trying to wreak havoc in turkey.has become ever more embroiled in the war in syria. there was a ground operation in syria earlier this year to try to target is. i think the finger of suspicion will probably point towards is. as i say, kurdish militancy is at play here as is a homegrown left—wing group as well, that is classified by turkey as a terrorist group. this is a vulnerable country, and that is the sad state of affairs that turkey bids farewell to 2016 and begins 2017, with another terror attack in the heart of turkey's most popular and biggest city. aykan erdemir is a former turkish member of parliament, now a senior fellow with the foundation for defence of democracies — a policy institute based in washington. i asked him whether the attackers were likely to be targeting the nightclub or the celebration of new year's eve. this was not only targeting one of istanbul's top nightclubs, but also a symbolic target, that is targeting secular lifestyle, targeting western lifestyle. it is in fact quite similarto lif

dissent in turkey.lamic state but terrorist organisations, they should make it a priority to go after them. that is the first strategy. it is a two pronged strategy. at the same time, ankara should make sure to tackle this climate of fear and intolerance and hate that breeds radicalism and allows jihadi and hate that breeds radicalism and allowsjihadi to breed. unless and hate that breeds radicalism and allows jihadi to breed. unless they tried to generate a culture of tolerance, it would be easy for radicals to carry out future attacks. thank you very much for joining us on bbc news. security has been increased across europe and north america following a series of terrorist attacks in 2016. concrete barriers have blocked off central squares in berlin, paris, madrid and new york. in cities including london, thousands of extra police were deployed at head of new year celebrations. in other news:: the un security council has unanimously supported efforts to end fighting in syria, following a ceasefire bro

. —— the republic turkey. defence industry, and the defence secretary, i think it will further the power of both countries. it is an important project. moreover, terrorism is one of the most threats nowadays. taken this into account, the security of our ports and detecting people at those are ports, whether they are affiliated with the terrorist organisation or not and the fact that the necessary security precautions are taken at the airports ‘s. we have agreed to make sure that the civil aviation authorities of both countries will work together to ensure this. there will be exercises realises 2017 to ensure this, so anyone going to the uk or coming to turkey, will have even safer travel. madam prime minister, we have realised certain meetings today and in those meetings, she confirmed her support to the government, first and foremost you know that we have experienced a treacherous onjuly stop currie... after this the united kingdom had an open stance and she showed her allegiance with the national will, with

a grave mistake both for turkey and tomato if turkey defects -- and nato if turkey defects. it would not only have defense consequences but an impact on the transatlantic worlds economy and transatlantic world's kind -- field, democrat of plainfield. i hope on both sides of the relationship, policymakers will come to their senses and reorient back. >> that is all this week on "defense news [music] >> dr. charles stanley: we forget if god says, "i'm going to do a thing." he's going to do it. if god says, "i want you to do thus and so," you have the promise of his presence, his power and his provision to enable you to accomplish that. we fall short and we stop short because we don't really believe him. >> male announcer: next on "in touch," "a collapse of courage." >> announcer: to get even more from dr. stanley's message today, use any smartphone, tablet, or computer. to follow along with our broadcast companion tool while watching the message on tv, go to intouch.org/notes.

now that this attack happened, this al nashir post specifically called out turkey and set that turkey that's let by the united states, that they should take the brunt of these attacks, and muslims should turn their weapons on to their fellow citizens or security targets and try to take out as many people as a possible. this holiday season was always going to be grim, and as far as turkish authorities were concerned, they are patterned prepares for something like this. >> i now ear going to get back to try to get more facts for us, as the story continues to develop. matt, thank you,ivity to move over to malcolm nance, with 35 years in intelligence experience, malcolm, the points that have been discussed in the last 30 minutes is the islamic state. isis encouraged or inspired, and matt bradley brought that up. we have not confirmation of anybody claiming responsibility, but that certainly is in the background. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel, who we spoke with, who is so familiar with the region, so familiar with istanbul said there were records of ice sis being relate d d

