new assumptions of turkish policy. to understand our policy today, vis-a-vis syria and tunisia and egypt, we need to refer to these references. the first principal was, the balance between freedom and security. i used these concepts. security and freedom, just to change the mind set of turkey's mind set. turkey for throughout cold war and after the cold war in 1990s taught that the main need of our society is security. security against soviet expansi expansion, security against greece and turkey, and all security references. what we said, that now there's a new -- there's a need of a new set of norms based on more freedom but equal security. because, again today we have this position, why? because if you sacrifice security for pfreedom, you'll have a cost, if you sacrifice it for regimes you will have -- for many decades, societies were told, that they need to sacrifice from their freedom because there's a security threat for israel or others. similar what we were told throughout the cold war, this winter radical islam

like some turkish colleagues. because it is connected. >> it is not only airlines that are taking on workers. the turkish economy has grown around 10% in the past year, and istanbul, the polls-setting city, is the heart of economic boom. more and more foreigners are coming to assemble in search of jobs, and it is no surprise to businesses here that more and more of them are greek. >> turkey is a rising market with a population of 70 million. industrious and skilled greeks have no problem starting up a business or finding jobs here. the latest job market figures show that our unemployment rate is far below the average for the eurozone. >> this is a regular gathering of greek guest workers in istanbul. students, academics, entrepreneurs and employees need of every week. most are happy to have escaped the depressing situation in greece. many of them could have gone to berlin or london to look for work, but they feel more at home here. >> in istanbul, i would never find something like that. and then i came here. i hav

class they decided that i could perform for the turkish national team. sheens uncle is stuck here by is the coach of the turkish national team who are also in dagestan training alongside other countries for the upcoming summer games in london. for an athlete skin immense experience here every year they come from korea mongolia and even cuba dagestan has a great school of wrestling not only of the olympic training center but in any wrestling center here even the americans would come here they'd videotape everything and then leave. for the london games just around. of course the great things finest are right here in russia's republic of dagestan the local school is considered to be one of the best in the world with four national things currently gearing up for the london olympics this summer. a lot of the world's top wrestlers know each other's strengths and weaknesses very well and that's in large part thanks to a combined preparation program offered here in dagestan the fact that athletes know the condition of their opponents before the actual competitio

french president nicolas sarkozy was ridiculed in turkish newspapers.he turkish ambassador in paris was recalled, and military cooperation between the two countries was suspended. the turkish government sees the french court decision as a vindication and a way to normalise political and economic ties again. >> as far as i can judge at this time, the problems between france and turkey are settled. >> but the french government says it will try again with another draft of the law, which will likely make for more trouble between the two countries. >> and the u.s. republican front runner mitt romney won both of last night's primaries in michigan and arizona, holding up a strong challenge from his right-wing rival rick santorum. >> romney scored a big victory in arizona, but his home state of michigan was seen as the critical test. and there, he only scraped away. >> with 10 more states voting next week and a super tuesday, romney still has much work to do try to persuade republicans that he is the man to win the white house in november. >> mitt romney's vict

yes, turkish foreign policy took a risk last year.oday it is easy to say, oh, it was normal to say go to mubarak, or it was normal to say go to ben ali. you remember in tunisia some democratic western countries sided with ben ali in early days of the revolt. we took risks. why? because we have a vision for our region. that vision for our region is new regime, new political systems based on the demands of the people and a new regime, fully integrated to each other around the values and through economic interdependence. that was our policy before when we had good relations with the existing authorities because at that time there was no war between these authorities and their people, and this is our policy today. second principle was if we are on the side of the people, then how could we hurt this process? we said we will use all the means of diplomacy until the end in order to prevent bloodshed, massacres, bloody transition. and every case in the middle east and north africa are unique in itself. the demands are the same. the process is

. >> it chinese deputy president is holding talks with turkish leaders. who was designated to become china's next leader met with the turkish president in on car. talks focused on trade and the differing positions on syria. ahead of those talks, a protest march in ankara. human rights groups accused china of human rights abuses in 2009 with the turkish minority. for more, we're joined by our correspondent in istanbul. why is xi jingping in turkey right now? >> turkey has begun to play this role on the global stage, being taken seriously. but when you look at the political situation, you begin to understand that with the iranian nuclear dispute, they're right on the border to iran. and the syrian conflict, one of the most foremost conflicts, they're right on the border of the conflict. the greek situation of what they are neighbors of greece, too. they are neighbors of all these countries, and they're being taken seriously by these countries and by the main global players, like the u.s. and china. another factor, as always, the economic sector. only one co

