the eu is now closing its doors on turkey and turkey doesn't close its doors on anyone."hat's a narrative that suggests the currently pretty poisonous relationship between europe and turkey is the fault of europe because europe can't handle the fact that turkey is a muslim country. we need to remember how the relationship has collapsed, going back ten years. i did criticise the turkish government forfailing to fulfil eu criteria. we needed those reforms. primarily in order to improve our immature and wobbly democracy. it was going to be good for turkey's future and for turkey's civil society as well, but i also criticised some of the politicians, particularly to make it more clear, populist politicians, within europe, continental europe, especially in france at the time of sarkozy, who used turkey at the time as the fear card in their own electoral campaigns. what they did was quite short—sighted and what we need to understand is ever since the eu became more distanced from turkey, this directly worked into the hands of isolationists in turkey, and who are those? they are

turkey was a pillar in the cold war against communism. it was a bastion against soviet expansion and turkish courage in war is legendary. that is so true. turkish soldiers fought bravely alongside american soldiers in the korean war and we haven't forgotten what they did. in some ways, when we look at the great bravery in the fight in korea, it was just something that our soldiers and our great general still remember. supreme commander general douglas macarthur singled out and praised the exemplary ballard of the turkish soldier , said some of the great soldiers of the world. today we face a new enemy in the fight against terrorism. we seek to face this threat together. the turkish people has aced horrible terrorist attacks in recent years and even recently. we offer our compassion to the victims and we offer our support to the turkish nations. we support turkey in the first fight against terror and terror groups like isis and the pkk and ensure they have no safe quarte quarter. we also appreciate turkey's leadership in seeking and to the

strategy on turkey. until you figure that out, it is hard to get turkey where you want it. in the power vacuum, i think turkey and erdogan will continue. laura: he is criticized for being a strong man but his victories in the vote in turkey. how did it go for him? mr. walker: things are overshadowed in terms of events in washington. it is important to remember where erdogan is coming from. to me it is a harbinger of what is to come in terms of turkey's future in the global space. laura: is he going to get anything out of the u.s. on fethullah gulen, that cleric he blames for the coup attempt? mr. walker: i would not be surprised if behind the scenes, that is what they're hoping for. if we cannot get the kurdish issue we want, let's go to the next place -- we think this person charged with the failed coup should be sent back. i would watch this space. laura: thanks for joining us. in other news, u.s. backed fighters in northern syria have advanced between four kilometers of raqqa. has taken five villages since monday and is close to encircling raqqa from the east and north.

we also appreciate turkey's leadership in seeking an end to the horrific killing in syria. conscience of the whole world and all you have to do is look in the from page of the papers today, and you will see what we talk about. we will support any effort that will be used to reduce the violence in syria and create conditions for a peaceful resolution. the president and i are talking about the need to reinvigorate .ur trade and commercial ties these are areas where we can build our relationship and it will benefit both of our countries. military equipment was ordered by turkey and the president, and we have made that it gets there quickly. i look forward to working with him on achieving peace and security in the middle east, on confronting the shared threats, and on working toward a future of dignity and safety for all of our people. forpresident, thank you visiting our country, and joining us today as the white house. it is great honor to have you with us. thank you. >> thank you. >> mr. president, my dear friend, distinguished members of the press, i would like to wholehear

how much anger did that provoke in turkey? >> well, it was-- it was a really bad perception from the turkey side because since the terror attacks increase in turkey, the turkish people got upset with united states since u.s. support p.y.d. so the meeting today with president trump and erdogan, mainly focused on p.y.d., and extradition of fethullah gulen. so there were two important major issues that they discussed noontime. >> brown: and soner cagaptay, what did president erdogan want from this meeting? >> i think he got half of what he wanted already, this was to be invited to washington. he just won a contested referendum that has made him executive-style president. as i highlight in my latest book "the new sultan" turkey is a very divided country, largely as a result of erdogan's political trajectory. half of the country loves him, and the other half hates him. for the half that loathes him, they did not see the did not see the referendum as free and fair, and erdogan was aching to get a western leader invite him so he coul

