Jun 08 Watch 2:45 Turkish election ushers in uncertainty as Erdogan’s party loses majority By PBS News Hour Despite ambitions to expand his power in through Turkey's parliamentary elections, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP Party failed to hold onto its majority. While Turkey's deputy prime minister said the AKP will try to form a coalition government, all of… Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch 4:49 Erdogan election upset: Turkey’s ruling party loses majority in parliament By PBS News Hour An interesting turn of events in Turkey's parliamentary election: The ruling party was favored to win big, but early results show it could end up losing its majority altogether. Steven Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations joins Alison Stewart… Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch 3:34 Is Erdogan stirring election tensions? By PBS News Hour Chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the high tensions ahead of the Turkish election, including a deadly attack on a Kurdish political rally. Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch 2:57 Election approaching, Turkey’s Erdogan seeks to expand powers By PBS News Hour Turkey heads to parliamentary elections Sunday, and Turkish President Erdogan wants his party to win at least 60 percent of the seats in order to change the constitution and grant executive-style powers to his office. Will millions endorse or stop… Continue watching
May 07 Watch 3:48 News Wrap: U.S., Saudi Arabia call for five-day Yemen cease-fire By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry appeared with the Saudi foreign minister in Riyadh to call for a five-day cease-fire in fighting in Yemen. Kerry said it would allow aid to reach millions of civilians. Also,… Continue watching
May 05 Watch 4:47 Worst U.S. bird flu outbreak threatens Midwest poultry industry By PBS News Hour The growing outbreak of bird flu is now the largest ever seen in the U.S. Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin have declared states of emergency and another 11 states have found cases of the virus. The federal government has added another… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch 3:00 Armenians remember victims 100 years since mass killings By PBS News Hour Armenia's government, joined by foreign leaders from Russia and France, marked 100 years since the first mass killings by Ottoman Turks in 1915; in total, an estimated 1.5 million people were killed. In Brussels, Lebanon and Los Angeles, people marched… Continue watching
Mar 15 Three British teens suspected of planning to join ISIS arrested in Turkey By Rebecca Lee Three British male teenagers suspected of planning to join Islamic State militants in Syria have been arrested in Turkey and flown back to the United Kingdom, officials said Sunday. Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch 4:00 News Wrap: Israeli and Turkish leaders trade barbs over Paris attacks By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 06 Female suicide bomber targets Turkish police station By Ayan Sheikh A female suicide bomber detonated herself at a police station in Istanbul on Tuesday, killing one officer and wounding another, Turkish authorities said. Continue reading