but it's not necessarily that turkey is somehow unique culturally, but, you know, turkey has actually very much engaged in it's soldiers are very much deployed in syria. and just right now, and between turkish fighters. backed up by russian elements. russian war craft. and it's isis from the air. so we can't separate attacks like this and we don't really know the culprit or the perpetrator here. becan't separate that from the greater neighborhoods. right now there's a blistering war going on in turkey. >> stand by, matt, thank you so much for that. and maybe more people stayed home instead of going out to reina nightclub on that new year's eve celebration. 6:10 a.m., live there in istanbul in turkey. i had that dream again -- that i was on the icelandic game show. and everyone knows me for discounts, like safe driver and paperless billing. but nobody knows the box behind the discounts. oh, it's like my father always told me -- "put that down. that's expensive." of course i save people an average of nearly $600, but who's gonna save me? [ voice breaking ] and that's when i realized...

the manhunt is under way across turkey, much of eastern europe. estimated 600 people were inside the nightclub around 1:15 this morning when the attacker opened fire. 39 killed. many foreigners about 70 injured. no one has claimed responsibility at this hour but the attacker was armed with a long barrelled weapon in one of the videos it shows. that the terrorist is hunted, turkish tv channel has the video of the individual, one that we know of, dressed in black, carrying a backpack, shoots down a police officer outside of the nightclub. a different camera shows him wearing different clothes in a santa-type hat. this is dark footage, at night, that's what it looks like. the strait on the european side of the city is where this took place and turkish authorities and leaders are continuing to deal with more than 30 violent acts over the past year alone in turkey. >> he brutally and savagely carried out this incident by firing bullets on innocent people who were there solely to celebrate the new year and have fun. this is a terror attack. >> reporter:

they have built a cell in turkey. earlier on, when the turks we re turkey.the turks were not very... careful about who they were providing arms and support to in syria. thirdly and most importantly, the turks are waging a strong offensive in northern syria against isis positions. there is a considerable amount, the turks have put their own ground. isis sees the turks as one of the key enemies. how difficult do you think it will be for the turkish authorities to find the single gunmen, who was able to escape the chaos of what followed? who knows? it's irrelevant, there are plenty of gunmen who are capable of doing this with a kalashnikov, which is what he was armed with. isis has a lot of people able to do this, they have good intelligence. all the indications from the turkish media are that the nightclub and the escape route and the actual operation were well planned. but how important is it politically for the erdogan government to show that they have carried out a thorough investigation and tried to find the person responsible? your point is good. erdogan

the issue is weighted in turkey. the issue is weighted in turkey. the issue is weighted in turkey. for human rights and democracy, but whenever that is tested, arms company profits are was put ahead of the human rights record of countries. we have to have a serious discussion about human rights. there are very important questions to be asked about military policy, diplomatic policy, how to deal with terrorism, and around domestic solutions that need to be looked into, but human rights cannot be sacrificed at the altar of profit for bae systems. you happy with the other arrangements? at present, the uk government's on figures show that two thirds of uk arms exports go to the middle east, by far the largest buyer is saudi arabia. how do you feel about that agreement?” buyer is saudi arabia. how do you feel about that agreement? i think it isa feel about that agreement? i think it is a terrible agreement. in ten days‘s time it is going to be looked at in the high court following a campaign by caat, because we believe that it campaign by caat, because we believe thatitis campaign by ca

we start with breaking news from turkey.t least 35 people are dead after an armed attack at a nightclub in istanbul. local media say shots were fired during new year celebrations at the reina nightclub. it's thought that more than a0 other people have been wounded. the attack happened in the ortakoy district during new year's celebrations. between 500—600 people were in the club at the time. istanbul's governor says it was a "terrorist" attack. we will hear more from the governor shortly. these live pictures, still outside the club. we believe the incident is over. ambulances have been ferrying the injured away over the last few hours. as you can see, quite a crowd of people outside. it is one of turkey's most popular nightclubs. apparently be shooting happened at about one o'clock in the morning local timejust happened at about one o'clock in the morning local time just an happened at about one o'clock in the morning local timejust an hour after the new year had been welcomed in in turkey. some reports, unconfirmed, that th

