the turkish government accuses kulin of masterminding the porch. oh in two thousand and ten in on shihan i was a public prosecutor investigating a movement in eastern turkey that was said to have ties to google and. then one of his colleagues had to hama arrested claiming he was connected to the network many other attorneys and judges have also been arrested or jailed accused of having ties to the guerrilla movement and supporting the coup d'etat. in april two thousand and seventeen at four thirty in the morning special forces stormed mashallah told his apartment she was alone with her two year old son her husband had been arrested three weeks earlier. young done haha missed they were masked and heavily armed they pushed me on to the floor in the hallways of one of the pressed his knee against my back so i couldn't get up. another one went straight to my son's room. they threatened to take him away and put him in a juvenile institution. where he'd be trained as a special forces officer so he could fight terrorism. the one thing until there was no s

the cafe in turkish a-k. educate as a decree issued an arrest. of emergency anyone affected by the decree can send a formal request for reinstatement to a commission an anchor that's what who do you know that i'm dead but she's yet to receive a response cut out up while i'm asleep you can use to be magical stare over one hundred thousand cases pending in the commission works very slowly they've already decided on twelve thousand cases in three hundred one cases the petitioner was successful in reinstated. that's a very small percentage of. us are the commission has given us much cause for hope. we don't know where the commission is we only know it's somewhere in ankara. he is but we have no way of finding out how they work or what they base their decisions on passes for the shop. this is the government district in the house of the texas capitol ordinary citizens can only enter under exceptional circumstances it's also where the commission meets givenchy on a takes a critical view of their work of course room

well as turkish voters are heading to the polls the turkish lira is going south florida yet interesting enough terry the turkish central bank is meeting today and that only two weeks off to an emergency interest rate hike you know these are difficult times for the turkish economy a growing number of foreign investors are pulling their capital out of the country since the beginning of the year that iran has shed twenty percent of its value against the u.s. dollar the recent pull out is part of a trend in twenty fifteen investors come to eighteen billion dollars into turkey a failed coup back in twenty sixteen so a way for arrests and government employees fired foreign investment tumbled to thirteen billion dollars there were some major investments though from qatar than evidence in spain last year but overall investment from abroad continues to decline to just under eleven billion dollars some major foreign companies are simply afraid to invest in turkey and its foreign currency is a huge problem turkish firms have foreign currency debts totaling over two hundred twenty billion dollars a

and parliamentary elections turkish consulates are expecting a high turnout more turkish migrants live here in germany than anywhere else side of turkey and one point four million of them are entitle to vote president rich a type one and members of his ruling party the a k p r favorites to win president one complained during the election campaign that he was banned from speaking in germany or elsewhere in europe only bosnia a majority muslim country allowed him to hold a rally in turkey's last election three years ago about sixty percent of turkish voters from germany supported the a.k.p. that's a much higher percentage than the party received in turkey itself. tickets electing campaigning in the german capital is good advice and his friends are canvassing for two keys pro kurdish h d p party this is for you but this is for the election in turkey were against another one they didn't do that well against airtel one ok i'll take one. is your left turkey because of president add on he's very concerned about politics in his home country. he's been. indicted and i've been in germany for six

more than a million turkish citizens living in germany began early voting in the country's snap presidential and parliamentary election polls say that they could swing the election in air to once favor but how could they vote for a politician whose consolidation of power has been criticized as undemocratic while living freely in germany i'm sorry kelly in berlin this is the day. or any other one is the best because he's built roads and hospitals are also for the one even proper roads in turkey go from doing so well to you in the shoot out is everything around me what he did for us for sixteen years was not right he worked for himself you have. to. do this is the journey is our real homeland our families live there and we're doing this work here for them with god's help. you don't suppose they have an identity problem right because they've heard a lot of bad experiences. you know that's why they want to vote for turkey and why so many support the a.k.p. . in touch as such not everybody does go go go go go nobody at the election center. tensions are running high here in berlin german take this

well sue for the turkish president reject the one. who was in competition with himself on the there was no real challenge until this coming elections i think the dead end for this is the most important one of the most important elections that a party faces. until very recently we know that turkey had been challenged. by many treads from outside and from inside so all this hurt the economy situation it created many economy hardships in the country but still. when we look at the opposition side there are not too many critics about economy development in turkey but most of it is most of the challenges the rhetoric is political so the main claim is just to get rid of the sixteen year of the one rule in turkey. but that's true it's about it's about a great transformed mission a political transform nation turkey whether turkey will be able to restructure its political system or not therefore all other interestingly i mean conflicting political parties they have been cooperating against paraguay ok fadi coming to you in london so how signifi