we do have the president of turkey coming. momentarily. thank you very much. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2017] >> as you heard, general mcmasters briefing happening just before president trump and turkish president met today and made a statement to reporters later in the day. president trump: a lot of press. i'm shocked. it is a great pleasure to welcome the president for his first visit to the white house n years. the american and turkish people have been friends and allies for many, many decades. in the cold pillar war against communism, it was a bastion against soviet expansion and turkish courage in war is legendary. that is so true. turkish soldiers fought bravely alongside of american soldiers in the korean war and we haven't forgeten what they did. in some ways, what we looked at their great bravery, in the fight of korea and in korea, it was just something that our soldiers and our great generals

we do have the president of turkey coming. momentarily. thank you very much. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2017] >> after national security advisor macmaster briefed reporters, president trump welcomed president erdogan to the white house. here's a look. president trump: it is a great pleasure to welcome president erdogan for his first visit to the white house in years. the american and turkish people have been friends and allies for many, many decades. turkey was a pillar in the cold ar against communism, it was a bastion against soviet expansion and turkish courage in war is legendary. that is so true. turkish soldiers fought bravely alongside of american soldiers in the korean war and we haven't forgotten what they did. in some ways, what we looked at eigrt avy,n e fit keandn re i waju setnghaou soie a o gatenal stl meer suemcoanrenal olamartr ngd t d aid e emarvar t tki sdi. sa se t gatoler ofheor. toy

withis the quid pro quo turkey working with the u.s. in some way or changing it position to achieve -- its position to achieve middle east peace? ambassador djerejian: i think the military relationship has been long-standing. remember, we have one of our major bases in the region, our airbase plays a critical role in u.s. deployments in the middle east. there is nothing unusual about the military relationship being continued and perhaps enhanced by new military deliveries. that i think is par for the course. vonnie: let me ask you very briefly what the u.s. president has to bargain with. what can he offer the turkish president that might get accepted by the turkish president? ambassador djerejian: as i said, i think we need to conduct some very serious and professional diplomacy in resolving this issue in syria. the difference is we have with our sut for the ypg and the syrian defense forces in turkey's anxieties about that because they think the ypg is part of a terrorist organization. these are real issues i am sure will be discussed

turkey was a pillar in the cold war against communism. it was a bastion against soviet expansion and turkish courage in war is legendary. that is so true. turkish soldiers fought bravely alongside american soldiers in the korean war, and we have not forgotten what they did. in some ways, when we look at their great bravery in the fight of korea and in korea, it was just something that our soldiers and our great generals still remember. supreme commander general douglas macarthur singled out and praised the exemplary valor of the turkish soldier. said some of the great soldiers of the world. today, we face a new enemy in the fight against terrorism and again we seek to face this threat together. two turkish people, they have faced horrible terrorist attackn recent years and even recently. we offer our compassion to the victims, and we offer our support to the turkish nation. we support turkey in the first fight against terror and terror groups like isis and the pkk and assure that no save corridor for terror groups. we also appreciate turk

turkey a key ally in the war on terror. what does this mean for u.s./turkey relations?e're going to have to wait and see. of course, tensions, they are rising. they have a lot of concern from turkey about these patrols. we've heard president erdogan of turkey saying that his country is very unhappy seeing u.s. forces patrolling this border region alongside these kurdish forces, saying that he is going to bring this issue up when he meets with president trump later this month. what you essentially have here is u.s. forces creating a buffer zone along this border to try and stop an all-out conflict from breaking out between these two u.s. allies. you've got the kurdish ypg militia on the one hand, and you've got turkey on the other hand, both very important u.s. allies, and tensions spiked between these two last week when we saw turkey carrying out air strikes targeting the ypg. that is because turkey considers this group, this key u.s. ally in the fight against isis, it considers it to be a terrorist group because of its links to another kurdish group, that separatist gr