does it matter to turkey? does it matter to spain or any other country what the identity of the organization that is responsible is? is it isis? i don't know. it is a copycat, identical kind of organization? >> i want to ask you also about secretary john kerry's speech on middle east -- on peace in the middle east and get your reaction to that. here is what he said on wednesday after the united states abstained from the u.n. security council resolution, condemning israeli settlements. here's what he said. >> if israel does he goghs down the one state path, it will never have true peace with the rest of the arab world. and i can say that with certainty. the arab countries have made clear that they will not make peace with israel without resolving the israeli/palestinian conflict. >> mr. ambassador, your take on what secretary kerry said. >> let me put it this way, frances. 50% of israel agrees with the content of what secretary kerry said. if you remove the name secretary of state john kerry, and if you remove

turkey now faces huge security threats.ilitants have bombed soldiers and police in a worsening insurgency, recently targeting a football stadium in istanbul. and as turkish forces became more embroiled in syria, so—called islamic state have hit back, attacking istanbul airport, for example. since turkey launched a ground offensive against is and kurdish militias in syria, it is more vulnerable than ever. and so a scene that's becoming almost routine here. today they bid farewell to ayhan arik — a brother, husband, father. after driving tourists to the nightclub, he was gunned down outside. they grieved for him, and for a country they once called safe, as they're left to wonder — what has happened to turkey? mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. we'll be returning to turkey later on in the programme. we will speak to a turkish journalist. first the day's other news. a fire that broke out on a tourist ferry in indonesia has left 23 people dead and 17 missing. passengers jumped into the sea to save themselves as flames engulfed the

>> that is probably the case, i think turkey is -- turkey has troops inside syria and fighting against both isis and the kurdish rebels in coalition with russia lately so that is probably one major reason why we have this attack and retaliation against turkey and actually if you look at isis propaganda over the past few years, they began condemning the turkish government as an apostate regime. narratives about conquering istanbul with their religious army so in that sense it's not a big surprise. but this also touched nerves in turkey between in terms of the rift between the more secular and the religious side of society, new year's eve was protested by islamic groups that is not connected to this attack but a lot of people also see that lifestyle was demonize and came this attacked so it's a very sensitive attack and what turkey needs to be united but for that we need more respect for all views and life styles and position and basic rules of liberal democracies. >> absolutely. we're seeing live video now from outside the club. it's got heavy security there, a harp covering the front a

we will have much more from turkey at 2pm.. good afternoon. certainly a cold start to this morning which has led us start to this morning which has led us into a crisp and sunny day. some beautiful pictures taken across the country. this one from cheshire. this one from scotland showing the bright but frosty scenes. and this picture at banbury in oxfordshire. not far away in benson, a temperature of —8 celsius, the cold est start temperature of —8 celsius, the coldest start to a day in england so far this winter. the cold weather came courtesy of clear skies overnight. you can see a little bit more in the way of cloud out west. clouding over across northern ireland and the west of scotland. maybe the odd spot of rain later this afternoon. but down into the northern england, plenty of that winter sunshine. we keep the blue tinge on the map and that shows where temperatures will be struggling to get above freezing all day long. war cloud for pembrokeshire and west devon. in the south east, a bright end to the day. but as it gets

in which he asked his followers to move against turkey because turkey had become, as he called it, an at a time state and -- aappostate state. >> brangham: for those who haven't followed so closely, can you explain the two-front attack on turkey? >> turkey has been grappling with kurdish separatist terrorism all the way back to 1984. there have been efforts to solve the problem, the kurdish problem within turkey, but they essentially collapsed in 2015. since then, turkey has been reengaged in fighting against the p.k.k., and more recently it's been challenged by i.s.i.s.. either of these challenges would be daunting for any state around the world, the scourge of terrorism bedevils the entire world, but for a country to have to fight two very potent terrorist organizations within its borders, within its capital city, within its most important city istanbul, the way it's been forced to during the past 14, 18 months, is frankly very, very difficult. >> brangham: how has erdogan been responding to these attacks thus far? >> well, he and his ministers have been saying the security forces w

