but there there were arab regimn the turkish army. there were arab generals in the turkish army, you're right. the governor of damascus was an arab. and all of these people were one way or another in communication with other arabs about arab independence. anybody who lived in the middle east could tell, as lawrence could tell even as an undergraduate in 1911, that the whole thing was going to collapse. so it was instinctive in people to play both sides and to have a connection with both sides. as late as 1918, feist sal was still in correspondence with general parr shah who was the turk who had charge of all the arab lands and who had killed thousands, if not tens of thousands, of arab nationalists. everybody knew the turkish empire would come to an end but whether it was through war, it remained to be seen. among the arabs there was a passionate desire not to be to be subjects in the ottoman empire. so you have to imagine that there's a level of double dealing present in the politics of the turkish empire that is almost unthinkable a

turkey slams israel's record in the raid on the gaza aid flotilla where nine turkish activists were killed and her says the findings are not credible and television's military action was it legal. i'll be putting you more on this controversial announcement that has many in the international community shaking their heads in just a few moments. violence spreads across the u.s. with more shooting sprees recorded in different states while many are calling for tougher gun control laws some refuse to abandon what they call american culture. plus moscow and washington's nuclear arms treaty is getting its final read through in russia as a country prepares to vote on its ratification. and a russian prime minister will be chairing a meeting to discuss the country's banking sector and the strategy for his development business archie will be bringing you live coverage from the event. this is our take on here live from moscow i'm marina joshua welcome to the program turkey haskin damn the findings of an israeli inquiry into the bloody raid on a gaza bound aid flotilla last may the report ruled that the

attack and israel are for clears any wrongdoing in the raid on the gaza aid flotilla which killed nine turkish activists last may but turkey slams inquiry and says military action was illegal. i'll be bringing you more on this controversial announcement that has many in the international community shaking their heads in just a few moments. violence spreads across the u.s. with more shooting sprees recorded in different states while many are calling for tougher gun control laws some refuse to abandon what they call me arrogant culture . moscow and washington are just one step away from fighting out of their nuclear arms treaty will come to life as russia and the file stage of deliberation. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching our. welcome to the program and israeli inquiry into last year's deadly raid on a gaza bound a flotilla has ruled the actions of the country's naval commanders illegal nine turkish activists were killed when armed forces stormed the vessel's stamboul has rejected the findings saying they've got no value or credibility. as more. these when the report says of the

they sponsored an olympiad where students compete in turkish dance and song.in ankara, turkey. there are more than 1,000 gulan-inspired schools in almost 100 countries. >> that lies at the core of this -- of this movement. to be a good muslim, you have to be well educated and to be a good muslim who participated in modernity meant to be cognizant and well educated in science, math and technology. >> education helps you overcome ignorance, poverty, corruption, extremism, whatever, all illnesses of the society because the education is very important. >> need another number. a big number. >> in texas there are 33 nationally recognized public charter schools with over 16,000 students grades k through 12. they're called harmony schools and the turk irk superintendent say they are struckly secular and in no way connected to gulan. there is a reason for this sensitivity. >> think a lot of that is related to the islamophobia i the country. i think there's a lot of fear that islam is trying to take hold of this country and countries around the world that it's trying to

turkey slams israel's report into the raid on the gaza aid flotilla where nine turkish activists were killed and her says the findings are not credible television's military action was illegal. i'll be bringing you more on this controversial announcement that has many in the international community shaking their heads in just a few moments. violence spreads across the u.s. with more shooting sprees recorded in different states while many are calling for tougher gun control laws some refused to abandon what they call american culture. and moscow and washington is nuclear arms treaty is getting a final read through in russia as the country prepares to vote on its ratification . this is r.t. live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome turkey haskin down the findings of an israeli inquiry into the bloody storming of a gaza bound aid flotilla last may the record ruled the operation by israeli troops did not violate international law the flotilla was trying to break the israeli blockade to bring aid to palestinians in gaza nine turkish activists were killed in these salt. has more. these whe

