that is our in-depth look at the turkish elections. as always, thank you for the company, and have a good weekend, everybody.

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the camp to the turkish side were shot dead. all of these reports are hard to confirm because there are no journalists allowed inside to that site. but this is what we're hearing today. >> talk to me a little about the conditions the refugees are living in right now. >> we got actually full access to the camp yesterday. and too be -- to be honest, the refugees seemed really happy with the conditions. there are neat rows of white tents. there are all sorts of social activities, a volleyball net, a movie that plays every night, impromptu barbershops, good bathroom facilities. everyone we spoke to seemed to be really happy and grateful to turkey and to the red crescent for providing them with shelter and safety. everyone was smiling, despite the circumstances, and despite the fact they don't know when they're going back home anytime soon. >> all right. our reporter on the turkish-syrian border reporting for us. thank you very much. libyan rebels say they are holding indirect talks with the rereme of muammar gadhafi. the rebel natio

they tried to tear down the turkish flag and put up a syrian flag.as we've seen again and again in syria, when you try to organize a street protest there, more often than not the syrian forces try to open fire and try to kill you. the fact that this crowd was able to gather in you up town damascus and swarm the embassy suggests the sear yab authorities wanted to send a signal to the turkish government even after its quiet remarkable victory. >>> let's take a closer look now at that syrian refugee situation. thank you very much for being with us. as we heard there from our skronlt in istanbul, ivan watson, it's difficult for anyone to get firsthand accounts of what they've been through or what they are going through at this pint. have you been able to talk to anyone within the refugee camp? >> you know o. yes, it's correct that it's impossible until now to get inside the refugee camp, however, it is possible to get information by effectively sneaking into one of two of the hospitals in the province where i was yesterday and also where i am now on the

border on the turkish side. we understand people have been trying to form a human chain to stop these tanks from entering this town. >> reporter: we've been talking to a student protester, he's from a town about an hour from here. demonstrators were burning tires last night and trying to stop a column of tanks from going through their town to this rebellious town of jisr al shugur. he could not confirm reports that at least one demonstrator had been killed in this altercation. he went on to say all of our homes are open to the residents of jisr al shugur. why is he saying that? we're hearing that up to tens of thousands have fled that syrian bordertown in the last couple of days. we can confirm here in turkey, this refugee camp run by the turkish red crescent, there are more than 1,500 syrian refugees there. according to the semiofficial agency, more than 1,000 crossed the border from syria into turkey in just the last 24 hours. the local authorities are looking for another site to try to erect another camp. the

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more than 10,000 already live in makeshift camps on the turkish side of the border. the authorities have restricted access to these people. other refugees are staying with relatives in the arab villages on the turkish side of the border. they hear images and stories of events in syria. when he thinks about the future of his country, he thinks of turkey as an example. >> i want free elections like the ones currently being held in turkey. if it is possible here, why should it not be possible in our country? we want to choose our government ourselves. nothing can prevent us trying for that. >> villagers along the border have mixed feelings. turkey and syria agree to relax these requirements on each other's citizens only a year ago. relations look like they were improving, but the process is in danger. and few turks regard a brutal dictator. and our government should build a village. they cannot go back or they will be killed, so they certainly should not be deported. >> we do not have that much ourselves, but when we see the children and women, we feel sorry for them. >

well-run turkish camps with proper tents, adequate food, and medical supplies. several thousand syrians have already opted to shelter here, but they cannot bring their livestock, and they are registered and controlled by the turkish authorities. many of them prefer to stay in the improvised camps along the border. >> is there a real sense of crisis here? the syrians who want to come over the border are free to do so, and the turkish authorities have proved they are more than capable of looking after the seventh of thousands who already ve, but the accounts of those refugees make it clear that terrible things have been going on and still are over those hills behind me. there is a reason why those people are camped down there over the border living in miserable conditions and are still too frightened to go home. >> in other news, gunmen and suicide bombers have stormed a city killing at least eight people. a car bomb and suicide bomb open the attack of the main gate spirit at least five gunmen stormed the compound, and the second suicide bomber blew himself up in

tanks were spotted in villages close to the turkish border on thursday. tent cities for refugees are popping up all along the line to accommodate the 10,000 people who have already left their homes. >> syrian refugees at the turkish boulder. four days, they have been camped out along the frontier. first with government forces making the assault, they have been forced to cross into turkey. this purports to show syrian troops and tanks stormed the border. eyewitnesses say they went from house to house with a list of names. any names of opponents were arrested and their houses destroyed. on the other side of the border in turkey, those lucky enough to escape have makeshift camps. >> we have set up five camps so far and we have more than 11,000 refugees in their camps and we have taken all the necessary precautions in order to meet the needs of these people. >> the turkish border guards can make out movements of the syrian forces in the distance. the presence of the soldiers closed the border is turning relations between the two countries. >> a series of bomb