for kurdish rebels have been killed after attacking a turkish military station near the town of one turkish soldier was also killed and it's less than a week since turkish warplanes bombed three suspected rebel targets in northern iraq tens of thousands have died since nine hundred eighty four in the kurds fight for autonomy in turkey's southeast. at least eight people have been killed in the car bomb attack in the somali capital mogadishu these last militant group al-shabaab claimed responsibility saying it targeted a restaurant frequented by members of parliament at least two lawmakers were injured in the blast african union troops have all largely pushed the group out of the capital but suicide bombings continue. now americans trying to keep up in the rat race are looking for a boost the united states is now the world's largest consumer of coffee it's a passion pushing people. to devour caffeine and potentially dangerous amounts our she's wearing apart now reports on the country's craving. in the city that never sleeps or perpetual craving for energy never eases i nearly every man had st

rug and all the turkish members of the party, mrs. goel and the others said, well, this doesn't look like one, but i could get out my trusty guide book that the curators have put together and tell her that this was a harriki made in harriki for the french market, which is why it looks like a european rug rather than a turkish rug. >> can you remember the most interesting time you ever spent in this room itself? >> i can remember a lot of very interesting people i had the opportunity to meet here, like the dalai lama, that president bush and i have met with in here. i remember fun times of parties here, that were just fun personal parties and a baby shower for our niece that was so cute and fun party in here, where we had the chef had made up really cute things like good night moon pies for dessert and things that had to do with really cute children's books. a lot of this room was done this way, both by jackie kennedy first, the chairs there she brought to the white house. we did have a luncheon for queen elizabeth and prince phillip i

yes, turkish foreign policy took a risk last year.today it is easy to say, it was normal to say go to mubarak ordered was normal to be to save go to ben ali. you remember in tunisia some democratic western countries cited with said three in early days that the group will. we took risks. why? because we have a vision or region. that vision for a beach in this new regime, new political systems based on the demands of the people in a new regime only integrated to each other around the values and true economic interdependence. that was our policy before, when we had good relations with existing authorities, because at this time there was no war between the authorities and their people. and this is our policy today. second principle was if we are on the side of the people, then how could we hope this process? and we said can reduce other means of diplomacy to the end in order to prevent bloodshed, massacres, bloody transition. in every case in the middle east and north africa are are unique in itself. the demands are saying -- the processe

. >> in one final story tonight, it was once in the hands of smugglers but now the turkish governmentrevealed that a 1500 year old bible is safe and sound in a museum. according to the turkish media reports hot, this has been held by the authorities before being transferred to the museum but it looks quite amazing. that brings the show to a close. thank you so much for watching. +7snx"f>;.h("omveáqby(=e#wís news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu newman's own foundation and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles.

today we hear about a popular turkish treat called balik ekmek. it's basically a fish sandwich freshly cooked over an open grill -- and a must for any visitor to istanbul. >> istanbul is a bustling city at the crossroads of two continents. the galata bridge stretches 500 meters between the city's historic center and the modern karakÖy district. it's used both by drivers and pedestrians. inside the gold-painted boats docked at the foot of the bridge, the local snack vendors have set up shop. here you can get a favorite local dish. it's called balik ekmek, a grilled fish sandwich. the fish sandwiches in istanbul are an absolute must. with a view of bosphorus and the mosques, you can enjoy the ideal meal here. the fish goes well with karisik tursu, a mix of pickled vegetables, that you can buy on the neighboring stall. it's traditional to drink the vinegar, too. >> it's filling, and it's fish. and we're turkish -- we love fish. >> murat kahraman mans the grill on the asik family's boat. >> the fish is fried in its own fat, as you can see. what else d

that is why their videos are increasingly subtitled in german, english, and turkish. and thanks to social networking web sites, islamist propaganda is easily spread with little more than a mouse click. germany's domestic intelligence service sees a growing danger. half of its operatives are devoted to combating islamist terror, and a growing number are monitoring internet activity. their work has already led to the arrest and conviction of several blockers operating in germany, but it is no easy task. the problem is that we're dealing with more and more young sympathizers who are putting up an increasing number of web sites. this is where the police and domeic security services base capacity problems. >> the airport -- the frankfurt airport gunman was a frequent visitor to ag hottest web site at left traces of his activity on the internet, like on his facebook page. but he was never in contact with terrorist organizations and neve arouse suspicion. footage on the internet was enough to incite him to carry out the killings. >> it has been a difficult week for syrian-ge