well the turkish national inquiry submissive to its findings to united nations that in september last june of course now it is up to the un secretary general to examine both the israeli and the turkish reports and release its own conclusions we have no indication as of yet when that will be but the turkish commission did come out publicly for the first time yesterday sunday when the israeli report was issued saying and i'm quoting from a statement that it was surprised it was appalled and it was dismayed it said that the stench of the typical commission exonerated israeli defense forces the turkish prime minister has also said that this report has no credibility and no value now the findings austin they are examined by the u.n. secretary general and will continue to being a forefront of the international community we've already heard israeli human rights groups condemning the report a number of them saying that that that that that the report is essentially wrong in saying that israel's blockade on gaza is justified because of military concerns let's have a listen and. no commission of

attack and israeli reform clears any wrongdoing in the raid on the gaza aid flotilla which killed nine turkish activists last may but turkey's lands inquiry and says the military action was illegal. i'll be bringing you more on this controversial announcement that has many in the international community shaking their heads in just a few moments the. violence spreads across the u.s. with more shooting sprees reported in different states while many are calling for tougher gun control laws something to abandon what they call american culture. plus moscow and washington are just one step away from finding out if their nuclear arms treaty will come to live as russia and the final stage of deliberation. and in business russian air companies a forced to dismantle chazan their airplanes to avoid high tech says more in twenty minutes. watching r.t. live from moscow ten am here on marina josh welcome to the program as really inquiry into last year's deadly raid on a gaza bound aid flotilla has ruled the actions of the country's naval commanders illegal nine turkish activists were killed when armed force

but the turkish breeks no more than buildings to survive as a community -- the turkish breeks need more than buildings to survive as a community. >> their culture, but they want us to be productive and participate in the social life of turkey. they do not want to be captives and teach, to be preserved. >> these days, there are plenty of greeks coming to the sample from abroad. it is hoped that one day some will settle here and in fuze much needed new blood to their dwindling community. bbc news. >> here to respond -- he has worked on the and the two met for bowel cancer. and he has designed a new band is based partly on the chemistry of money. -- honey. >> we have transformed the ingredients into something that delivers onion feeling principle. ed >> and paul davis is talking about money. he has taken part of its chemical structure to transform the lives of countless patients. patients like leonard, who had a growth removed from his leg. the resulting wound refused to field. after months, paul's new treatment was tried. a warning -- we will show you pictures of his leg. it is not as bad

citizens and one was a turkish american citizen and we expect more international criticism as the day progresses we also know though that the first hello the incident of course which happened on the thirty first of may has already received international condemnation no commission of inquiry in the world can justify deliberately restricting the passage of people and goods in order to paralyze the economy and prevent normal life from taking place in gaza and i'm sorry to say that's exactly what the israeli policy did we think that the lesson from the flotilla incident should be that israel has a right to prevent weapons from entering gaza but it doesn't have a right to do what it's still doing which is to prevent purely civilian goods from coming in and out in order to punish the population you have to remember israel controls gaza's borders and that control creates obligations when you control a civilian population you're responsible for their rights and the law of occupation says that even under circumstances of security risks you have to allow people to lead normal lives so students

secretary general to examine both the israeli and the turkish reports and release its own conclusions we have no indication as of yet when that will be but the turkish commission did come out publicly for the first time this today. when the israelis the report was issued saying and i'm quoting from a statement that it was surprised it was appalled and it was dismayed it said that the stand should be the focal commission exonerated israeli defense forces the turkish prime minister has also said that this report has no credibility and no value to the criticism is also being leveled by political activists they say that the cynics and of the two missing and also the limited authority it had this was not a public commission of inquiry from the outside it set up a committee that could only reach conclusions at least six of the conclusions that they wanted to reach in the first place. ati's policy reporting that now you can always get the latest on all of our stories how web site that's called com let's put it now what's waiting for you online at this moment and recent example so around the