turkey has vowed to fight terrorism again.400 people lost their lives in terror attacks. this brutal start to 2017 is an ominous sign for the year to come. our correspondent selin gerit is in istanbul. if we can first of all talk about this claim by islamic state group, that they carried out this attack, we do not know if this was orchestrated or if an individual was doing it in the name of isis? no, we doing it in the name of isis? no, we do not yet know the details. it could have been a cell or somebody carrying out the attack in isis's name. but in general, in turkey, the islamic state group does not carry out responsibility for attacks in this area. at the moment, generally, the attacks thought to have been carried out by is are being blamed on the grid by turkish officials. in a statement, the is group has said that let the government of turkey understand that the blood of muslims which is being shed as a result of its air strikes and mortar attacks will only increase the burning fire inside of turkey. this is, clearly, i

turkey isis has declared war against. it was very underreported i think two weeks ago just for the holidays that isis had captured two turkish soldiers. the j they have said that turkey is now considered to be, you know, an enormous targt for isis. which is a belated acknowledgment given that turkey suffered the most number of attacks. in 2014 they had something like half a dozen or seven isis attacks and the turkish government previously wanted to downplay this because the focus must have been foreign policy efforts and military efforts against the kurdish separatists insurgency that it has been fighting for 40 years. now it looks like this is a very nasty case of blow back. >> all right, terrible situation. michael weiss, we appreciate your expertise on that. thank you so much. >>> sara is in istanbul. are you learning anything more about the direction of this investigation? >> no, but we are learning more about the victims. now, we know that 24 of the 39 people killed here at this nightclub are foreign nationals. so, t

they have made a number of statements about turkey.hether they will be critical of president erdogan or accepting of his narrative, we will have to see. laura: thank you for joining us. steven: my pleasure. laura: turning to brazil, where 60 inmates have been killed during a prison riot. fighting broke out between rival drug gangs in the city of manaus in the north of the country. by the time order was restored, dozens have been killed. reporter: local television pictures showed women and family members crying, screaming outside the jail. the riots broke out apparently during visiting hours on new year's day. the violence at the largest jail in the northern city of manaus involved rival gangs attacking each other with guns and other weapons smuggled into the prison. there were horrific reports of rival gang members being tortured and even decapitated after being taken hostage. many of brazil's overcrowded and underresourced jails are in effect run by powerful criminals and drug gangs, with the prison authorities unable or unwilling to

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. what has happened to turkey? whitwell, what has happened to turkey?itant group, said they were not involved, adding that they were not involved, adding that they would never target innocent civilians. as for so—called islamic state, a pro—is group has urged attacks on celebrations and clubs, and in recent weeks the leader of the islamic state group has urged his group to attack turkey. it has become ever more vulnerable as it becomes involved in the war against syria, launching a ground operation against is armed last year. president erdogan said this was part ofa president erdogan said this was part of a deadly game aimed at destabilising turkey and creating chaos in the country. he vowed to end terrorism, and yet he says this, and each time the attacks continue to build, which is why many there that this you could be even worse than last. mark lowen, thank you very much. the queen missed the annual new year's day church service in sandringham this morning, because of a lingering heavy cold. she was also absent from the christmas day service at her n

unfortunately in turkey.those people who are attacking the nightclub, behind us, there foreign countries and strangers behind kind of thing. the countries who don't wa nt turkey of thing. the countries who don't want turkey to be a stronger country is just playing a dirty game. want turkey to be a stronger country isjust playing a dirty game. on want turkey to be a stronger country is just playing a dirty game. on the other hand, there are people looking into what has happened in turkey and what kind of policy, foreign policy, that turkey followed in the last four or five years when we had such a huge walljust one hour border in syria. so it is a kind of very difficult situation. and also a situation for any sensible voices in turkey at the moment. but i can tell that people are furious, and getting very tired of those subsequent attacks in istanbul, in major cities of turkey and everywhere in every corner of turkey now. rengin arslan, thank you for that update in istanbulfor us. the headlines... a manhunt is