turkey was a pillar in the cold war against communism. it was a bastion against soviet expansion and turkish courage in war is legendary. that is so true. turkish soldiers fought bravely alongside of american soldiers in the korean war and we hen't forgeten what they did. -- forgotten what they did. in some ways when we looked at their great bravery in the fight of korea and in korea it was just something that our soldiers and our great generals still remember. supreme commander general douglas mcarthur singled out and praised the exemplary valor of the turkish soldier. said some of the great soldiers of the world. today we face a new enemy in the fight against terrorism and again we seek to face this threat together. the turkish people have faced horrible terrorist attacksp in recent years and even recently. we offer our compassion to the victims and we offer our support to the turkish nation. we support turkey in the first fight against terror and terror groups like isis and the pkk and ensure they have no safe quarter, the terror group

those syrian kurds turkey considers to be allied with a group inside turkey and they have a problem with that from the beginning. the clear agenda in the background we didn't hear much about, willing president erdogan trying to persuade donald trump to undo over a year of military planning. one gift he gave to president erdogan, he said about the fight against isis and the pkk. the pkk is the name of the turkish kurdish group the u.s. considers terrorists, but turkey considers to be the mirror image of the syrian group that they're using to fight inside russia t.'s very complicated, but it's also the closing chapter in defeating isis. >> they both agreed but there are some major differences between the u.s. and turkey right now on various aspects. president erdogan did go out of his way to repeatedly praise president trump and certainly all of us who know president trump i'm sure that was very welcome to him. >> legendary triumph at the election. that's the words he must have got the most pleasure from hearing, but also referring to how the possibility of a historical turning point in tu

look at the direction of travel in turkey today. the political context is difficult. no one's going to deny that. and that's why this year i think many investors, domestic and foreign investors, will almost certainly do less than they were planning to do. including the ebrd by the way. sorry to interrupted, but how much do you think you will invest in turkey this year? i can't say for sure but my guess would be somewhere between 1.3 billion euros and 1.5 billion euros. billion? yes, it will still be the largest market without a doubt because of the size of the economy but it will be a lot less than the previous two years, where it's been over 1.9 billion euros. that's one heck of a lot of new money going into a country which many outside observers fear is very rapidly going down a spiral of authoritarianism. going to the private sector in support of market reform, in support of creating effective markets, reaching people who cannot get access to finance, for example female entrepreneurs, under developed regions, who otherwise would

which is why some of those critics have fled turkey.nd now, even many young open-minded turks are leaving, not necessarily because they're oppressed, but simply because they no longer feel at home in erdogan's turkey. reporter: ozgur and deniz might never have met in their home country, but they've become close friends in athens. they both left turkey because they wanted to live in freedom and safety. they had the courage to talk to us about turkish president recep tayyip erdogan, who they believe is driving turkey to ruin. ozgur: they're not the real side of the turkish people. they're not what we are. we just learn friendship, we just learn peace at home, peace at world, at the school from mustafa kemal ataturk. this is how we grew up. we grew up with love, we grew up with sharing. deniz: nowadays, for the last couple of years, it's been only like, oh yeah, we've been feeling sorry for you, another bomb exploded. it sounds like our specialty is exploding bombs in turkey, nothing about kebabs. ozgur: yeah, it's our national sport. repo

which is why some of those critics have fled turkey.nd now, even many young open-minded turks are leaving, not necessarily because they're oppressed, but simply because they no longer feel at home in erdogan's turkey. reporter: ozgur and deniz might never have met in their home country, but they've become closfriends inin athens. they both left turkey because they wanted to l live in freedm anand safety. they had the courage to talk to us about turkish president recep tayyip erdogan, who they believe is driving turkey to ruin. ozgur: they're not the real side of the turkish people. they're not what we are. we just learn friendship, we just learn peace at home, peace at world, at the school from mustafa kemal ataturk. this is how we grew up. we grew up with love, we grew up with sharing. deniz: nowadays, for the last coupuple of years, it's beeneny like, oh yeah, we've been feeling sorry for you, another bomb exploded. it sounds like our specialty is exploding bombs in turkey, nothing about kebabs. ozgur: yeah, it's our national sport. r

