Mar 05 Protests erupt as Turkish government cracks down on popular newspaper By Michael D. Regan Turkish residents took to the streets of Istanbul Saturday to protest the government takeover of the country's most widely circulated newspaper, Zaman, which is owned by a U.S. cleric critical of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Continue reading
Mar 02 Syrian children in Turkey heal through storytelling By Wendy Pearlman Professor Wendy Pearlman of Northwestern University describes her experiences teaching refugee children. Despite the trauma caused by a conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives and created 4.39 million Syrians refugees abroad, the students demonstrated resilience and a hunger… Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch 2:37 Fragile ceasefire in Syria breached, Russia says By PBS News Hour On the second day of the ceasefire ind Syria brokered by the U.S. and Russia, opposition groups claimed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad violated the truce. Washington Post reporter Liz Sly joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Turkey to discuss. Continue watching
Feb 24 Syrian teacher flees carnage only to find new challenges in Turkey By Ola Said A Human Rights Watch study states about 400,000 Syrian refugee children in Turkey are not in school because of such obstacles including language barriers, economic hardship and social integration. Ola Said, a Syrian refugee teacher who lives along the Syrian-Turkish… Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 8:55 NATO and EU step up refugee rescue efforts in Aegean Sea By PBS News Hour Refugees from the Middle East continue to hazard the perilous crossing from Turkey to Greece, with an average of two children having drowned every day since September 2015. In response, NATO and the EU are increasing their border protection and… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch 5:06 News Wrap: Deadly car bomb rocks Ankara By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, a car bomb killed at least 28 people and wounded 61, hitting a number of military buses in Turkey's capital of Ankara. Also, convoys carrying humanitarian aid made their way to besieged parts of Syria,… Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch 4:57 300,000 could be trapped as Syrian forces encircle Aleppo, says U.N. By PBS News Hour As Syrian government forces close in on Aleppo, U.N. officials warn that 300,000 people might become trapped in the remains of Syria’s largest city, while tens of thousands of refugees try to flee towards the Turkish border. Russian airstrikes, bolstering… Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch 4:11 Turkey under pressure to open border as thousands of Syrians flee By PBS News Hour Government forces in Syria have intensified their offensive on the city of Aleppo, causing tens of thousands of refugees to flee toward the Turkish border, and leading the disbanding of United Nations-brokered peace talks in Switzerland this week. Brian Jenkins… Continue watching
Jan 30 Update: 37 dead, including 10 children, as migrant boat overturns By Michael D. Regan At least 35 people, including five children, died on Saturday as they attempted crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Turkey into Greece, adding to already staggering totals of migrants and refugees who drowned or were killed in recent years, many of… Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 3:49 Biden: U.S., Turkey committed to defeating ISIS in Syria By PBS News Hour Vice President Joe Biden says the United States and Turkey are prepared for a military solution in Syria if a political settlement is not possible. On Saturday, 45 opposition groups issued a statement saying they support a political process but… Continue watching