turkish ambulances have been standing by to rush any wounded refugees to hospitals. aid organizations have some of tent camps in provinces to provide emergency shelter for the refugees. tanks are descending on the town. relations between syria and turkey have been healthy. could a wave of people leaving syria stem those tides? >> they say they have good relations with syria. they do not need that again, the catastrophe that happened when the kurds came in and all the people died and turkey was stuck with the kurdish fighters for decades to come. they were trying to keep things stable in syria. they were supporting the regime and calling for reforms, but not calling for the regime to step down alike in egypt and elsewhere. we have ben seeing a lot of frustration on the turkish part. they are just not going anywhere. last week, a member of the turkish parliament said that they have been talking to the opposition. the town of voice is becoming more frustrated towards the syrians. we are seeing a shift happened. >> steve is here to tell us about the inflation watchers of

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. >> a refugee camp being run by the turkish authorities. hundreds of syrians are living here. others are just mingling with the general population. many staying with relatives. some are thinking about crossing but haven't done so. they're living in makeshift tents right by the border, waiting to see what the syrian army does, and they say if it gets bad, they'll leave. those who have already made the move say they fear a major military assault. >> do you think there will be an attack on jisr al-shughour? >> yes, yes, they said, we think the army may come with tanks and air power to attack us. the syrian army does appear to be getting ready, as these unverified pictures suggest with so many people living syria, towns and villages in the northwest have been almost complete lay -- completely abandoned. the syrian authorities insist people are fleeing from what they call armed gangs and that the security forces are only in the area because the locals have asked them to come in. >> what i do know is that the army is now surrounding the area. they haven't gone in yet. i think possib

. >> a refugee camp being run by the turkish authorities. hundreds of syrians are living here. others are just mingling with the general population. many staying with relatives. some are thinking about crossing but haven't done so. they're living in makeshift tents right by the border, waiting to see what the syrian army does, and they say if it gets bad, they'll leave. those who have already made the move say they fear a major military assault. >> do they think there will be an attack? >> yes, yes, they said. we think the army may come with tanks and air power to attack us. the syrian army does appear to be getting ready. as these unverified pictures suggest with so many people leaving syria, towns and villages in the northwest have been almost completely abandoned. the syrian authorities insist people are fleeing from what they call armed gangs, and that the security forces are only in the area because the locals have asked them to comment. >> what i do know is the army is now surrounding the area. they haven't gone in yet. i think possibly they will go in. we have been asked

turkish football officials have stated they're getting fed up by chelsea's only going it tends to bring. bridge and are ready to make an official complaint the former russia head is contracted to turkey until after next summer's european championships however chelsea have reportedly tried several times to hire him as a replacement for their sacked monitor carlo ancelotti turkish media say the country's football federation have threatened to file a complaint to fee for us if chelsea continue to pursue the sixty four year old dutchman. moving from football to basketball where the mavericks set the odds once again moving to within a win over their first ever n.b.a. title dollars shooting down miami in game five to move three two overall. instrumental again the german with twenty nine points the monster juice mr purvis plate of three point shooting on film towards the throne james led the eat with seventeen points ten rebounds ten assists the first ever triple double in miami three off history but it was not enough expect the excitement to hit fever pitch us dollars not try to wrap up their

reporting on the turkish side of the turk eric/syrian border. >> let's see what the newspapers have to say that. international herald tribune says syrian army extinguishes an uprising in the north. turkey has allowed thousandses of residents to flee, giving a very public face to an uprising that has otherwise been cloaked behind state censorship and repression. >> by the guardian, butch ery. the world urgently needs to get its response in order, limp in its reaction. it's not realistic but the full rage should come into play. final in the gulf emirates. gulf news, he runs out of friends and time. with no regime and waiting to

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turkish soldiers keep it closely monitored. syrian soldiers are never seen this close, and the refugees feel safe here. stunned by the condonation he is getting, the president has put on -- presidential supporters have been on an unusual protest of their own, a giant syrian flag carried through the streets of damascus. the president has sent his envoy to the turkish capital to put his view for the refugee problems. >> i am for a short time staying here in turkey but on tuesday will return. we have prepared for them everything, and they are now returning actually. >> that is an assurance no one in these camps is ready to test yet. >> we just demanded freedom. just freedom. he has killed half his people. >> the camp you can see behind me is now home to more than 3000 displaced syrians. two like it have already filled up, and two more under construction, but the turkish government is under no illusions that there could be many more such camps on its long and now volatile border with syria if the government there keeps up its viole