turkish-controlled part of the island. this journalist brings us to the site of the massacre. her research uncovered not only a mass grave in an olive orchard, but many others as well. she says more needs to be done to reach closure. >> i would allow the two communities to work together, what to do, how to deal with the past, what to do with the criminals who committed grave crimes against humanity. >> first it is necessary to find out what happened to those who went missing. the remains of the victims are being exhumed and dozens of places. after 36 years, it is time for the truth to come to light. the remains are brought to this united nations forensic laboratory. dna is analyzed to determine the identity of the bodies. so far, 260 out of about 2000 missing persons have been identified. >> when we reach a positive identification, we notify the family and offer the possibility to view the remains of their loved one. it is a very important step. the families have been waiting with a picture of their loved one in their home, and it is very and poured that they realize and accep

coming up later, the greek population in the turkish city of istanbul has plummeted. we visit a school with just one pupil. and sweet powers of healing, the honey bandit that seems to have the power to fix wounds. >>> hello. at nearly 5000 german farms have been closed after tests have revealed animal feed contaminated with the chemical dioxin at 77 times the permitted level. the scandal has spread beyond the country's borders. german eggs have been exported to the netherlands and the u.k., and the british food standard agency says there is no calls for concern. >> as the food crisis spreads, consumers get worried. at this market, the sign say there is nothing to worry about, that eggs are not contaminated with dioxin, but people are feeling the effects of consumer unease. this man is probably making only the third of his usual profit. he feels sorry for the farmers who have to slaughter their chickens, but it has to be done. this shopper says they are not purchasing a is right now. they were always careful, but now they are afraid. this plant in northern germany make

government has entered turkish claim in the turkish citizens from here and the vice president omar suleiman has been meeting the case sunday with the fees officials to apply and deal with the situation now the international community particularly with communications with the united states have any right to show restraint and to implement some kind of reforms we've seen demonstrations throughout the world in those demonstrations and both here in cairo the anger directed at the united states who of course has popped up and this is supported by wiki leaks documents a cable going back to two thousand and seven. interesting the enough that cable also talks about the fact that while the united states has supported mubarak it also in private supported opposition leaders to the united states playing a game of double standards here the big question on everyone's mind is whether or not these protests will result in the same way that was altered into this year with the overthrow of the president but it is still too soon to say whether mubarak himself will go. there with the latest there from cairo. th

oslo to istanbul it's believed the turkish national claimed to have a bomb when he tried to force his way into the cockpit and demand of the jet returned to norway police say the bomb was found to be a fake a turkish airlines plane was carrying fifty nine people. north korea's calling for unconditional talks with the south to fears of conflict on the peninsula so has dismissed the offer as insincere and tension is that high over pyongyang shelling of a south korean island in the vampyr which killed four people the north claims the attack was in response to south korean military exercises in the area. united nations peacekeeping chief says he wants up to two thousand additional troops to bolster the u.n. force in ivory coast general allen le roy hopes the soldiers will be available in a few weeks the troops have been protecting hotel that is sheltering al assad atar the man has been widely recognized as the winner of the november election a blockade remains around the building despite west african voice reporting that ivory coast incumbent leader had agreed to lift it. now you might no

the island has been divided since the turkish evasion in 1974. -- invasion in 1974. the south joined the european union in 2004. but efforts to reunite the island are faltering. angela merkel laid the blame on the turkish north. >> there is greater readiness to compromise. unfortunately, we have not seen that from the other side. >> a dispute er gas exploration has raised tensions further, but you and is pushing ahead with talks between the two sides. it wants a deal before elections in both cyprus and turkey later this year. >> german authorities have ordered the slaughter of hundreds of pigs at a farm in the north of the country. that move comes after finding high levels of dioxin in pork. previous testing had found a higher than permitted levels of dioxin, which can cause cancer, in aidandn chickens. thpossibitof -- in eggs and in chickens. it has led to a boom in the production of organic food stuffs. >> organic eggs are selling well at this organic food store in one area. the only buy from those that follow strict guidelines and avoid the kinds of feet -- feed i