they do that in turkey.nce wey this witnessed on tuesday, we can take it as a representation of the turkish state wide. but the scale of it, the amount of violence we witnessed was nothing to be compared to the once people are having on a day-to-day basis in turkey. yes, they can call for the expulsion of the ambassador. i think they should do something. this new government, especially he isump, the president, more patriotic. this happened on american soil. i hope they will do something. they need to do something, actually. they get away with that. they get away with it in ecuador. that means this is a recurring thing that is happening. amy: ruken, do you think trump's position on turkey, calling when you're was condemning the referendum t that erdogan push through that would increase his dictatorial powers, do you think trump is influenced by mike flynn,'s former national security advisor, who turned out lobbyistsid foreign for the turkish government? >> i think that -- sorry. amy: go ahead. >> they basical

look at turkey and its direction of travel today. turkey is difficult. no one denies that., many investors, foreign and direct, they are trying to do what we are trying to do... sorry to interrupt, but how much do you think you invest in turkey this year? i cannot say for sure, but between 1.3 and 1.5 billion euros. it will still be the largest market without a doubt because of the size of the economy. but it has been 1.9 billion. that is a lot. they fear it is rapidly going down a spiral of authoritarianism. the private sector in support of reform and reaching people who cannot get access to finance, like freelance entrepreneurs and other agencies would be denied that finance. did you, when we talk about renewable technology and solar panels and all that, again, when one looks at a case study like mongolia, where you are working with a huge corporate like rio tinto on a copper and gold mine, do you feel that rather than transition economies, you are just making them extract more and more value out of what are ultimately finite commodity—based sectors? i started in botswana

christopher: there has been another wave of arrests in turkey.ozens of warrants issued across six promises -- six provinces in that country, leading to another massive police operation. authorities have detained over 60 former employees of the stock exchange. he said that he orchestrated july's last coup. tens of thousands of people expected to be his supporters have been arrested. he has denied any involvement in the two attempt. -- in the coup attempt. over 150 journalists arrested since that failed coup in july. here is a special report on the courageous struggle to keep the flame of independent journalism alive in turkey. correspondent: it is important to get the shape of the head just right and the lips and mustache too. >> he can practically draw the turkish president in his sleep. he has years of practice. he is one of turkey's most well-known political cartoonists. his satire magazine is an institution. but he finds himself in a tight spot. in this car traffic -- in this sarcastic character sure, -- character, president aragon is seen cel

and turkey today.m, you have tried to persuade yourself and the outside world that this kind of economic engagement and investment result in a transition to a more democratic and more free, both politics and economy, there. but the proof in the pudding is that doesn't. look at turkey and its direction of travel today. turkey is difficult. no one denies that. that is why this year, many investors, foreign and direct, they are trying to do what we are trying to do... sorry to interrupt, but how much do you think you invest in turkey this year? i cannot say for sure, but between 1.3 and 1.5 billion euros. it will still be the largest market without a doubt because of the size of the economy. but it has been 1.9 billion. that is a light. they fear it is rapidly going down a spiral of authoritarianism. —— a lot. going down a spiral of authoritarianism. -- a lot. the private sector in support of reform and reaching people who cannot get access to finance, like freelance wa nt of access to finance, like freel

however, relations between turkey and the e.u. anything but, after the controversial referendum here wish granted the president wide-ranging powers. some diplomats do not see a rip -- lasting relationship with turkey anymore. and the president made no qualms about it. he has threatened to end relations with the e.u. more importantly, what do the turkish people think? have a written off the european union? let's find out. we start in a conservative istanbul neighborhood more than half an hours drive from the neighborhood. many of them are religious. in the referendum last month, two thirds of the voters said yes to more power for president rest of china erdogan. i -- president erdogan. >> the europeans need to decide, do they want us or not. for 15 or 20 years they have been exploding us and playing with us -- exploiting us and playing with us. >> we don't want europe, and if there should be a referendum about it, we will say no. 80% will say no. >> of course. i will take the turkish flag. akp, tayyip erdogan. >> we don't want them

as we just said, turkey has invested interest and taking out turkish fighters. >> harris: turkey was, if you want to call it consolatory, but there was certainly some sort of understanding were isis was on the ground in turkey. they got hit. then the relationship seemed to change. >> melissa: that changing is what makes the story so hard to follow. who's on one side and one conflict and it switches when you go to the next conflict. that's why the relationship with russia is so dicey. some people say we need their help in different spots, that's impossible based in other situations and i think with turkey, it's a similar thing where we are on opposite sides. i don't know that that's possible. that's one of the main point is that it's not possible because you can't trust them anywhere. >> harris: one of the things i've been following, you can see it in the poll from what you've been seeing on social media, just the concern of some of the american public that not enough is being coordinated. with the leaks and all these other stories, nothing is being coordinated to make it clear what ou

