did not and they were left in the hands of the pkk. later in the struggle, we collected these, took them from the pkk. going to reconcile these realities within our alliance? how could we be allies as such? we just want sincerity at this point. when there is sincerity, there is no issue. guy: would you say you have a production relation -- productive relationship with president trump? --mr. we haven't -- john: erdogan: we haven't had a problem before, but there are areas where thoughts don't align. guy: there has been a conviction in the united states for the institution that is state-owned for helping defeat sanctions when it comes to iran. i would like to ask whether there are negotiations underway regarding a fine for the bank and were there to be a fine, whether or not that would be paid? of course right

and the pkk has been waging a terrorist war against the turkish state since the mid-1980s. so, here we have this extraordinarily complicated, and rather awkward situation, in which the united states, is working with, the sworn enemy of one of it's most important allies. - the united states introduced striker armored personnel carrier vehicles, to northern syria, and the stated official reason for that was to deter, using the word deter, attacks by turkey, on u.s. ally's kurdish militia forces. so, we're functionally now, putting assets in place, to prevent a u.s. ally, from striking another u.s. ally. that's a complicated relationship. (dramatic music) - [narrator] in 2016, turkish forces, loyal to erdogan, put down an attempted coup d'etat, which erdogan blamed on exiled cleric gulen. - [translator] i have never supported a coup, or an ouster. i think any change should happen as a result of an election, if that is required. it is important the democracy is not harmed. - erdogan has been reshuffling the senior military staff. he has been removing secular generals. if you kn

later in the struggle, we collected these, took them from the pkk.ile these realities within our alliance? how could we be allies as such? we just want sincerity at this point. when there is sincerity, there is no issue. guy: would you say you have a production relation -- productive relationship with president trump? --mr. we haven't -- john: erdogan: we haven't had a problem before, but there are areas where thoughts don't align. guy: there has been a conviction in the united states for the institution that is state-owned for helping defeat sanctions when it comes to iran. i would like to ask whether there are negotiations underway regarding a fine for the bank and were there to be a fine, whether or not that would be paid? of course right now, a great injustice is being done against help bank. .- halkbank attila, a friend of ours. he has been detained in his last or sixth visit, without any crime existing. there should be no such injustice. unfortunately, he is there in detention and remains in custody waiting for his fate. the courts are continui