in turkey, people want more security. they don't need to change in turkey for that. people ask for more security, they ask why there are not more cameras in the united states, more police. they wanted. >> let's go back first of all to that strange fact that remarkable fact, that germany has not been struck by the kind of attacks we have seen in a string of capitals in countries around the world. this sense is that the danger is getting ever closer. in november, the cancellation of an international soccer match emphasize the rising threat of an attack. authorities in munich took warnings of an impending strike over new year's series a. signs that the most recent bombing in his stumble was meant to and germans. germany has been involved in the coalition fighting i.s. for some time. one area where it is active is in training and arming kurdish militias. in december, the german government approved further arms to peshmerga fighters. just a few days ago, tornado reconnaissance jets left an air base in southern turkey on their first mission against i.s. will germany pay a

reporter: the second issue -- migrants. 2.5 million syrian refugees are living in turkey area turkey has been promised help, the eu pledging 3 billion euros. >> once again, i have made it clear we will set aside 3 billion euros for the europeans died -- the european side for the refugees, to improve their living conditions. reporter: they also discussed the restriction of the press in turkey and the escalating conflict with the pkk. both sides pledged to work together closely. >> i am certain that the question of a legal migration can only be solved if we work together and address -- you legal migration can only be solved if we work together and address the root causes of the migration. >> at this critical time, we are working hand-in-hand together with germany. reporter: give and take. that was the theme of these first intergovernmental consultations between german and turkish ministers. for germany's government, one thing is sure. without turkey, there can be no solution to the refugee crisis, but that comes at a price. sarah: correspondent naomi code nrad has been covering this. s

all tourists in turkey, all our guests in turkey are quite important to us, as the turkish people. and we ail have to condition our daily life as normal, and at the same time we need to trust the security measures adopted by the turkish authorities to protect them. we adopt all the necessary security measures with firmness. and in this regard we, at the same time, support and boost our cooperation, and our information with the german side. i repeat - once again - i repeat once again, that we are quite ready to cooperate with all countries for the sake of fighting and combatting terrorism. we will continue that. and we will stay firm against terrorism. >> a lot of countries in the world suffer from these terrorism attacks, and when we cooperate, we need to be working hands by hand, shoulder by shoulder, and we need to prevent terrorists from achieving their aims and goals. >>> so we are listening to the turkish interior minister there, following tuesday's suicide bomb attack in istanbul's historic district, that left 10 dead. eight german, and i believe that's the german interior mi

bring the fight to the heart of turkey now for sometime now. it has been doing this in the last one year, in less than one year, this is the fourth believed to be conduct the by isis, even though isis itself is not claiming all of them. i think this also will create some sense of urgency. what it is trying to do, the question is not why isis is trying to bring the fight into turkey. isis is very much eager to punish turkey in one way or another. secondly, the fight between the isis and the kurdish and syrian kurdish rebels in syria is creating another point of friction between isis and the kurdish movement, but not not just in syria but also turkey. when you look at the nature of the four attacks -- this one is against the tourism and the economy. isis is trying to target turkey's ethnic or sectarian fault lines or the economic fault lines. >> that presents a significant challenge, then, doesn't it to the turkish authorities if they've got so many fault lines and crises to deal with, is there a danger that the fight against the p.k.k., the kurd

turkey's government blames isil for the attack. saying it is the third coming in the country, and the first aimed at foreigners. the suicide bomber has been named by security forces, as a 27-year-old syrian citizen born in saudi arabia. he is sited here on cctv foodage when he is said to have given his fingerprints a week ago. it was hours after the blast that the police say they were able to identify him from his fingerprints. they say he wasn't an isil suspect. one of the most historic places in the world, an attack on turkey's tourist industry. it all sends a chilling message, and a wraellization of the colossal task placing security and intelligence agencies. some tourists appear defiant although many are staying away. >> life here goes on, and if we let these sort of attacks like impact our daily lives, i think you are giving into the threat all together. >> i don't feel safe look going to this place, so yeah, there might be an issue from my side. >> reporter: as the mourner defins, the germans who lost their lives on a packag

many of turkey's foreign tours come from germany. many are having second thoughts about coming to turkey on their next vacation. >> this is not the way he expected to be returning home from his trip to turkey. he was injured in the suicide bombing in istanbul. >> we have no hard feelings. we know there are some mad people out there. no hard feelings towards turkey for this. >> while travelers may not be laying blame on the country, they are looking to other vacation spots, and this could negatively impact turkey's tourism business. travel agents in germany understand people are apprehensive. we have a lot of people coming in for the summer season. families and children. they want to book their summer holidays and they don't want to go to turkey. the german government does not discouraging travel to the area at this time. i think i've made it clear that we are definitely not advising people not to travel to turkey. but it is the task of the foreign office to inform about where there are risks with our travel and security advisory. in