up to sixty thousand turkish citizens are expected to vote at this polling station alone votes from turks living abroad could swing the election it's likely to be a close one. as you can see members of the turkish community are eager to cast their votes here in berlin they want to decide in which direction the country is heading where too many different opinions. six candidates have entered the presidential election and eight parties hope to win votes in the parliamentary election but most people here will be voting for or against heir to one. and you can with the same government should stay everything should remain as is which party of the k.p. . everything i bothers me what he did to us for sixteen years was not right he worked for himself. or any child you had it one is the best because he's built roads and hospitals for that one even proper roads in turkey all of the union. the first day of the election has run smoothly each party has sent election monitors there it decisively countering accusations of vote rigging the turkish authorities carefully displaying openness good. even

turkish court rulings have been met with harsh disapproval from the west. in durban so i'm going to regarding the rule of law and i believe that turkey has substantial room for improvement trade on good long. spring two thousand and eighteen michelle atoll who wants to return home back to the city of whom in germany with her son and if possible her husband she's a german citizen but a turkish court ruling has banned tolling from leaving turkey but she's accused of producing terrorist propaganda and being a member of a terrorist organization and next hearing is in a week. well told who is a journalist and translator the ruling hasn't stopped her attending demonstrations for human rights and freedom of speech. the protestors have to stand behind a barrier. while the police keep pedestrian traffic moving. undercover security agents record everything on film what they know what i'm told to spend eight months in jail five of them with us on second who is two at the time the husband saw what color was also behind bars during that period jailed journalists and dis

this is d w news a lot from bergland turkish voters living in germany head to the polls they are having their say on the future of the country's controversial president turkey itself votes in a fortnight but the one point four million acts fast could have a significant impact on the election. also coming up what's a mollusc spend search and rescue efforts following sunday's volcanic eruption officials say that brain as well as hot action mud are making it impossible to dig for survivors. kelly welcome to the program one point four million turkish citizens living in germany have begun early voting in the country's presidential and parliamentary elections turkey itself goes to the polls on june the twenty fourth and with six presidential candidates wretch of type editor was future is far from certain. after one supporters and opponents stand side by side in front of the turkish general consulate in berlin up to sixty thousand turkish citizens are expected to vote at this polling station alone votes from turks living abroad could swing the election it's likely to be a close one. as you can

in volunteers as well and against the toughest president turkish citizens living in germany have begun costume battles in the country's election board in fact cook their books on the outcome. and with them was cup approaching a soccer fans i'm looking to get their design to support them national teams we had to nigeria correspondence trying to track down the box also object even one top jazzy. player. ive of the. time is running out in the search for survivors in guatemala a fire with warnings of imminent new eruptions the death still following some disruption has now risen to at least ninety nine with close to two hundred people still missing this doing criticism that only warnings of the deadly eruption and office of international aid what ignored meanwhile rescues a pressing ahead with efforts in devastated towns and villages. clearing the rubble after disaster struck. the biggest priority for crews is to find and remove bodies buried under volcanic ash. it's a grim task and dangerous the volcano could erupt again at any time. we're motivated to do our job with everything we have be

turkish airlines.fore we start, i personally would like to point out that we have more than 3% gains in the lira. similar gains are expected in the equity markets, maybe more so because turkish equities have in trading near nine-year lows. that's important for a lot of investors and lira gains are also important because turkish it are ine .67% of massive selling blu-ray gains, it helps them they can have good games" of -- good gains in terms of dollars. they have to have that commitment. speaking on guarantee and turkish airlines, guaranty is the biggest bank, so it's rather seen as the proxy for turkish banking sector. when i talk about low, very low variations, it's a big part of that. they are trading higher than their book value, so that's very valuable and guaranteed as widely. it's likely to benefit the most amount. turkish airlines. this is turkey's national carrier and its enjoyed very strong growth in other profit numbers, revenues, under erdogan and his party line. the condemnation of his rul

also a freelance journalist with turkish roots. she made speeches for some of germany's tv channels. in times of growing, it was in important political signal that chancellor merkel commemorated with the foreign minister. chairman on turkish negotiations. after the arson, rhetoric is suddenly mainstream. chancellor merkel said they are playing with fire. thank you for being here with me today on quadriga. i would like to begin with a simple question. what does it mean to you? major attack that changed the way that people like me felt about living in germany i remember it all very vividly. all these attacks in eastern germany that were already .orrying people with a migrant background that were born and raised in germany. those attacks were frightening. a were shocking. they were very confusing. peter: how did you talk about the attacks in your family? honest, i do not quite remember how we talked about them. what we do remember is that the attitude that my parents had slowly shifted. it was not like immediate. they did not say from