the government will find it harder to overturn restrictions remain in many other areas of turkish life, including the civil service, the military, and the judiciary. this is a lawyer who specializes in defending women. she is on her way to court in central istanbul. once she gets there, her head scarf is a problem. like most state buildings, court rooms to not allow them. so, she will have to get proxy lawyers to represent her clients and side. -- her clients inside. >> for the past 12 years, have been working long hours as a lawyer and i have special skills in international law also i should be well paid. however, i have to rely on financial help from my parents to run my office. >> that is what the students will have to confront when they leave the shelter universities to look for jobs . when they do, will the headscarf be the divisive political symbol is today or will simply be seen as a personal expression of faith? >> the japanese electronics company nintendo is saying that there is a risk that playing three games on the next generations of their hand held games council could dama

more refugees are left stranded on the turkish side. >> he is far away from his home, a small villagerely 50 huts in southern sudan. he is now 3,000 kilometers away in the booming metropolis of istanbul. he arrived here a few weeks ago as a refugee from the civil war in darfur. wants to continue on to western europe. >> i know it will be a dangerous trip. we will have to cross the river to get across the border. greece will not be that friendly to us, but i must take the risk. >> he is not alone in his journey. an increasing number of refugees in that stranded in istanbul. officials estimate of around 70,000 illegal immigrants live in turkey now. the istanbul neighborhood is made up mostly of refugees. >> our government should find a solution for them. the refugees should be helped before they have to flee, when they're still in their home countries. >> we do not have such great living conditions either. they cannot expect a lot of help from us. >> refugees from countries like iraq, iran, afghanistan, and sudan have no legal basis for seeking asylum in turkey. their only tolerated unt

slammed the findings claiming tel aviv's actions were illegal and the report has no credibility nine turkish activists were killed in the raid israel claims its response was in accordance with international law. violence spreads across the u.s. with more shooting sprees recorded in different states many are now demanding the government reforms gun control laws this comes after a gunman shot a u.s. congresswoman in the head killing six people and injuring thirty nine others despite a rise in violence some are thing is to fan what they call american culture. and moscow and washington are just one step away from fighting out of their nuclear arms country will come to live as russia enters the final stage of deliberation the deal was signed by both presidents last year and was ratified by the u.s. senate in december. have talks between world powers and iran over the country's nuclear program failed to reach agreement last week in a stamp of international concerns remain over tehran's atomic ambitions are to spoke to russia's deputy foreign minister sergey recall about his views on the ongoing ne

citizens one was a dual turkish and american citizen. and being in turkey at the moment that that occurred was an extraordinary experience just in terms of seeing how turks were responding to this. the let me of support of the new turkish government in the last few years is really quite extraordinary. democracy in turkey despite continuing contradictions that exist is flourishing in a whole new way. and one of the things that i've realized in recent years when i've been writing a lot about u.s. wars in the area looking at iraq and iran, for years i could only say there were two countries in the middle east that had the indigenous capacity to become regional powers. meaning they had money from oil. they had size of territory and population, and they had water. only two countries had both of those. those were iran and iraq. all the other countries had one or two but didn't have all three. israel has all three except size but it was not indigenous. it was -- the power was accessed from elsewhere. and i think from what we've seen is that wit

