• Turkey's president backs off EU deal after prime minister resigns

    Turkey's president backs off EU deal after prime minister resigns

    May 06, 2016 08:07 PM EDT

    ... to be welcomed to Turkey. And he was someone who could contain Erdogan’s ambitions. If Davutoglu is not in the picture, it could harm Turkey's relations with the Western world. The EU's condition was that Turkey would revise its anti-terrorism laws (which many view as anti ...

  • First migrants ferried back to Turkey under EU deal

    First migrants ferried back to Turkey under EU deal

    Apr 04, 2016 11:42 PM EDT

    ... you! MALCOLM BRABANT: Dozens of protesters gathered at the port in Lesbos to denounce the deportations. MAN: They are being forcibly returned to Turkey, and Turkey is not a safe country. Turkey has not signed the Geneva Convention in full. Only Syrians are enjoying some kind of protection in Turkey ...

  • U.S. orders diplomatic, military families out of south Turkey

    U.S. orders diplomatic, military families out of south Turkey

    Mar 29, 2016 03:34 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — The State Department and Pentagon ordered the families of U.S. diplomats and military personnel Tuesday to leave posts in southern Turkey due to "increased threats from terrorist groups" in the country. The two agencies said dependents of American staffers at the U.S. consulate in Adana, the Incirlik ...

  • News Wrap: Thousands still stranded in Greece despite Turkey migrant deal

    News Wrap: Thousands still stranded in Greece despite Turkey migrant deal

    Mar 22, 2016 12:05 AM EDT

    ... GWEN IFILL: In the day's other news: Europe's deal with Turkey to stem the flow of migrants and begin returning thousands showed no sign today of taking effect just yet. Nearly 50,000 people, many from Syria, are now stranded in Greece. But Greek Prime Minister Alexis ...

  • EU-Turkey deal to delay Europe-bound migrants

    EU-Turkey deal to delay Europe-bound migrants

    Mar 19, 2016 09:59 PM EDT

    ... ALISON STEWART, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR:  Under an agreement between the European Union and Turkey that goes into effect tomorrow, most refugees arriving in Greece from Turkey are expected to be sent back.  In exchange, Europe will accept some Syrian refugees from Turkey and provide billions of dollars to ...

  • Experts weigh in on the outlook for the EU’s migrant deal with Turkey

    Experts weigh in on the outlook for the EU’s migrant deal with Turkey

    Mar 19, 2016 12:27 AM EDT

    ... major European-Turkish agreement on how to cope with the refugee crisis. Jeffrey Brown has the story. JEFFREY BROWN: Under the deal agreed to today, Turkey will take back Syrian refugees now in Greece, Europe will accept some refugees now in Turkey, and Turkey will get financial and closer travel ...

  • News Wrap: EU, Turkey agree on migrant deal; riots flare in Brazil

    News Wrap: EU, Turkey agree on migrant deal; riots flare in Brazil

    Mar 19, 2016 12:17 AM EDT

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: Good evening. I'm Judy Woodruff. On the "NewsHour" tonight: The most wanted fugitive from November's Paris terrorist attack is captured in a Brussels shoot-out. Then: The European Union reaches a deal with Turkey to stem the flow of refugees coming in by the thousands ...

  • 18 drown off coast of Turkey as EU prepares to meet on migrant crisis

    18 drown off coast of Turkey as EU prepares to meet on migrant crisis

    Mar 06, 2016 11:44 PM EDT

    At least 18 people drowned and hundreds were rescued on Sunday as they attempted to cross the Aegean Sea from Turkey into Greece, raising the total number of migrants who died along the treacherous route in the first two months of 2016 to more than 400. Roughly 4,000 people ...

  • Syrian children in Turkey heal through storytelling

    Syrian children in Turkey heal through storytelling

    Mar 02, 2016 06:21 PM EDT

    ... The U.S.-based Karam Foundation brought 40 mentors from around the world to the Rawwad School located in the city of Reyhanli in eastern Turkey, for its sixth annual four-day “Innovative Education” mission. Professor Wendy Pearlman of Northwestern University describes her experiences teaching refugee children. Despite the trauma ...

  • Syrian teacher flees carnage only to find new challenges in Turkey

    Syrian teacher flees carnage only to find new challenges in Turkey

    Feb 24, 2016 11:40 PM EDT

    Editor’s Note: More than 1.7 million Syrian refugees currently live in Turkey, according to a United Nations report. A Human Rights Watch study says about 400,000 Syrian children in Turkey are not in school because of obstacles such as language barriers, economic hardship and social integration. The ...