state is good for turkey as well. rochelle: jasper mortimer reporting to us. thank you. staying in the u.s., the white house has denied claims that president donald trump revealed highly classified information to russia's foreign minister over a planned islamic state operation. the allegations were first reported by "washington post." they say he first discussed the intel during a meeting with sergey lavrov last week. ..r. mcmaster denies have a listen. mcmaster: the story that came out tonight was false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to , civil aviation. at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed, and the president did not disclose any operations that were not already know. rochelle: let's talk further about this possible disclosure. philip is standing by in washington. the classified information in itself is not illegal, but the whole thing raises troubling questions, doesn't it? the actual sharing of classified informa

that is one of the buildings that are happening with turkey. it will be unbeatable. >> mission points of disagreement have not been resolved. washington's refusal to extradite them who erdogan claims blames for last year's failed coup attempt. works -- >> we want to bring in our correspondent. >> this was the meeting of two very strong-willed men. there were smiles all around. plenty of on resolved issues between turkey and the u.s., what did you make of this? >> we have conflicting priorities. priority number one for donald trump is to defeat and destroyed the islamic state. if that means he has to work together with the syrian kurds, so be it. america will provide syrian kurds with heavy military equipment and weapons. >> that is not something that mr. erdogan likes to see because syrian kurds are affiliates of the pkk turkish kurds. priority number one for mr. erdogan is to destroy pkk and fight to those -- fight those terrorists. america is providing weapons to the syrian kurds and they end up in the hands of the pkk. we have conflicting in

what are we going to do with turkey?here are a lot of demands that all these governments are making on us. we should have our own proactive agenda. i don't see us advancing it. we're stuck in the mud. we're stuck in the mire of this weird relationship with russia. >> what's -- and what is president's responsibility, for example, when you look at the release that was put out by the white house when he had the meeting with the russians? it said nothing about him having brought up the possibility of meddling into the election, which every piece of our intelligence suggests actually happened. is he going to raise the tough questions with turkey? >> this is the million dollar question. all of us that served in government are terrified when our principle goes off of skr script. this president goes off script. we don't know about the president of turkey. he is a populist, nationalist. they might get along well in terms of the personal relationship but bigger issues are at stake. this is about two countries with national interes

turkey's president erdogan is going into this meeting with two goals.he first is to convince the united states to stop arming and backing kurdish groups on the ground in syria. the united states is backing them to help topple isis. turkey considers some of those groups terrorist groups and wants that to start. the u.s. wants them to extradite fatah gullon and turkey wants them extradited because they say he's behind the failed military coup attempt last year. two very big demands. it's unclear whether the trump administration is willing to concede to either of them. but of course, the fallout also might be some of the intelligence information that was passed on to russia. look, we know that in syria and the fight against isis, russia and turkey are not fighting directly, but we know that they're backing opposite sides. russia backs syria's government, president bashar al assad, and turkey backs a lot of the rebel groups that are fighting bashar al assad, so we don't know what the nature of that intelligence was, but of course, if you're turkey, you've g

. >> now these guys out turkey hunting.a third with a camera. very well camouflaged hiding into the crook of those downed trees. this guy on the left, good at the turkey call. very believable. so much so -- >> no, no way. >> they were so well camouflaged and sounded so much like a turkey, they say a hunter came up behind them and tried to shoot through them at the turkey they were looking at. >> he did get hit. >> he claims he got hit with some bird shot. they're yelling, don't shoot. we're other hunters. >> you could totally see it right by the elbow. >> who's getting shot in this one, man? >> now over to oklahoma where we've got a couple of guys also turkey hunting. out in front of them, they've got some decoy turkeys. they're not the only ones out there hunting turkey. >> oh! >> you fooled me. >> that decoy so good it fooled the coyote. >> that's when you're like, money well spent. >> whoa whoa whoa whoa! >>> the perfect diy mother's day gift. >> this year i wanted to make her a daisy cookie bouquet. that's what we're go