bonking man, turkish foreign minister and several other leaders at the same object days. the e.u. welcomes the league of arab states as efforts to increase international pressur on the syrian regime. leadership of the arab league is key. due to the escalation of violence against the syrian population the league decided on the 12th of februa 2 and it's observation mission. the u.n. secretariat council to issue a resolution to form a joint area you in peacekeeping force to supervise the implementation of the cease-fire. the arab league has also decided to enforce the economic sanctions of previous resolutions of the arab league and agreed on a meeting of friends in syria to take place in tunisia on the 24th of february. we welcome this development. the meetings will provide a timely opportunity to build an international consensus area and put forward urgent proposals to stop the killings and seek a peaceful outcome of the current crisis. there is no doubt th the e.u. and the high representative will take an active path in this endeavor. the high representative has also offered their

government you know moderate or extremist the baton seems to be at the moment of saying that the turkish model a moderate islamist government is the best model for the arab world i disagree very strongly but that i don't think it's a good model for turkey either by the way. but the fact is if it's the only power in the land it will and there are elections that will come to power like it has in tunis here like it has in egypt and then one has to deal with it i mean i regard these groups as the slum equivalents of christian democracies socially conservative organizations but perfectly happy to follow the latest economic trends. which dominate the west and do deals with the united states they've done them before the turks are part and parcel of that the strong member of nato and these countries will probably follow suit whether this is what people really like them is a different question altogether but you make the muslim brotherhood sound fairly benign really do you think that christian minorities and other minorities have something to fear from that well i mean there is always within mode

berth after losing to find a bad change the russian team lost ninety four to eighty seven to the turkish champions but only after forcing the game into overtime. or led the scoring with an impressive thirty three points but it wasn't enough against often a virtue side they were fighting to stay in the competition exam now have to be quickly this planet and i course to book a quarter final place. ingolf britain's lee westwood and rory mcilroy have kept alive their hopes of becoming the new number one they are through to the last sixteen of the world match play championship although tiger woods has been knocked down he lost to nick watney who got off to a strong start in arizona this part for birdie on the twelfth. woods a three time champion here did pull himself into contention but lost the match on the last hole after failing to make that part what next plays england's lee westwood who saw off for a bit colston three into westwood here needs to win the title to reclaim the number one spot from the already departed luke donald while three mcelroy could also grab the top spot with victory

richard engle is joining us from the turkish-syrian border. >> reporter: how do you hide?ith bullets and rockets exploding constantly. syrian troops willing to destroy this city and everyone in it to drive out a few hundred members from the opposition and other voices were silenced. this rubble was a rudimentary media center run by the opposition. the building took a direct hit from a rocket. inside, killed as they were working, french photographer remi ashlek and marie coleman who reported for the british newspaper "the sunday times." in homs, coleman provided the bbc vivid accounts of the brutality. hearing her now is haunting just hours before her death. >> we were just shelled. rockets coming in, hitting any building. the building i'm in was hit last week. all of the streets i've been on, i have not seen one military target. >> reporter: and the reporting mattered in homs. people here braved snipers and shelling to give them a brief memorial before the fighting started again. turkey is proposing the establishment of a buffer zone right here in the border area to allow

economy and for turkish diplomacy because of that turkey is from beginning the creek crisis asking and pushing for a diplomatic settlement. now look at some other stories making headlines around the world a radical muslim cleric with alleged links to al qaeda and said to be bin laden's right hand man has been released from prison on bail in the u.k. excellent creature abu qatada has been locked up for six years but last week a tribunal ruled he should be freed british officials say poses a threat to the country's security but the terms to deport him back to jordan to face terrorism charges happen blocked by the european court of human rights. also serves a northern course of holding a referendum on whether they accept the current role of the self-proclaimed republic they hope results of the three day vote legitimacy to their struggle to reunite with serbia belgrade that has gone down as the referendum saying this will complicate dialogue with the breakaway state last summer serves in the north set up barricades to defy the kosovo government which has led to clashes with nato peacekeepe

the currency perhaps the repeat or perhaps the yuan currently india uses turkish banks you know to do exchange with iran there's a lot of pressure on the turkish banks to not allow india to do these trades there's a lot of pressure on these countries are economically the rio the main currency in iran has lost its value by seventy percent you know it's a very dramatic think ordinary people conditions of life of a not good on the question of the nuclear debate between the i inspect as and the iranian government if one looks broadly at questions of inspection there is only is in normal confronted between. any foreign in investigators and a sovereign country that is not something spectacular one should not make too much of of the fact that they are having a dispute and we should mention too they're planning to return a little later this month to just kind of continuing this discussion v.j. on the money aspect of this and it's not just freezing iran's auth assets here from what i understand this is the u.s. .