turkey is the world's biggestjailer of journalists.ey is the world's biggestjailer ofjournalists. as for recep tayyip erdogan, despite the bluster against western governments that he frequently comes outwith, he is keen to keep up relationships with europe, even if the hopes of turkey joining the eu look slimmer than ever. two controversial presidents, donald trump and recep tayyip erdogan, theresa may will emerge from these days better versed in delicate diplomacy than ever. thank you. diesel drivers in parts of central london will be charged an extra 50% to park from the beginning of april. westminster city council will trial the price rise as part of a pilot project aimed at cutting high levels of air pollution. poor air quality is linked to the early deaths of around forty thousand people a year in the uk. with all the sport here's mike bushell at the bbc sport centre. now, we're about to tell you about the women's final at the australian open. if you're waiting for the highlights which follow this bulletin at 1.15pm please look aw

turkey has vowed to fight terrorism again.terror attacks. this brutal start to 2017 is an ominous sign for the year to come. our turkey correspondent selin gerit, said little was known about the attacker. it could be a cell, it could be someone carrying out the attack on the is name. in general, actually, in turkey the islamic state group calling themselves islamic state does not claim responsibilities of the attacks happening in turkish territory. so this we could say a rare moment because generally, the attacks thought to be carried out by the is are blamed on the group by turkish officials. in a statement the islamic state group has said that let the government of turkey understand that the blood of muslims that's being shed as a result of its air strikes and mortar attacks will only increase the burning fire inside turkey. so this is clearly a retaliation of turkey's involvement in the war in syria and its operations against the islamic state in syria. turkey had actually engaged in ground operations in a town in september

turkey's concern the u.s. i propping up the kurds in syria, who and by the way in iraq because they are allies in iraq, and this is going to end up empowering them in turkey, to get their separatist state. you can see that kurdish pop plapted area in the middle of the screen there, it encompasses part of turkey, part of syria, part of iraq and part of iran. there's no chance of them getting any territory from iran. but this is what turkey worries about, that this is giving birth to a kurdish state. >> well i think that we have to realize you keep saying it's complex, it's complex. it's even more complex than that, because there are kurds that erdogan works with, like barzani and courage stand inside of iraq. turkey has a base operating in northern iraq that a body in baghdad and both shia and seenies and others are opposed to, as well as the mosul siege. you look at the complexity, i was with joe biden in turkey earlier last year and when we were there, part of the discussion with erdogan and then prime minist

major attacks have hit turkey in the past year. 2016 was a terrible year for terror attacks in turkeyr parts of the world. security measures have been heightened in istanbul and the turkish capital ankara ahead of the new year ‘s celebrations. traffic had been kept away from many of the main squares in these cities and we have seen similar measures in other parts of the world, berlin of course, and london. with the lorry attacks in meese and berlin so fresh in people ‘s minds. —— nice. we are getting reports from the local tv company quoted by reuters. 35 people are said to have been killed, a0 people wounded. the figures have gone up very quickly in a short period of time. if you can imagine if there we re time. if you can imagine if there were 500 —— 600 people in the reina nightclub in istanbul, a very busy nightclub in istanbul, a very busy night for the city with so many people out trying to see in the new year and enjoy the celebrations and start the new year in a very different way. we were telling you earlier that of course all of these emergency vehicles were on the scene and

what it appears to be according to government officials there in istanbul in turkey, saying that there has been a terror attack at a nightclub. we believe tore the reina nightclub, leaving at least 35 people dead, at least 40 wounded at the time -- at this time we do not know who is responsible for this. we do not know the exact timing, necessarily, but we believe it's right after midnight local time. that would then say this is about two to three hours into this crisis there in istanbul. this a metropolitan -- vibrant metropolitan and diverse area of some 14 million people in the area. it is certainly not a metropolitan center nor country unused torsi, unfortunately, su an incident. matt bradley has been following the story for us. over to you, matt. >> richard, we don't have much to add, but i can direct viewers to look at the scenes in front of them. this is the worst nightmare of what we've been seeing in europe the past several years. in the run-up to this, and istanbul of course is part of europe police and authorities were so worried about an attack coming at this time. we don't