investors are pulling out of turkey amid a weak lira and rising inflation can the turkish central bank prevent a potential recession or does turkey need aid from outside we asked a professor of international economics also on the show europe's power engine is losing steam in germany factory orders dropping for the fourth consecutive months after. the long wait is over german chemicals giant bio completes its takeover of u.s. seeds john on some toe emerging as the world's biggest player in the agro chemical sector. welcome to do business and we start with breaking news the turkish central bank has raised interest rates to seventeen point seven five percent the move is set to cause more uncertainty for investors less than three weeks ahead of the country's presidential and parliamentary elections the interest rate hike of over one percentage point had been widely expected as data showed this week turkish inflation hit a six month high last month president of the one announced his intention to exert more control over economic policy if he wins the election and that's triggered losses in t

turkish economy has expanded turkish society has moved up in many areas and ordinary citizens. which makes up make up like that the vast majority of the turkish people in the rural as well as urban areas have benefited from this equally in regards to issues of like shifting turkey away from traditional western alliance or other. camps. we've seen this argument over and over you know he's accusing you of going too much to the western alliance is so too much to the united states too much to israel understand the way from the muslim role than your traditional regional and others claims that turkey is moving away from the traditional western alliance. you cannot make everybody happy obviously but from say that particular point of view let me say that again turkey has done more for the causes of the oppressed people in the world not just muslims but also other people then again any other country in recent history i mean look at what turkey has done in somalia look at what turkey has done in palestine new garcelle courts as well as in gaza but all palestinians just remember president

and campaigning in both an unschooled and against the to president turkish citizen but living in germany have begun costing their bonnets in the country's election what impact is their votes have on the outcome. plus in the next thirty minutes the mystery of the japanese citizens abducted by north korea we need the model of one man who disappeared when he was guilty until and she tells us how she found on to what happened more than two decades ago. me. alone welcome i'm on the. the government in afghanistan has announced a recall on file with the taliban to coincide with the festival of aid which marks the end of ramadan president a shotgun he made a surprise announcement after a meeting with islamic clerics this week and they declared a five hour ruling against suicide bombings and this is done is first unconditional offer to the taliban for suspicion of hostilities so far there has been no comment from the group itself let me now join journalist france marty he joins me from the afghan capital kabul francis how significant is this declaration of a unilateral ceasefire by the government

reacted in the way that this turkish mother did. and she'd been a christian everyone was it where does it come from we everyone rosette from her christian faith that none of us have said it came from the muslim faith which it probably did big and this is this is symptomatic i think we we do have a problem in germany with recognizing and reconciling ourselves to differences here is is it neatly a red flag goes up immediately you are talking like your parents in the end the the comfort they found in their in their muslim in their mosque immediately a flag goes a parrot outside to be conned of that why can't we have power societies i'm fine with people of having parallel societies we have a palace the size it is germany. you know i'm more worried about that but still ok let them have that you know so we really i mean i think the british are more relaxed about this big they have more experience with germany you know there's a german germans they all know this is hardly broader is half of life that i like that we're talking about asylum

in the days ahead also coming up today one point four million turkish citizens living here in germany begin casting their ballots in turkey stuff the election could swing the election in president favor. also coming up the mystery of the japanese citizens abducted by north korea we meet the mother of one man who disappeared when he was thirteen years old she tells you how she found out what happened more than two decades ago. and take a look at this summer's must have football in nigeria our correspondents in lagos trying to track down one of the sought after super eagles for world cup. hello i'm terry march and thanks for joining us time is running out to find more survivors of guatemala's volcano of fire with warnings of imminent new eruptions the death toll following sunday's eruption has risen to at least ninety nine now with close to two hundred people still missing criticism is mounting the early warnings of the deadly eruption and offers of international aid were ignored meanwhile rescuers continue just scour the devastated towns and villages. up above more ash and molten mud.

today is turkish turkish military personnel turkish troops are doing a joint patrol ng with the american troops in the outskirts of members mainly in sides of the river area and according to what i have learned from ancora is that one hundred ninety turkish troops are deployed over there and for no this is the beginning and according to the turkish foreign ministry turkish military will be entering inside a member as well according to what his that this is going to be a deal like turkey and you know it's a states has done over african and also a cease fire like turkey and russia iran has agreed over it. but on the other side members of military council members are saying that turkish army are not going to enter men bitch but what i have learned from is that it turkey will be deploying more troops by july five to member area for joint patrolling operations and according to this rule map to what turkey hopes is that turkey turkey say is it receives security threats from its southern border as mainly by the y. p.g. and the p.k. k. which both of them turkey sees as a terrorist organization i

