• Adding to tensions with Turkey, Erdogan's security team charged in assault of D.C. protesters

    Adding to tensions with Turkey, Erdogan's security team charged in assault of D.C. protesters

    Jun 16, 2017 12:16 AM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: A new flash point in the tense and fraying alliance between the United States and Turkey, after Turkish security forces attacked protesters during President Erdogan's recent visit to Washington, D.C. Hari Sreenivasan has our report. And a warning: Images in this report may disturb some ...

  • Trump meets with Turkey’s Erdogan amid slew of tensions

    Trump meets with Turkey’s Erdogan amid slew of tensions

    May 16, 2017 11:51 PM EST

    President Trump welcomed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House Tuesday amid increased tensions between the two allies. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports, then Jeffrey Brown speaks with Soner Cagaptay of The Washington Institute and Ali Cinar of the Turkish Heritage Organization about what is likely to come from meeting between...

  • WATCH: Trump, Turkey's Erdogan vow to repair relationship

    WATCH: Trump, Turkey's Erdogan vow to repair relationship

    May 16, 2017 03:18 PM EST

    ... President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President Donald Trump said the U.S. would re-establish its military and economic partnership with Turkey. He committed to backing Turkey's fight against the Islamic State group and a Kurdish insurgency known as the PKK, which the U.S., the European Union and Turkey ...

  • Erdogan visits Trump, amid friction between U.S., Turkey

    Erdogan visits Trump, amid friction between U.S., Turkey

    May 15, 2017 01:01 PM EST

    ... effort. Turkey considers the Syrian Kurdish group, known as the YPG, a terrorist group because of its ties to the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party inside Turkey. The United States, the European Union and Turkey all agree the PKK is a terrorist organization. The Turks fear any weapons the U.S ...

  • What will Erdogan’s new power mean for Turkey?

    What will Erdogan’s new power mean for Turkey?

    Apr 17, 2017 11:44 PM EST

    ia, the groups that are fighting ISIS, and that -- they are linked to PKK. And that's a significant problem in U.S.-Turkey relations and on several other relations. But I think both sides will need Trump administration. Turks see Trump administration as a new opportunity. And they will ...

  • Turkey votes to expand presidential powers

    Turkey votes to expand presidential powers

    Apr 16, 2017 09:01 PM EST

    ... the effect of rallying nationalist voters to his cause. It made them think that President Erdogan was the only person standing up for them and Turkey and for that reason they needed to vote for it. So he was very aware of what people thought of Turkey and he played ...

  • Struggling to scrape by, Syrian refugees take low-paying jobs in Turkey

    Struggling to scrape by, Syrian refugees take low-paying jobs in Turkey

    Mar 29, 2017 12:01 AM EST

    ... children earn far less. BOY (through interpreter): In Syria, they are all dead or living with death. BOY (through interpreter): We are better off in Turkey compared to Syria. There's no fighting. We are comfortable here. AHMED MOHAMMED KHALAF, Syrian Refugee (through interpreter): I came to Turkey to work ...

  • Turmoil and terrorism breed economic uncertainty for Turkey

    Turmoil and terrorism breed economic uncertainty for Turkey

    Mar 27, 2017 11:15 PM EST

    ... been wrecked by terrorism. But the impact of contagion is plain to see. And restaurant worker Levent Demir is hoping for an antidote. LEVENT DEMIR, Turkey (through interpreter): First of all, for things to get better, Syria is critical. Order needs to be restored in Syria, because Turkey is suffering ...

  • Erdogan: Turkey might hold referendum on EU membership

    Erdogan: Turkey might hold referendum on EU membership

    Mar 25, 2017 09:18 PM EST

    ... up the proposal at a Turkish-U.K. forum in the southern city of Antalya, referring to the British departure from the EU and saying Turkey "might" hold a similar referendum after the April 16 vote to expand the powers of the Turkish presidency. The negotiation process for Turkey's ...

  • Former Trump aide Flynn says lobbying may have helped Turkey

    Former Trump aide Flynn says lobbying may have helped Turkey

    Mar 09, 2017 02:01 PM EST

    ... said Flynn and his firm were voluntarily registering for lobbying from August through November that "could be construed to have principally benefited the Republic of Turkey." It was filed by a lawyer on behalf of the former U.S. Army lieutenant general and intelligence chief. After his firm's work ...