islamic state made a case yesterday that turkey wasjumping made a case yesterday that turkey was jumping time, they have been targeted. and police are still searching for the gunman? it remained volatile and dangerous situation. correct and what is puzzling is in the case of berlin and this case, the terrorist did not get to kill himself, if you will, by facing authorities but he fled. that is possibly a change in the modus operandi in terrorist groups. should the rest of western europe be concerned about the targeting of soft targets, for want ofa targeting of soft targets, for want of a better word? it has been over two years that islamic state has made no mystery about the fact they will go after soft targets. just a few days ago, some of their supporters specifically mentioned markets but also what i fear the most is hospitals that were not mentioned before as potential targets. your businesses is working in risk and advising clients. is it turkey going up the list as a place that you are saying, you advising them to think carefully before travelling that? it has been the case for a

andrew finkel, correspondent based in turkey.nting for a hit—and—run driver who knocked down two girls from the same family, leaving one dead and the other fighting for her life in hospital. 12—year—old helina kotlarova was killed when crossing the road with her 11—year—old cousin. eye—witnesses said the girls were holding hands at the time. from 0ldham, danni hewson reports. today's family gathering should have been a celebration. instead, it was about sharing grief. the flowers laid here for 12—year—old helina kotlarova, killed in an apparent hit—and—run crash last night, a crash that also left her 11—year—old cousin critically ill. it is an incredibly busy road. the girls had crossed it to buy some crisps from the local shop. they were with a bigger group, more cousins and sisters, but they'd already made the return journey. the two girls held hands and stepped into the road. when we ran there, she was on the floor, she had blood all over herface, and i was touching her, i was trying to see if she's going to breathe or somethi

isis has been attacking in turkey. and it under lines why incoming president trump should follow through on another of his campaign commitments which is to destroy isis as soon as possible. as long as it has a sanctuary and can train terrorists, they remain a threat. the slow roll approach of the obama administration i think has allowed isis to continue terrorist activity in the west and the sooner its safe haven is eliminated the better. gregg: turkey is an ally of the united states. president erdogan survived a bloody coup in july. since then he has consolidated his power. will he use this event to do more? >> i think there is little doubtered ganls pursuit of authoritarian power -- i think there is little doubt that erdogan's pursuit of her t powe. vladimir putin is preying on this trying to slice turkey off from the nato alliance. i'm worried about the direction of turkey. not because i think erdogan has a majority base among the citizenry. but because it's hard and getting harder to oppose him in turkey now. the m

turkey seems to be going in com pletely turkey seems to be going in completely the opposite directione way to deal with these double threats. —— concentration of that power. . they are very unlikely to change course, president erdo an is adopting a more intensive security presence. he also wa nts to intensive security presence. he also wants to transform turkey into a centralised executive presidency, even to concentrate more power on the office of the president. america says it's doubling the number of military advisers supporting iraqi forces, trying to re—take the northern iraqi city of mosul from so—called islamic state. is have been in control there for more than two years, and there are increasing fears for the hundreds of thousands of civilians still there. here's daniel boettcher. gunshots. v0|ceover: heavy gunfire in mosul this morning. the us led coalition supporting iraqi security forces says more than 60% of the eastern half has been won back from so—called islamic state. the offensive began in october and is in its second phase. the us says it is now taking measures to sp

how are relations between the uk and turkey? well, politically speaking they're turkey?ing they‘ re pretty turkey? well, politically speaking they're pretty good at the moment. britain was resolutely with turkey after the attempted military ta keover after the attempted military takeover six months ago. alan duncan, the europe minister was the first eu minister, of any eu country to come here to turkey to show support for the turkish government, that well done well in ankara. boris johnson was here months ago. the trade minister was here. there has been a close connection between the two on a political level. in terms of culturally, etc and how ordinary turks feel about it, it's split. there are some who have close relationship, a lot of warmth to britain, some see britain meddling with turkish affairs therein as a sense of the nationalists side of the country that sees britain as somehow having kind of sliced up turkey 90 years ago, the ottoman. i am frequently labelled a modern day lawrence of arabiya here. there is a lashing out to britain. but the most important thin

