and the turkish army. >> i have to do it because i have turkish citizenship. >> most young men in his situation used to do military or civil service in germany instead. but with the end of the draft, he has no other choice but to go to turkey. as an alternative, he could pay thousands of euros to have his military service in turkey reduced to just three weeks. >> it could be a real problem because i would have to pay this money and then complete the military service. it could even turn out that i might never be able to return to turkey, but my father. -- like my father. >> his father could not afford to pay. he has not set foot in turkey in more than 10 years and faces imprisonment if he ever returned home. >> it is really bad. i am half turkish and was born there. if i was born in germany, it would be different. but you missed your country and relatives. >> they could never imagine turk -- serving in the turkish army. 20 years ago he paid and he is glad he did. >> first, because of safety considerations. that is still a war -- in the south of turkey and you could fight their if you d

we think the turkish government fully realizes that good neighborly relations with syria will benefit both the turkish and the syrian people and syria is also well aware that friendly relations with a neighboring country that has a common border with syria of approximately eight hundred fifty kilometers should by no means be sacrificed to any extent other than another aspect is that deployment of syrian military forces in this region is not directed against turkey not at all there are people on the syrian side of the border who have tried to take power by use of force and by killing innocent civilians therefore it is only natural that syrian military forces will move there in order to restore order stability and security in that region and this should not be misinterpreted as an attempt to provoke the other side or is a sign of decline in security between the two countries it was directed against the armed groups of people who try to oppress the citizens on the syrian side of the border and forced many of them to flee their motherland with the help of r.t. we would like to address eve

. >> the turkish military has assigned a new chief of the armed forces. original leader resigned along with the heads of the army. >> the country's senior military commander, seen here along side the prime minister, is the first to resign followed by the head of the country's navy, armed forces, and airforce. it is the latest in an ongoing rift in the government's armed forces. the government says the military has been plotting a coup. some say they resigned after 22 of their fellow officers were charged by the courts and of trying to undermine the government. such a power vacuum could cause alarm. the prime minister has moved quickly. his office said the turkish armed forces would do their duty in a spirited away and have immediately named a successor to the head of the ground forces. on monday, there will be a meeting of the supreme military council. it is a state body composed of the president, the prime minister, senior military commander, to determine military hierarchy. there has been in an easing relations between the government and senior commande

to york, and said you have to go to the turkish bath, you know.like -- you know, like palm -- being waved with palm leaves and fed grapes. and it's not that at all, like a big hairy turkish guy that washes you with a bar of soap. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i would do it now. now, i'm intrigued. >> and he was just washing me with this bar of soap and i was like, am i paying for this? this is terrible. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: too bad you had to pay for it. >> yeah, this is awful. and then he had this, like idea where -- okay so, that he washes me for a while and then i go in my front, you know, and then he tries to connect my right foot to my left arm and he's trying to connect them like this and i'm in such pain, i go -- like that and his belly goes in my mouth. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's extra right there. you have to pay extra for that one. gross. >> it's like the blob, it just keep on going in my mouth. >> jimmy: what did you do? >> well, okay. so, don't judge me but you know how when you eat something weird, your brain sends your tongue to invest

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. >> the turkish prime minister has appointed a new head of ground forces shortly after the entire top military command resigned. they're reported to have stood down in protest at a number of trials of military officers. >> in a single stroke, all of the top brass in turkey has stepped down. the country's senior military commander, general isik kosaner, seen here alongside the prime minister was the first to resign followed by the heads of the country's navy, army and air force. this, the first ever such mass resignation in the turkish military is the latest in an ongoing rift between the government and the country's powerful armed forces. the government says the secular military has been plotting a coup against the administration. the military officers in question say they resigned after 22 of their fellow officers were charged by the courts with trying to undermine the government. in any other circumstances such a power vacuum in a key nato member would cause alarm, but the prime minister moved quickly. in a statement he said the turk iraq armed forces would do their duty in a spirit