leg next week in the early europa league tie their last year's final sporting braga course to the turkish side this now let's go to the champions league leon got a hard for win over our poll well yesterday and defending champions barcelona there went a long way to reaching the court is with a three one win over by les because in germany alexis sanchez with a brace his manager happy with the.

from the moment the bloodstain was discovered, turkish authorities with jurisdiction and later the fbiking was this foul play? did someone push this american passenger to his death? >> reporter: the smiths' cabin was regarded as a crime scene until proven otherwise. were there signs of a struggle? was there blood inside of the cabin as well as out? the photos you're seeing were taken after the csi team from turkey had boarded the ship and processed the cabin. you can still spot fingerprint dust. but because the turks had already taken evidence from the room, the photos don't tell us much. but "dateline "has obtained a new set of photos. these were taken by a royal caribbean staffer before the turks came on board. so only these show the smiths' cabin close to how it looked when george smith went overboard. >> when we got the photographs that were taken by the royal caribbean photographers they did reveal some interesting information. >> reporter: at first glance, the cabin appears messy but not trashed. no sign, for instance, of the overturned furniture the ear witnesses next door thoug

turkish troops were killed thirteen kurdish insurgents in two separate clashes in turkey nine people died near the town of being golan four others near the town of sirte after rebels attacked a military station there it's less than a week since turkish warplanes bombed three suspected rebel targets in northern iraq tens of thousands have died since nineteen eighty-four and the kurds fight for autonomy in turkey southeast. spanish human rights charges baltasar garzon has been convicted as part of old wiretapping case is found guilty of ordering the illegal recording of corruption suspects talking to their lawyers cause one has now been barred from practicing for eleven years with no chance to appeal against the decision to spend it gained international fame for his attempts to extradite chile's former dictator pinochet back in one thousand nine hundred eight. coming up to fifteen a half minutes past the hour here in the russian capital now hits the road again with a close up. we have traveled as a fells and kilometers east of where i'm sitting right now here in moscow to the early on

leg next week in the other europa league tie their last year's final sporting braga course to the turkish side. now let's go to the champions league a hard for win over yesterday and defending champions barcelona there went to the all the way to reaching the court is with a three one win over by les because in germany sanchez with a brace his manager with the result. was but i think by a live look who's did not allow many chances in the first half but in the six. if we continue pressing and we manage to create a lot of chances to school two additional girls finally and i am aware of the skills that we must be. champions league season and should secure against german teams and speaking in general it does not matter how good or bad it looks like on the pitch when it comes to the games against germany teams one was simply try and find a way to be about it all tonight it is the turn of russian champions then eat they have spent and urging fans to behave after trouble as a nice last champions league home game against apple well in november that saw the club get a thirty thousand euro fine. and

turkish troops have killed thirteen kurdish insurgents in two separate clashes in turkey nine people died near the town of bengal and four others near the. rebels attacked a military station there it's less than a week since turkish warplanes bombed three suspected rebel targets in northern iraq tens of thousands of died since ninety four in the kurds fight for autonomy in turkey's southeast. but a human rights judge baltasar garzon on has been convicted as part of a wiretapping case he's found guilty of ordering the illegal recording of corruption suspects talking to their lawyers he's now been barred from practicing for eleven years with no chance to appeal against of the city he spent it gained international fame for his attempts to extradite chile's former dictator. pushing back in one thousand nine hundred eight. so if a certain presidential candidate allergy or you ever has been reportedly hospitalized. after police stormed her headquarters in the capital city involved authorities said they wanted her for questioning over an attack on the country's central election committee la

turkish troops have killed thirteen kurdish insurgents in two separate clashes in turkey nine people died near the town of bengal and four others near the town of sirte after rebels attacked a military station there less than a week since turkish warplanes bombed three suspected rebel targets in northern iraq tens of thousands have died since nineteen eighty-four and the kurds fight for autonomy in turkey's southeast. also in a world update this hour spanish woman writes judge cultures are gods on has been convicted as part of a wiretapping case he was found guilty of ordering the illegal recording of corruption suspects talking to their lawyers he's now been barred from practicing for eleven years with no chance to appeal against the decision the spaniard gained international fame for his attempts to extradite former dictator augusto pinochet back in one thousand nine hundred eight. when in a moment we'll have the business with katie that's coming up a little later but now to join our team on an adventurous tour of russia with our close up team. we've traveled with a thousand kilome