what has made turkey so incredibly vulnerable. the time i spent in turkey i was there three years ago, i could not have felt more safe. it's changed so much, so quickly. >> you're absolutely right. it's shocking the way it's changed so quickly. it's a dangerous part of the world. that's a cliche but as you know they have an 800-mile border with syria. it's a border that's very difficult to prevent infiltration. it's been infiltrated by isis militants. it's very, very difficult for them to stop. the pkk had been extremely active and they are in a war situation with them. there's multiple sources. i think that the particular, immediate context is the agreement that they reached in connection to syria. they adopted a resolution by turkey and syria. just on the 30th of december. this was the resolution. this was an agreement where the turks protect their vital interest. the one thing they want to stop are them joining us. they've got great supporters. the turks have had to moderate their position so they are being more hostile to isis

turkey is a country with a high fever.f it were a human being, the doctors would say, rest and relax, take a vacation. but what has taken a vacation in turkey is common sense. ,e have a prime minister president, who wants to hold on to power at any cost. in the meantime, he wants to work with these isis types when they were going to syria and also work with the west. he wants to have his cake and eat it too. when the west knows war informs him that these killers are there, he arrests them. with the west does not know they are in his midst, then he lets .hem go to syria and be trained now that they're losing in syria, they're coming back to him and telling him, you are siding with u.s. and russia. and what you have is mayhem. it is a country going toward chaos, going toward instability, going toward, you know, just utter chaos. amy: and the response of the government erdogan? asthe response has been, pointed out, 12 people have been arrested. what has not been noticed were reported is that today, this morning, a member of p

what sort of back—up might turkey need? does he do that? what sort of back-up might turkey need?etter intelligence, possibly, the turks will have to look at some of the opposition movements against the assad regime in syria that have taken root in turkey to see which of them might have ties to isis but most importantly, the international community has to get serious about isis. isis is sitting with around ten to 12,000 troops defying the international community while west refuses to put in ground soldiers. that has to stop. where is the evidence of the political will to do that? united states has 10,000 troops fighting in afghanistan still today. this is the will of one man, barack obama today. this is the will of one man, ba rack obama who today. this is the will of one man, barack obama who will be out of office in a year, because he would not commit ground troops against isis, the french who have many good reasons to do so and did it against al-qaeda in mali two years ago, they have been deterred from doing it like other western powers, apart from the turks who are fighting is

the eu member country has seen over turkey.he eu member country has seen over 16 attacks and an attempted coup. some of the attacks have been blamed on so—called islamic state and some on kurdish pkk militants. according to turkish state tv, more than 250 people have lost their lives in a year many turks were eager to leave behind. as a result public gatherings for new year's eve are already restricted, with about 17,000 police on duty and a country already nervous. but, just as it entered 2017, turkey was reminded once again that tight security can't always prevent such a determined attack. a former member of the turkish parliament earlier spoke to us. i asked whether the attacks were likely to be targeting the nightclub 01’ likely to be targeting the nightclub or the new year's eve celebrations. this was not only targeting one of istanbul's top nightclubs but also a symbolic target, that is, targeting a secular lifestyle, targeting western lifestyle. it is in fact quite similar to the paris attack in the sense that the islami

he is talking specifically about the fact that turkey is seen asa about the fact that turkey is seenim country but as far as isi concerned that they align themselves with the us and russia. turkey is incredibly active and now in syria and it is regarded as a legitimate target i islamic state. but it is a different target said to france... it is an enemy which they feel at one stage might have been more sympathetic but the reason no evidence of that. there is... do not like the fact that an islamic brother, as they see it, it is taking action. turkey is in the front line, it has been for the best pa rt of front line, it has been for the best part of a year. i cannot see that improving at all. air bnb - this is an interesting story. paris implemented new regulations just yesterday on air bnb meaning it has to provide data on people letting properties in terms of tax issues. it was seen cities are cracking down on air bnb. when i saw this story, missing out of $400 million in london, you mentioned paris, new york, us alone. air bnb is now a victim of its own success because, ina lot vic

in the meantime breaking news out of turkey. isis is claiming responsibility for the deadly new year's attack that killed 39 people and injured dozens. this as a man hunt for the gunman intensifies. there's new video emerging of the attacker opening fire at the club and fleaing the scene. sarah is live in istanbul with the breaking details. good morning, sarah. >> this is the first time that isis claimed an attack here in turkey. the government has suspected them in other attacks but this is really the first time after all the bombings that happened here over 2016 so a locality of people here responding to that. also this video is so chilling. i want to show you the pictures of what came out and what the country is talking about as well as tres of the world. you can see the gunman looking like he is going very methodically as he comes up to the club. you see people ducking out of the way because they can hear the gunshots and you can see the flashes as he is walking up on the surveillance camera and then one by one those that we