this isn't g w news live from berlin turkish voters living in germany had to the polls they're having their say on the future of the country's controversial president turkey itself both in just over two weeks but the one point four million ex-pats in germany could have a significant impact on the election. also coming up japan's shinzo abbate and u.s. president donald trump talked about the prospects for the forthcoming north korea summit both leaders say that they could normalize ties with pyongyang if those talks go well and guatemala suspends its search and rescue efforts following sunday's volcanic eruption officials say that brain as well as hot action are making it impossible to dig for survivors. of sara kelly welcome to the program one point four million turkish citizens living in germany have begun early voting in the country's presidential and parliamentary elections turkey itself goes to the polls on june twenty fourth and with six presidential candidates wretch of type to wants future is far from certain. after one supporters and opponents stand side by side in front of th

this is the deadly news live from berlin turkish voters living in germany head to the polls that are having their say on the future of the country's controversial president turkey itself votes in a fortnight for one point four million ex-pats could have a significant impact also on the program. afghanistan proposes an unconditional weeklong ceasefire with the taliban to mark the festival. so how will the taliban respond to the latest from kabul. and with russia and the spotlight ahead of the football world cup moscow's critics called attention to the price of alleged political prisoners one of them is ukrainian filmmaker. sentenced to twenty years in prison after criticizing russia's annexation of crimea. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. one point four million turkish citizens living in germany have begun early voting in the country's presidential and parliamentary elections turkey itself goes to the polls on the twenty fourth of june and with six presidential candidates who wants future is far from certain. aerator one supporters and opponents stand side by side in front of th

turkish president scores a new term. turkish stocks erasing initial gains.afterors' as opec supplies go lower. tom keene is in new york. good morning. happy monday. it is an interesting new flow. europe, immigration, we look at the u.s. and opec, it of course the turkish lira. see what is interesting to is the debate with angela merkel in europe, they are going to an important meeting. in the markets, it is risk off this morning. francine: it certainly is. also looking at china and the u.s., that spat intensifying. here is taylor riggs with the first word news. withe turkish president sweeping new powers after a double victory in presidential and parliamentary elections. according to a government news agency, he has 53% of the presidential votes, to 35% for the closest challenger of the republican people's party. that is after nine and i percent of the ballots counted. the turkish lira has strengthened on the news. president trump brushing of his demands on immigration policy, same people who entered the u.s. illegally should be deported immediately without

time they turkish economy is in good hands for the long term. you mean that for the past or for the future for the future. for the future economy economies something in the which is very. rich is very. how can i say a. technical thing and technical people how you can see that two plus two is for the economy things should be simple or everybody saw it after the election for both candidates for all candidates has already been explained that they will be the they will be getting the same almost the same policies so i believe that in the next future there will be no problem i believe that the european companies and european countries will be standby for the upcoming six months but after the six months after following eps after all deserving let's winger i believe then everything will be normalized because there is the harm of enormous i mean if you look at the latest polls out of one is it is still too close to call whether he will win the presidential elections and he looks set to lose who the parliamentary elections effectively he will lose his gr

for membership and pretending it no longer needs it my guest here in the german city of goff is the turkish foreign minister met lute travel scholer are the differences between turkey and the e.u. becoming impossible to reconcile. welcome to convert zone thank you to recognize these comments naziism is still widespread in the west the netherlands are nazi remnants and fascists now those are the capital of fascism tulips were sent to holland from turkey during the time of the ottomans it seems that the tulips have not made the prime minister and racist politicians in the netherlands real men well comments from you and your president do you see any reason why the e.u. should deal with you as a candidate member if you're going to insult them like this while last year when the netherlands didn't want to allow us to meet the turkish people in the netherlands there was a passion and rhetorical was very high and it was coming from both sides and i didn't start that. and when the want to think when you and what they call you when the prime minister of the netherlands. told me that i can go to nethe

the turkish economy has kept growing since the coup thanks largely to government spending but the turkish currency the lira is under severe strain that means imports have become more expensive the weak currency is also fueling inflation increasing numbers of people are experiencing financial hardship add to that the political situation and many foreign investors are feeling spooked . a little some it's also the politicians are trying to make people believe that the poor exchange rate with the dollar well the fact investors are avoiding the country has to do with high interest rates which it doesn't and tacky everything is connected the justice system education security certainty it's all tied to the economy money economy dan baum says you know the economy. when fall behind leaves the country his company will keep going under the management of a turkish business partner his investment was made in u.s. dollars and with the current exchange rate it wouldn't make sense to sell the company for now he will continue to monitor the developing situation in turkey from outside. apple has been hande