[inaudible comment] >> i don't know where much about the air -- armenian and turkish situation. the first questioner was asking you about the jewish opinion of the situation. and i am asking you if -- what went -- the massacre that the armenians suffered to use your words, what started that? where the turks just on a rampage, or did the armenians have anything to do with this? was there something that went on before that to cause it? >> respectfully, i am not a historian, certainly not a historian of that issue, i have read some books, there are various opinions, so i don't -- it's not an -- the fact is nobody challenges the fact that whatever the cause, there was a massacre. whatever the cause, there were atrocities. that's not the question. why, when, how, whenever it it , it was horrendous and as horrific as is reported. so, you know, again for us -- it's not for us -- i don't tend to be historians, we've never denied. it's not a question for us to acknowledge. comes to the jewish people to acknowledge other people's tragedies, i understand, but i don't understand. but again

we've always described it as a massacre, an atrocity, and we've called the turkish government to deal and to face. on the deal of legislation, we never fought it or lobbied against it, but when asked we said we do not believe this painful issue is going to be resolved by a resolution in congress. we have again said, and this is an issue that needs to be resolved by the two peoples, by the two nations, and i still believe to this day that a resolution in congress is not going to resolve it. iivel that the -- i believe that the beginning of the process that we've seen in the last year, not totally successful, but the exchanges between the president of turkey to armania is the beginning of a dialogue that will hopefully lead to reconciliation that leads to facing the past that will lead to healing, but by good people demanding that we do this and that, unfortunately that will not bring anybody back to life nor resolve respectfully the issue of history. >> [inaudible] my question basically is and perception over most of my life, certainly the last 25 #* 25 years -- 25 years of my life, mo

we have described it as an atrocity and we have called on the turkish government to deal with it, to face the issue, to confront the history and to engage in discussion, dialogue and whenever comes from those dialogues and reconciliation with the armenian people. but we haven't necessarily what you and some of your friends respectfully ones, or not respectfully want. some of our programs have been threatened programs that provide sensitivity to prejudice. you insist we use your word genocide. we the jewish people suffered a genocide. we don't insist anybody call it anything. or holocaust. call it what you want. we have very clearly, i have been around 45 years, director almost 25 years. you will find on our web site, the language in materials that we teach that we have never denied it. we have always described it as a massacre, as an atrocity and we always called on the turkish government to deal with it. on the issue of legislation we have an opinion. we never lobbied against it. when asked we said we do not believe that this issue, this painful issue is going to be resolved by a re

hijacker after he was overpowered by passengers on a flight from oslo to istanbul it's believed the turkish national claim to have a bomb when he tried to force his way into the cockpit and demanded the jet return to norway police say the bomb was found to be a fake a turkish airlines plane was carrying about fifty miles. north korea is calling for unconditional talks with the south to allay fears of conflict on the peninsula seoul has dismissed the offer as insincere tension is at a high of a pyongyang's shelling of a south korean island in. november which killed four people the north claims the attack was in response to south korean military exercises in the area. now you might not think of it as a fertile ground but crane is planning to start developing parts of the contaminated noble zone for agriculture scientists believe that plants on crops there are immune to the radiation caused by the nuclear disaster from twenty five years ago but as r.t. is alexy reports huge doubts remain over safety issues these berries may look ripe and delicious but they're definitely not part of a healthy d

way into the cockpit the man of the jet return to norway police say the bomb was found to be a fake turkish airlines plane was carrying fifty nine people dead in. north korea is calling for an conditional talks with the south to fears of conflict on the peninsula so has dismissed the offer as insincere and tension is at a high over gangs shelling of a south korean island in a van which killed four people north claims the attack was in response to south korean military exercises in the area. and the united nations peacekeeping chief says he wants up to two thousand additional troops to bolster the u.n. force in ivory coast general hopes the soldiers will be available in a few weeks troops have been protecting a hotel that is sheltering assad atar a man who's been widely recognized as the winner of the bamber life of walking a remains around the building despite a west african and voice reporting that ivory coast incumbent leader had agreed to lift it. now you might not think of it as fertile ground but ukraine is planning to start developing parts of the contaminated true novel zone for agri