' strike turkey was left alone in air strike and turkey has been complaining about this so why do you think that the coalition forces are not backing turkey in terms of the strike? we are providing our support to turkish forces and one thing we have discussed is how we in united kingdom can provide further support to turkey in the future. in relation to turkey in the future. in relation to this matter. on the question of easy it sounds, obviously this is an issue which has been raised by turkey in the past. it has been like that in the past. i think what we should all want to do is to find a solution for syria for the future. i believe that solution should be a political transition away from president assad, but we need to continue our efforts as an international community to find that solution for syria, to deal with islamic state and provide for a peaceful and stable syria. we should continue to look at all options as we do that. thank you very much. so, that was theresa may holding a press conference there with the turkish prime minister binali yildirim. they we re prime minister b

britain and turkey are big trading partners and britain is the second biggest export market for turkey market for britain. they want to consolidate that as britain leads the european union and union and britain and turkey will be on the cusp of the eu, trading together in a bilateral way. they are also talking about the fight against the islamic state, the so—called islamic state, both countries are part of a coalition against the group and they will discuss ongoing attempts to unify cyprus, which were dealt rather a blow in recent talks in geneva. there is also pressure on theresa may to raise rather more difficult questions with president recep tayyip erdogan, she goes from one controversial president in the us to another in turkey. the country has seen 240,000 people arrested, dismissed or suspended since the failed to six months ago. since the failed coup six months ago. it is the biggestjailer ofjournalists in the world there is continuing conflict with the kurdish minority so there are calls for theresa may to raise some of these tricky issues. her officials and her spokespeople

countries, so i don't think one should think certain >> woodruff: and, caught in the aftermath of turkey's failed coup, soldiers flee their homeland, while the president demands their return. >> turkey's president erdogan has been ramping up the rhetoric in relation to the military personnel accused of complicity erdogan has said it is simply inexcusable to give shelter to what he calls terrorist soldiers. >> stewart: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> lincoln financial-- >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: good evening and happy new year. we're going to have some guests joining me here at the newshour anchor desk in the coming weeks. tonight, it's alison stewart, who many of you recognize from the weekend newshour. welcome, alison. in our lead story,

security couldn't be any tougher in turkey. security forces couldn't have any more powers than they enjoy already to detain, to arrest. there have been, you know, crackdowns on journalists, on academics, on all sorts of people in turkey who the government accuses of siding with the coup makers. i guess people might begin to suspect that security forces have been going after the wrong people, but really, they're not doing their job properly and have been distracted by the events of july. >> right. well, it is so sad because we've seen all the posts from people in turkey hoping to put 2016 behind them and then 2017 starts like this. it's just a heinous, heinous thing, and i'm sure it's wearing on people there. but thank you so much, andrew finkel, for talking with us. appreciate it. >>> another story we're following. the u.s. is cautioning north korea after leader kim jong-unclaimed the country is close to testing an intercontinental ballistic missile. the state department issued a statement reminding pyongyang of u.n. resolution

most of the visitors which come to turkey as a tourist, yes, because turkey's a single country on earth connecting two continents together — asia to europe, europe to asia. nearly two different civilisations that pass through this country, those are the civilisations which leave some remains. it's thought christian settlers used these caves 1,500 years ago. the winding tunnels and hidden openings offered protection from attacking armies. starting at the early christian period, the enemies was the roman empire. after 6th, 7th century, the enemies was arab, persians. and while they were attacking very often and how they could fight against the professional soldiers. now, sami, i've noticed a couple of these around the caves themselves. what exactly is it? this is a stone door. that must weigh at least, how much do you think? around 1000lb, 500 kilograms. so it actually moves still? yes, look. wow, that's a little precarious. it's a little bit steep, isn't it? yes. there are so many little holes you can actually put your foot in and fall through. what is this area, what is it used for? i m