of empire. >> it has been the most turbulent year in a decade of turkey's political history. >> turkey has set a new course. one that many hoped would carry it into the european union. >> there's clearly a significant portion of the turkish population that's not happy with the policies of the democratically elected government. >> but things have changed. they are changing. >> you get clashes erupting, demonstrators throwing rocks. >> and what happens next has implications far beyond turkey. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la la >> it has been a turbulent year for turkey. and i arrive in istanbul at the moment of a critical election. the question on everyone's mind is whether the current president and his ruling party will win a large enough majority to change the constitution, potentially allowing him to stay in power indefinitely. these have been good t

reporter: turkey is a popular holiday destination for german tourists. the german foreign ministry has warned that travelers should stay away from major tourist sites. turkish officials say that the suicide bomber was a member of the islamic state, which is already been blamed for a number of serious attacks in the country. sarah: we just heard that turkey says that this bomber was a member of the islamic state. how can they be so sure of that affiliation? reporter: according to the turkish prime minister, they a in a five v palmer as being a 28-year-old syrian origin -- they identified the bomber as being a 28-year-old of syrian origin. there was a comment from the turkish deputy prime minister who says they have a list of over 1000 potential suicide bombers. they believe that there is pretty much a pretty strong case that this is the islamic state, but this will raise a lot of questions with turkish intelligence about how a person was able to cross into turkey and carry out this attack. sarah: it also raises questions about the effectiveness of the hei

the russian aircraft was over turkey air space turkey says for 17 seconds and it managed to shoot it down then and we don't know how long this one violated turkey's air space for but why didn't it try to shoot it down this time? >> turkey did not want to be blamed prematurely jeopardizing the geneva peace talks takes place in syria. at the same time i think the united states restrained turkey this time to avoid any direct confrontation between the nato partner and russia. i think that also russia's very, very robust reaction to the previous downing of the russian 24 jet i think played a part in containing turkey's reaction. >> turkey didn't get very much sympathy last time didn't they? >> didn't get much sympathy beyond rhetoric that nato and the united states, united kingdom, et cetera, expressed support for turkey's protection of its air space. but really in terms of action we did not see much response from nato partners towards turkey's confrontation with russia. >> we don't know if it happened and it's a claim put out there by the turkish foreign ministry and erdogan and russia s

in turkey now the u.n. estimates more than 660,000 of syrian refugees are of schoolage, but well over half don't go to school. here there is a ray of light for these children, some warmth and some hope in a dismal situation. it may be a small building, but a group of volunteers with so much effort and enthusiasm are using just two rooms to try to educate 65 children, with very little money indeed. this english teacher says most of her pupils are street kids or parents who can't afford to get them to schools. she says it is difficult trying to cope with the children's behavioral and learning problems. >> we are not a very much educated to do this type of stuff. we are trying to do our best. we are looking for information. trying to deal with them, with love, and with passion. and to do our best. >> reporter: the children get a snack before leaving at midday. it's the youngest of the pupils who are the most receptive to the teachers. this girl says i love this school. and i come every day. it's called the rai

groups which are allied to turkey. as well as target their supply routes. where they actually bring in weapons or whatever they need from turkey in to territories they can control inside syria. and it's not just that, rushing a deployed an air defense system basically telling turkey your proposal of a no-fly zone will never happen. and we know that turkey has been pushing for a no-fly zone in syria. so russia really tired turkey's hands in syria and that has been really a major blow to turkish policy. >> okay, more perhaps in the next couple of hours on that. for now zeina khodr, thank you, in southern turkey. >>> syrian opposition representatives are now in geneva. they are due to take part in u.n.-sponsored peace talks but have yet to commit to direct negotiations with the assad government. our diplomatic editor james bays is in geneva and joins me now. look, we have heard that they have arrived in switzerland, they are expected at the hotel where you are, but we still don't know exactly what their position is, do we

have stayed in turkey. europe should be bearing the cost and not doing these dreadful things like confiscati confiscating jewellery and other items. that is designed to deter people >>> of course, the government that has proposed this idea is saying that it is a way for the people who can afford to pay to defray some of the costs that the government has to pay for health care, education for language and john training, for things that they provide to the refugees when they end up on their country >> which is ridiculous. if you would like people to have paid for all of those, then you should let them work. you're denying them work and they're taking away these things which you need. you need your cell phone, your laptop. people arrive with cash. smugglers don't accept visa or mastercard. this is confiscated >>> let's talk back to you, mr ram, about young people in particular. in sweden there have been april few tragic incidents involving teenagers, i think why you jeb yesterday, a 15-year-old asylum seeker st