russia's deputy foreign minister sergei cough well news now today and the military raid on a turkish led flotilla was legal according to an israeli fiery the findings were issued by a television appointed tunnel made up of four israelis you will fall in the turkey's prime minister criticize the inquiry saying it held no value or credibility nine turkish activists died when israeli commandos were. guardianship last year strong international condemnation. at least six people have been killed in a series of bombings across the iraqi capital baghdad more than thirty others were injured five car bombs appear to be part of a native attack targeted police and sheer pilgrims near a busy road in the city officials say the attacks were designed to show that iraqi is unable to provide security head of an arab league summit in march last week more than one hundred fifty people were killed in a wave of explosions across the country. police in easier have arrested two allies of ousted president ben ali amid renewed protests against the interim government demonstrators now demanding the prime minis

turkish police have arrested a would be hijacker after he was overpowered by passengers on a flight from oslo to stamboul its believe a turk national claimed to have a bomb when he tried to force his way into the cockpit and demanded the jet return to norway police say the bomb was found to be a fake the turkish airlines plane was carrying fifty nine people. north korea's calling for unconditional talks to forge better ties with the south and east tensions on the peninsula so has dismissed the offer as insincere young gang is yet to apologize for its shelling of a south korean island in the van killing four people but it's vowing to increase its military capabilities and army training and we don't going global concern over its nuclear ambitions. the united nations peacekeeping chief says he wants up to two thousand additional troops to bolster the u.n. force an ivory coast general along the roy hopes the soldiers will be available in a few weeks at the troops have been protecting hotel that is sheltering al assad atar the man has been widely recognized as the winner of the developer elec

the gaza blockade a military raid on a turkish led fertility would legal according to an israeli inquiry the findings were issued by a tele b. vacanti panel made up of four israelis in two foreign observers in may last year that the holes were intercepted by israel's navy commandos nine turkish activists died during the raid which sparked strong international condemnation. australia is preparing for another week of turmoil as in the. flood water is expected to spread across the country it's believed that the floods will threaten towns in the south eastern state of victoria experts say the devastation in queensland of victoria could cost three billion dollars in lost agricultural production at least thirty people have died since december due to the severe weather conditions in the east coast. well on the way here on aussie the afghan leader is scusa he tells off the plans for his country's recovery and how russia can help stay with us. what's the strangest attempt of a military takeover of. the us president trying to overthrow a foreign country's government but his strategic games must. u

overpowered by passengers on a flight from oslo to istanbul police say the turkish citizen demanded the plane go back to norway saying he had an explosive device but the bomb was found to be afraid and the motives of the man at this point still are not yet clear. i mean predictions of more heavy rain in australia flood water has begun to recede in the northeast of the country water levels in the city of iraq hempton reached a peak that was lower than first feared hundreds of homes are underwater with more than two hundred thousand people affected the floods have left at least ten people dead in queensland since november. and at least twenty two people have been killed and over a dozen injured after a bus crash in northern india thirteen children are among the dead police say the vehicle skidded off a highway overturned and plunged into a gorge the incident happened when the bus was returning with tourists from a popular hill town resort now shamans other mystical messengers between humans and spirits who have been called upon for healing and spiritual guidance for centuries and it's

the island has been divided since the turkish evasion in 1974. -- invasion in 1974. the south joined the european union in 2004. but efforts to reunite the island are faltering. angela merkel laid the blame on the turkish north. >> there is greater readiness to compromise. unfortunately, we have not seen that from the other side. >> a dispute over gas exploration has raised tensions further, but you and is pushing ahead with talks between the two sides. it wants a deal before elections in both cyprus and turkey later this year. >> german authorities have ordered the slaughter of hundreds of pigs at a farm in the north of the country. that move comes after finding high levels of dioxin in pork. previous testing had found a higher than permitted levels of dioxin, which can cause cancer, in aids and in chickens. the possibility of -- in eggs and in chickens. it has led to a boom in the production of organic food stuffs. >> organic eggs are selling well at this organic food store in one area. the only buy from those that follow strict guidelines and avoid the kinds of fe

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