has been steering the course of turkish politics for more than fifteen gives. he has a good shot of reelection which would allow him to further tighten his grip on power. after this presidential election the most common for garfield constitutional changes in a generation will come into force if they were only narrowly backed by the turkish people in last year's referendum is out on when the necessary majority he will be on almost all powerful president but he is not there yet. these people stand in his way they are add ons biggest challenges. sixty one year old men all action as the only woman running for president she has already served as interior minister and last year she founded a new political party she's seen as right wing nationalists and religious some call action on the iran lady of took. him into represents the center left c.h.p. turkey's biggest opposition party the fifty four year old is an outspoken defender of the text republic as envisioned by most of like a mulatto. he's a charismatic speaker and a harsh critic of add on. his turkey's first pre

visited every news live from turkish vs living in germany had to the polls having their say on the future of the country's controversial president turkey itself votes in a fortnight for one point four million ex-pats could have a significant impact on the election also on the program. afghanistan proposes a weeklong ceasefire with atomic bombs or mop a festival of eat so how will the taliban respond we'll bring you the latest from kabul. i'm phil gal welcome to the program. one point four million turkish citizens living in germany have begun voting in the country's presidential and parliamentary elections turkey itself goes to the polls on june twenty fourth and with six presidential candidates. to one's future is far from so. erda one supporters and opponents stand side by side in front of the turkish general consulate in berlin up to sixty thousand turkish citizens are expected to vote at this polling station alone votes from turks living abroad could swing the election it's likely to be a close one as you can see members of the turkish community are eager to cast their votes here in be

or we begin the day with a new turkish presidency and the same man in charge on sunday turkish voters turned out in huge numbers eighty seven percent and elected a president unlike any they have ever known his name is red chip. mr erdogan has already served as president for four years and before that he was prime minister for more than a decade. no in a referendum last year voters changed the constitution transferring significant authority from parliament to the president at the same time limiting checks on executive power air to one promised voters a radical departure from the past and it is radical many of the presidential powers put into effect following a failed coup two years ago are now permanent but some things have not changed and probably won't anytime soon ninety percent of the media is pro-government meaning the voice of the opposition will remain mostly muted and for journalists daring to report on dissent one statistic remains unchanged no country in the world has put more journalists in prison than ever to once turkey we begin tonight in the turkish capital uncle. tookie

one supporters and opponents stand side by side in front of the turkish general consulate in berlin up to sixty thousand turkish citizens are expected to vote at this polling station alone votes from turks living abroad could swing the election it's likely to be a close one. as you can see members of the turkish community are eager to cast their votes here in berlin they want to decide in which direction the country is heading but where too many different opinions. six candidates have entered the presidential election. and a party's hope to win votes in the parliamentary election. but most people here will be voting for or against and who want. to commit the same government should stay everything should remain as is which party other than back a p. s everything bothers me what he did for us for sixteen years was not right he worked for himself. or any one is the best because he's built roads and hospitals for they want to have a proper roads in turkey all of the units. the first day of the election has run smoothly each party has sent election monitors they are decisively countering ac

by inches strong campaign has given a boost to the embattled turkish opposition both at home and abroad did obvious terry should match one of their campaign as in brussels. turkish opposition politician katter seventy came to work at the european parliament thirteen years ago now she believes she's finally within reach of the dream she's had from the very start at the time we took that turkey would. watch quicker and turkey would be a bunch closer to the e.u. and the e.u. would be much better prepared for turkey's e.u. access unfortunately very ended up is completely the opposite but we are going to change that seventy is the brussels representative for the republican people's party or c.h.p. the largest turkish opposition party pro-democracy activists are booed by polls that show president recha bare to one in his fundamentalist justice and development party are more vulnerable now than it any time since taking power in two thousand and one seven is hoping the c.h.p. will finally kick erda one off his perch and his party out of dominance in parliament its leading candidate move into ha

the turkish economy has kept growing since the coup thanks largely to government spending but the turkish currency the lira is under severe strain that means imports have become more expensive the weak currency is also fueling inflation increasing numbers of people are experiencing financial hardship add to that the political situation and many foreign investors are feeling spooked . a little somersaults the politicians are trying to make people believe that the poor exchange rate with the dollar well the fact investors are avoiding the country to do with high interest rates which it doesn't in taki everything is connected to just a system education security uncertainty it's all tied to the economy money coming down bombs you know the economy. the country his company will keep going under the management of a turkish business partner. and that's it for me on the business team here in berlin thank you so much for watching. me. sadly face in this month's time in contests of election many making the men's president regift tired out on her own cost something became an empty tent and altered th