mr trump has been hosting president erdogan of turkey. the opposition labour party has released its ma nifesto, labour party has released its manifesto, promising one of the biggest shake—up of the economy in decades. we talk you through how labour plans to do that. some of russia's biggest social networks and search engines have been banned. we have got bbc russia to explain why that has been done. we look at how credible those reports are that north korea could have been behind the global cyber attack. just under 2a hours ago, this story went up onto the washington post website. within seconds, it was being shared thousands and thousands of times. its claim was that donald trump had showed classified information to the russian foreign minister and the russian ambassador to the us. this meeting you can see here happened the day after the president had sacked the director of the fbi. he sacked him in part because of his frustrations over the investigation into the alleged collusion between mr trump's campaign and russia. well the white ho

. >>> turkey's president he'll bring out the u.s.ence on the border when he meets with president trump. >> u.s. forces began the border patrol is after turkish air fighters. they're helping to battle isis and considers the kurds terrorist. following the story for us live in jordan this hour. good to have you with us. these kurdish fighters, the ypg, an integral part of the u.s. strategy remains a major point of contention for the turkish president. set to meet with president trump in washington later in the month. is it possible for these two leaders to form a closer alliance, given these -- it's very important differences. >> well, we're going to have to wait and see, george, how that will go, of course, this is one of the major issues when it comes to the relationship between turkey and the united states. turkey, hoping with this new administration, that the president trump and his administration will change their position when it comes to the backing of these kurdish groups in syria, when it comes to the specific group, this has b

now, in doing so, they outraged turkey, because turkey considers those kurdish groups to be terroristups, and some of those groups or splinter groups that are in syria that are kurdish have launched attacks into turkish territory, so turkey's not happy about that. president erdogan certainly is going to be bringing that up today in his face-to-face meeting with president trump. and of course, we know that it will be cordial, but certainly, there are serious issues to discuss because the united states, quite frankly, needs turkey's help on the ground if they're going to defeat isis strategically, certainly within the next few months in iraq and moving forward long term in syria as well. dave? >> certainly the president will be facing screaming questions from reporters about these intelligence reports. mohanmad, thank you. >>> desperate attempts to contain the world's biggest cyber attack appear to be working. the infection didn't spread as much as law enforcement expected. and while it's still unclear who's responsible for this, researchers found a link to north korea. a frequent culpr

and selling the oil in turkey.key wants to be part of the e.u. and have a wide open border for isis to walk in. also, the only one really fighting isis on the border of iraq and syria are the kurds. they are putting up the fight. we are supporting the kurds. now i have a situation where we support the kurds financially and militarily and turkey is fighting the kurds as well. the kurds are the only ones fighting isis. there are places we need to stay out of the fights. >> j.d.: we have to understand, ethnicity, tribalism rather than traditional national sovereignty. this all comes into play. when you have a situation, a little different footnote. i will tell you on a visit to turkey pre9/11, i remember being at a dinner with the turkish detail. we had a guy who was basically protecting my wife. 6'7", moved like a cat. when you need protection, the turks provided protection when we were there. it in no way sanctions what we saw here. mollie is right. every once in a while, you can flip the paradigm and say it's good

against turkey because we stick to our word." that will not reassure the turkish government, but here in syria, the u.s. has no good choices, only bad and worse options, and, scott, the u.s. seems to have decided that backing the kurdish fighters and enraging turkey is its least-bad choice. >> pelley: holly williams on the battlefield tonight. holly, thank you. still ahead on the "cbs evening news," bundling tv and internet ended up costing them a bundle. now packed into a pill so small, we call it mini. new clearminis from nexium 24hr. see heartburn differently. how do you become america's best-selling brand? you make it detect what they don't. stop, stop, stop! sorry. you make it sense what's coming. watch, watch, watch! mom. relax! i'm relaxed. you make it for 16-year olds... whoa-whoa-whoa!!! and the parents who worry about them. you saw him, right? going further to help make drivers, better drivers. don't freak out on me. that's ford. and that's how you become america's best-selling brand. find