turkish police don't let journalists talk to them directly, so we contacted one man by phone who told us syrian troops had attacked the city today with tanks and fired on women and children. "oh, please" he said, breaking down "help us."Ñi in the months since the antigovernment protests began, human rights organizations say the syrian military has fired on unarmed civilians and beaten and tortured prisoners. they estimate 1,300 have been killed. but the government's brutality and overconfidence just seems to deepen resentment among the people. just a few minutes ago, somebody told the refugees that bashar al-assad, the president of syria, had stepped down. they're ecstatic, even if it's not true, so it tells you exactly where their political sympathies lie. nearby in the hospital, we slipped secretly into the room of a young syrian man still in shock with multiple gunshot wounds. he told us syrian troops had fired on mourners from a helicopter at the funeral of a protestors. with all foreign journalists barred from syria, it's impossible to verify these accounts, but the turkish gover

on the turkish side of the border, police have been picking up the refugees from the roadside and driving them to temporary shelter in an old cigarette factory. for the moment, though, the police aren't letting journalists in to talk to them and the refugees aren't being allowed out. this is the main refugee camp that's been set up very close to the border. you can see the tents and also a group of refugees who have just arrived. we counted four mini buses coming in the main gate. they'll be processed and settled in. the united nations says there are about 150,000 here now and who knows how many more expected in the coming days. but giving the violence between syrian security forces and protestors is still escalating across the country, turkey is bracing itself for a human flood. tomorrow's friday, the day of rest in the muslim world. and it's been the day when protestors gather after prayers at the mosques, so it could be a day of especially ugly confrontations all over syria. scott? >> pelley: elizabeth, you've been traveling all day and half the night to get up into the mountains of tu

the news that turkish officials inform the western nations that i'm karrar is ready to launch a military operation against asset do you think this will happen no no i don't think so on our the syrian opposition inside and outside the country against any military operation on syria we do we believe that this syrian they are able to topple bashar al assad's in their hands but we need for on the international community to much more savor in political ball speciating in the security council and fortunately after after eleven days the security council acted very quickly and that is illusion nine hundred seventy one are qaddafi now in syria it has been said of teen weeks and the security council is still silent is cannot even that our dogs can diminish our resolution this is why our visit to moscow actually to address some of the of their concerns of the russian of the russian off the shelves and you know solution it can be lead to their military intervention we are that is their concern that none of this you know wish an insider our side the country with military intervention but we need for

cnn's ivan watson is on the turkish border, with hundreds trying to leave syria and get into turkey.y are in this town there in northern syria. tell us about how safe it is for them there, if it is at all. >> monita, we're rolling up to the turkish/syrian border. it's a hilly area and this is where hundreds of syrian refugees have flocked to in recent days from the syrian border town which has been the scene of some bloody fighting over the course of the past four to five days. the syrian government claiming that armed bands killed at least 80 syrian security forces in that town. some of the syrian refugees we've talked to have disputed that claim, saying that in fact fighting broke out between rival security forces, with some soldiers objecting after they had been ordered to open fire there. refugees say this border town is a ghost town. everybody has fled. we've seen images and talked to some of the hundreds who have been camping outside in the countryside in the hills along the turkish border. turkish state media reporting that more than 120 refugees, about 20 families, were allow

this footage was recorded by a turkish camera team. the village is about 30 kiloloters from the turkish border and a short distance from jisr al-shughour, the city that syrian forces invaded on sunday in the might crack down on the opposition. >> we need immediate intervention. this man is massacring the syrian people. he is killing children. he is starting as. there is no bread, no milk, nothing. no food or medicine. nothing at all. >> syrian television shows thousands of people unfurling a huge flag in damascus. it was reportedly paid for with the nation's raised on facebook. -- with donations raised on facebook. the message -- turkey denies that it is meddling. elsewhere in syria, anti- ackermann protests reportedly continue. some images -- anti-government protests reportedly continue. some images show demonstrations. the messages on these boys' chests read, "stop the army" and "there are no gangs." turkey has set up camps for refugees and kept its borders open. >> we share a common destiny with the syrian people. there is no way we

about 10,000 refugees interest now fled to the turkish side of the border. to be at least two very different sir yeas. arwa damon joins us now live from a damascus. are wa, this is your first time in damascus since the uprising began. what's it like? >> reporter: well, anderson, it was quite surreal to be coming here, especially because we spent so much time covering the story of the refugees along the syria-turkey border just hearing about how they had to flee with the clothes on their back out of fear of the military, believing they would have been killed or detained had they stayed behind. all of a sudden we're in da mass cass, in the capital. we went to the center of the city, next to the old city. this i not an area that has been the scene of any significant demonstrations in the past. and while we were there, we were hearing music blaring from this giant microphone that had been set up. i had never seen this in this part of the city before. we were told that it was just put up, pro-government lyrics, chant songs about how the president was the protecte