the un is due to report on last year's israeli raid on a humanitarian fraternal which killed nine turkish activists report has been held back because of the row between israel and turkey which followed the attack neither side can agree on the wording of an apology as paula sneer explains one of the heart of the dispute is the whole question of an apology and here is temple is insisting that tel aviv apologize for its role in the brains so far the israelis have refused to do this the israeli foreign minister in particular avigdor lieberman insisting that israel will not apologize presumably because the israelis are fearful that it will open the floodgates for a whole photos of legal claims to be made against the jewish state instead israel says it will express its word grit for the loss of life now for the last few days almost round the clock israeli and turkish representatives have been meeting in new york to try and hammer out some kind of agreement that is acceptable to both sides we understand that the sticking point is over the wording of the document now no doubt both sides want to r

the united nations gave itself to submit a report into last may's patella incident in which nine turkish citizens were killed while trying to break israel's blockade on gaza for the last few days as radiant turkish citizens have been meeting around the clock in new york to try and reach some kind of formula that is acceptable to both sides at the heart of the dispute is istanbul's insistence that tel aviv apologize for its role in events but so far israel has refused to do those offering instate we're grateful for the loss of life now the head of the commission jeffrey palmer has said regardless of whether or not both sides are able to reach some kind of quiet mutual agreement he is issuing that report today tuesday and this has been an impetus for both the israelis and turks to try and on out their differences for reconsideration because most people do understand that if the report is issued with all three consideration it will be much harder for the reconsideration to be made at a later date now it is also widely understood that the report is likely to uphold israel's legal right to im

last may's gaza aid flotilla raid by israeli troops nine activists died when commandos stormed a turkish ship delivering humanitarian supplies to blockade of palestinians the scheduled release comes as more aid vessels try and reach the arab territory but last year's incident continues to drive a wedge between israel and turkey as powell's leader explains. today thursday is the deadline that the united nations gave itself to submit a report into last may's patella incident in which nine turkish citizens were killed while trying to break israel's blockade on gaza for the last few days as radiant turkish citizens have been meeting around the clock in new york to try and reach some kind of formula that is acceptable to both sides at the heart of the dispute is istanbul's insistence that tel aviv apologize for its role in events but so far israel has refused to do those offering instate we're grateful for the loss of life now the head of the commission jeffrey palmer has said regardless of whether or not both sides are able to reach some kind of prior mutual agreement he is issuing that repo

turkish mission to palestine last may well campaigners on board have suggested the greek government they gave in to pressure from the u.s. and israel paulus lior has more from. there has been no explanation given by athens as to why this preventing these ships from sailing form its ports destined to gaza justice today friday one of the steps called they do leon a set sail it was in the waters for some thirteen to twenty minutes before the greek closed guard stopped it and diverted it to a military dockyard now athens is not quiet about this and has come on record as saying that no ships distant from gaza will be that sports and ought to correspondent on board one of the ships that has been seized explained that greece is acting in violation of international law. said you're not will not give up there are twelve members of european and other national parliaments among the free gaza activists and they're trying to pull strings to force their governments to try to influence greece's decision to block their ships in their harbors or lawyers for the freedom flotilla are saying the greek

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its were great for the loss of life now for the last few days almost round the clock israeli and turkish representatives having a meeting in new york to try and hammer out some kind of agreement that is acceptable to both sides we understand that the sticking point is over the looting of the document now no doubt both sides want to reach some kind of agreement quietly here in issuing this record because it will help in terms of we can see a shift it will be much harder for that we can see ation to be made after the report is issued but we do understand at this stage is that the view is that the u.n. report says that the blockade is not illegal but it does criticize israel for excessive use of force and you need to remember that that excessive use of force nine turkish citizens on board the largest ship the money mamma did athens has imposed a blanket ban preventing any ship from sitting sail if it plans to sail to gaza what we do know is that one of the ships the french boat which is called dignity that has some eight to twelve people on board it's that sail used to date wednesday but to