the syrian conflict started they tended to defend their families and their syrian their curves with them not the people here anymore and. i mean many people because you know t

allies in the fight against eisel in syria but turkey has been pressuring washington to stop backing the kurds and says there are terrorists linked to the p.k. k. the kurdistan workers party it's been fighting for more kurdish autonomy osama bin jovi has been following the story from istanbul. when it comes to fruition this deal would not be a surprise because kurdish fighters the people whose production units are ripe e.g. have been in negotiations with the bashar al assad government for a number of days now sources have been telling us that there are sticking points including the man in reconstruction of kurdish fighters into the city and government forces there giving up of heavy weapons by these kurdish fighters and giving up all of their military bases and manipulations go to one of those some of those points that they were agreeing to as were being asked by the syrian government the details of disagreement have not been made public or clear is yet but goodish tried to say that they've asked the syrian government to come in and help them to secure these areas against the turkish advances if an event syrian forces enter that border area

p.k. k. that's the turkish base kurdistan workers' party which has been bombing turkish towns and cities and killing turkish civilians as well as police officers and military for decades so this support that they give their military against such a group like i see is a lot greater than to be damaged by the death of thirty soldiers obviously it is something concerning but the fact that the people are behind this it probably actually spurs the money even more to essentially support the military to try and routes out any presence of the y.p. g. on the border with their country jamal thank you. now iran is marking thirty nine years since its islamic revolution hundreds of thousands of people have been taking part in mass rallies and president hassan rouhani has been speaking in freedom square the one nine hundred seventy nine revolution saw the overthrow of the shah of iran and the creation of the islamic republic has more from. the founder of the islamist republic of iran ayatollah ruhollah khomeini is still watching over his people and you never have to look very far to catch a glimpse of the

strictly not used by the turkish armed forces turkey has long been at the forefront of efforts to counter terrorist organizations including the p.k. k k c k p y d y p g darwish al qaida and their affiliates and turkey is a key stakeholder in the fight against arash it should not be forgotten that an area of almost two thousand kilometers squared between. us has recently been cleansed from dyce terrorists. well to get the other side of the argument now i'm joined by turkish political scientist in the store and dr mehmet parents sec is currently in moscow russia med welcome to going underground again we've heard their horrific allegations of a turkish military using chemical weapons of killing hundreds in the african against the u.s. backed and defacto russia backed why p.g. an african what is turkey trying to achieve there yeah but. let's go problem to less. military men tension they publish all is like that. the for example before iraqi war to be told that saddam has mass killing new poems and after be apologized for it but i want to underline that in the operation all of branch turkish armed forces are fighting against a terrori

launching a guerrilla warfare and now the turkish army has some experience in that because they've been fighting a group called the kurdistan workers party the p.k. k. they deem that a terrorist organization as is the u.s. in europe and they say that the y b g is linked to that group even though they deny it but having said that the white p.j. a lot of acronym sami but the y.p. did this is their home turf it's mountainous so certainly they have the upper hand when it comes to that and i think you know looking we've been here throughout this campaign all along the border there's been intensive air strikes and shelling all along this border area and it's still only just a few pockets of the f.s.a. and the turkish forces have been able to control it so i think it does give an indication that this could be a lengthy battle all right stephanie back at that time so much the attorney general of the maltese says the supreme court is planning to impeach the president a country has seen unrest after judges ordered the release and retrial of political prisoners were called also reinstated twelve m.p.'s who were expelled for siding with the opposition now i

p.k. k. and the syrian regime already came to an agreement we know that the syrian regime had preconditions which is why p.g. has to fulfill it so that they can come in for example they said that they want to have the weapons which the y. p.g. got they said they want to control the border they said they want to recruit and they want to establish a new administration they are so i think the reason why nothing has happened tonight is really because there are still discussions probably between the syrian government and turkey what would it mean if we saw an all out confrontation between syrian forces and turkish forces in. well as we said we will see more while and and in the end if the syrian government takes over again the syrian courts will those who lose of course because they will then have to live again under a regime which has persecuted the current some of for a very long time even though one must say that the situation now under the white p.g. is much better because they are also not interested in human rights or a better situation for the syrian kurds really all right so good chance we could see further v

p.k. because they differentiate between one p.g. and the same yes there are links. that support in syria and the operation in syria has nothing to do with the case you should be concerned but. in a different way therefore the differences remain and i don't see any breakthrough in the meeting also. said masses and now if you listen this. is trying to. get those bridges to come off i think we've gone too far apart and i think where are we here for the long run on this dispute between those two what it means for one for the region if the americans eventually did choose a side to support in the conflict because they have lived to be very much on the fence up to no. i think the americans have not choice but choose the because as i mentioned earlier the the us they don't want us to take those areas back and they don't want neither the iranian influence to creep into those areas we saw early in the week with the israeli plane down by the iranians in syria and again we have the russian angle the russian influence in syria so. the u.s. made it very clear that russian to the syrian regime that any increase in in those areas and

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 kurdish leader although sadl

assad has said he wants to take back control of the whole country while the kurds want an autonomy region in northern syria i'm going to says why p.g. is linked to the p.k. k. the kurdistan workers party it's been fighting for more kurdish autonomy in turkey and other parts of the region but why p.g. has been one of the u.s. led coalition's most important allies in the fight against eisel in syria but turkey has been pressuring washington to stop backing the kurds michael page insofar lower the hudson institute who specializes in middle eastern affairs and he's joining us live via skype from virginia thank you very much indeed for your time what's this conflict in never trouble as soon as turkish troops cross the border into syria. turkey said they were going to come in and they said they were orses. so what we're seeing now is. they're going to actually do it. with the exception of actually fighting. the last four years so this is we just need to get attention when turkey is also saying as you mentioned they're telling us to start working with the white p.g. and we seem to differentiate between white b.g. west of the euphrates when p.g. city of credito