the turkish leader is the latest to try to broker a cease-fire.e has he has offered guarantees if he leaves but has not yet received an answer from the leader. as they bury their dead, their impatience with nato is growing. many team that despite their sacrifices, there is still no evidence of nato attack helicopters nor war planes above misrata. >> this is a hospital doctor in misrata. he told us more about the conditions there. >> since early morning, gaddafi troops started attacking intensely the west part of misrata. it lasted for many hours, until evening. we had a lot of injuries today, around 160 injured and 35 deaths. it was a very hard day for us and for the city. gaddafi is still trying to attack misrata from the west. but now the situation is quiet for the time being. >> this must come as a dreadful set back for the rebels in misrata because they have so far been successfully fighting back the government forces. in your opinion how long do you think the fighters can withhold this attack from cornled gaddafi's forces? >> i don't know, bu

the turkish government hopes these camps to not become a semi-permanent. everyone knows that is a possibility. >> we have -- the have burned our houses and crops. all our possessions, too. >> this border village is filling with more refugees and they bring consistent accounts and say the syrian army is using overwhelming force and many of their homes have been destroyed, their crops burned, and their cattle killed. the reports from syria suggest the fighting is still going on. bbc news on the turkish-syrian border. >> rebels say seven officers from colonel gaddafi's army have defected to their side in the past week. six rockets have hit an oil refinery in misrata. they had hit power generators. it is not clear who fired the rockets. from misrata, this report. >> in a graveyard of khaddafi's tanks destroyed by nato, we met a man who was an officer in his army. he said anyone in uniform was sent to the front line. traffic police, tourist police, and many newly recruited young man tried we disguised his appearance and 3-voiced his answers to protect his famil

the turkish government hopes these camps do not become semi permanent.ut everyone knows that is a possibility. >> our houses, crops, and everything we have, our homes have been destroyed and all of our possessions, too. >> this border village in turkey is filling with more and more refugees every day, and they bring consistent accounts. they say the syrian army is using overwhelming force and many of their homes have been destroyed, their crops burned, and their cattle killed. >> the reports from serious to just the fighting is still going on. bbc news on the turkish-syrian border. >> joining us from washington is and you from the washington institute. the -- angie from the -- andrew from the washington institute. thank you for your time. >> you are welcome. >> how do you judge the events that are unfolding in jisr al- shughour at the moment? >> it is going to be -- i mean, the account between the government and the protesters, the government says they are being welcomed with open arms. why is the population of jisr al-shughour and the surrounding area c

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the turkish government has been sending civilian vans and ambulances to pick up these people. according to the turkish foreign minister gone from a couple hundred refugees a couple hundred days ago to more than 2400 and most of them are fleeing from the border town in syria maybe about ten miles as the crow flies over these hills. that's been the scene of some fierce fighting, the syrian government claiming it has lost more than 100 syrian security forces there the residents tell us it's a ghost town now that all the shops are closed, the electricity's been cut off. we have actually seen locals in this turkish border village smuggling bread to the refugee communities over there right now. there have also been wounded people who have been taken out by ambulances scores of them, mostly young men taken to turkish hospitals with bullet wounds, shrapnel wounds, burns as well. the turkish government insists its border will remain open and they continue to call for reform from the syrian president, bashar al assad, but no signs now, after more than two moss. bloodshed that either ass

relationship for such a long time that the turkish public is tired of it the main reason turks think the europeans don't want them immigration. first will they come and still ourselves like the polish plumber there. and second well they threaten us culturally but others see the real fear in paris and berlin as a loss of political power and this sort of french german condominium is already under challenge but with the inclusion of turkey in the european union and it would be totally impossible to sustain now embroiled in economic crisis the e.u. isn't as strong as it once seemed turks are starting to view the time lazing joining less with frustration and more with relief frankly given. the state of the european union right now is the inability of taking decisions. fragile situation the rising racism and islam a phobia in many countries. it's it's becoming less and less attractive turkey is no longer waiting for europe to change its mind instead many speak of the axis of turkish interest shifting from west to east it's pursued a no problems policy but its neighbors in recent years that

first country to officially recognize armenians independence in one nine hundred ninety one today turkish society is divided over the events that led to the deaths of one and a half million armenians in the early twentieth century and killer a fuse is to officially acknowledge the fact that what happened a century ago was genocide is one of the hard. there's untoward problems between two nations where the fundamental problem fundamental problem here is that. in order instead of facing its own history let's try and keep trying to deny you the very part of take issue shameful page of its own history i mean and genocide rewriting history is one of the dangerous processes in every society uncurse supported as otherwise shan at the height of the ethnic conflict over nagorno-karabakh it closed its borders to armenians the border between armenia and azerbaijan is likewise locked up. given airport is the main gateway to armenia travelers have little choice considering year of iran's difficult relations with neighboring countries the zs way of getting to get a van is by air with both. you have to