Aug 18 Watch 6:25 News Wrap: California wildfire advances; horrors reported in Syrian prisons By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the fast-moving fire just 60 miles east of Los Angeles flared even more; 1500 firefighters are battling flames only 4 percent contained. The inferno has charred nearly 50 square miles since Tuesday and forced 82,000… Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch Erdogan visits Russia after coup attempt stirs tensions with the West By PBS News Hour Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in St. Petersburg Tuesday, a step toward mending ties ruptured last year when Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near Syria’s border. Judy Woodruff discusses the turmoil in Turkey with… Continue watching
Aug 07 Mass rally held in Turkey against last month's attempted military coup By Michael D. Regan A rally convened on Sunday by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan drew hundreds of thousands of his supporters to the streets of Istanbul in response to last month's attempted military coup. Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch 3:47 Erdogan tightens control of Turkish armed forces By PBS News Hour Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan moved today to establish further control over the armed forces after a failed military coup. He has fired 1,400 soldiers, sailors and airmen for suspected links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. Dion Nissenbaum of the… Continue watching
Jul 20 Turkey bans educators from traveling abroad after military coup attempt By Daniel Moritz-Rabson Turkey reportedly placed a temporary ban on professional scholars leaving the country for work-related purposes as part of its investigation into an attempted coup last week. Continue reading
Jul 19 Watch 4:15 Turkish government crackdown touches thousands after coup attempt By Marcia Biggs In Istanbul, thousands of supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went out to the streets, demanding retribution for those responsible for the coup over the weekend. Meanwhile, even more Turkish civil servants were detained or suspended from their jobs. Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch 12:06 After failed coup, Erdogan emerges stronger and Turkey's secularism weaker By Marcia Biggs Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to have emerged from Friday’s failed coup stronger, but the rule of secular law may suffer. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs reports and Hari Sreenivasan learns more from chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner and… Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch 4:41 More than 6,000 detained in Turkey after failed military coup By Marcia Biggs The Turkish government, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, detained 6,000 people after this weekend’s failed military coup, including three generals and hundreds of soldiers. On Sunday, tens of thousands marched through the streets of Ankara in a show of… Continue watching
Jul 16 U.S. would consider extradition request for exiled Turkish cleric By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press The Obama administration would entertain an extradition request for the U.S.-based cleric that Turkey's president is blaming for a failed coup attempt, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday. Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch 7:48 Turkish military says it has toppled Erdogan, taken control of country By PBS News Hour The Turkish military says it has carried out a coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but just how much support it has was in question. Coup leaders cited Erdogan’s autocratic rule and the growing terrorism in the NATO member state… Continue watching