and turkey, and i.s.i.l.'s willingness to hit soft targets, especially westerners included, and also turks, but when you look at all this, it makes sense from the i.s.i.l. extremist point of view to have such an attack. again, i'm cautious not to put the blame on a certain group at this point because we need more facts to speak, but to speak from an ideology kal point of view, it won't be a surprise if this is another crime by i.s.i.l. >>> thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. just to get you right up to speed. we've got that governor report saying that ten people have lost their lives in istanbul. at least 50 there were injured. our guest faking us through the-- taking us through those three groups that could be responsible if indeed it was a suicide bomber attack. we have that eyewitness of the look of a suicide bomber. it is taking place near that blue mosque. it is very much a live situation. the area is in lock down. these pictures from, perhaps, a half hour ago, you can see the medical crews

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look, turkey is next to syria. there's a huge -- the civil war in syria is affecting turkey. have you sympathizers of isis based in turkey who run through the border, you know, provide arms and money to isis. these people are well ensconced in turkey and they can move easily within turkey and do these things. and the turk have started to target isis cells in turkey. in fact, this week there were a number of raids in different parts of the country where they arrested isis sympathizers. but this is the only the tip of the iceberg. this is a really, really huge problem for turkey. and i'm not sure turkey intelligence and security services have been as focused on isis as they have on kurdish insurgents and the problem they have with the kurdish group, the pkk. >> i have to leave it there. thanks so much for joining me. i'll be right back. hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... (boy) i'm here! i'm here! (cop) too late. i was gone for five minutes! ugh! move it. you're killing me. you know what, dad? i'm good. (dad) it may be quite a while before he's ready, but our

their way through turkey into the european union. because he says tougher visa restrictions will be applied for people coming from countries like pakistan and afghanistan. that's something that many analysts have been pointing out, that despite all of the efforts and money pledged to help turkey and countries to help people from syria, there are so many hundreds of thousands fleeing conflict and poverty in other places, and until germany puts a cap on new arrivals, it really is at the mercy of those countries in the region to stop the flow of migrants and refugees. angela merkel is treading a very lonely path right now. some are warning if it continues like this, the very structures of the european union are under threat. many eyes will be on the e.u. summit to see whether angela merkel can get any kind of solidarity from her fellow leaders. >>> proposals in denmark to start confiscating cash and valuables from newly arriving refugees has been widely criticized. in switzerland the refugees are being ordered to hand over the money the

turkey has taken many of those escaping from the fighting. our number of countries including the u.s., france, russia and turkey have all been launching airstrikes inside syria. as we just mentioned, the u.s. vice president is in turkey, joe biden saying washington is committed to helping ankara and ensuring that isil does not continue its advance toward turkey's border. >> today, we discussed how we can improve the support of local sunni arab forces working to cut off what remains of isil's access to the turkish border. that's a priority for both of our nations sos that we can prevent the new fight in equipment reaching isil and conducting attacks and so that the control now and after we defeat isil of the border is within turkey's control, that it's secure, that there are no separate state sitting on your southern border. >> there should be no uncertainty about representation of the opposition in syria and yesterday, with mr. ban ki moon we discussed this as well. we are happy the united states shares this mission. we believe on the opposit

but never before in turkey. so yes, this is a change of strategy if you like, but on the other hand, one has to ask whose strategy is, because these virtual cells largely, we saw this with paris as well. daesh is not related to sort of big higher arcky structures. the virtual cells take the idea and then they act on their own initiative, most of the time, and that'ses why when an attack after paris, for example, it is very difficult to find the trail, it just died off after a certain time. so in that respect, it is difficult to discern where the strategy or the change of tactic is coming from. >> what then do you think is the government's likely response to this latest attack? are we beginning to see more of the focus on tackling isis rather than a focus on kurdish fighters. turkey has been criticized by some for attacking launching air strikes on kurdish forces rather than concentrating on isil. >> well, turkey has always maintained that both isil daesh, and the p.k.k. are equal terrorist organizations for them

germans visit turkey every year. a crisis center has been set up in berlin to coordinate the response to the bombing and help those affected. the syrian conflict has already taken its toll on turkey. the country had already given shelter to two million refugees since the war began. tourism figures are already well down since the attacks. this latest bombing in the center offise tan bull in the shadow of the blue mosque will drag the country even further into the syrian conflict >>> for more on this going to andrew simons. a day after the attacks, what's the priority for police today? >> reporter: well, it's to try to get links to the people involved in i.s.i.l. which the turkish government says is completely responsible for this attack at the very heart of turkey's lucrative tourist industry, killing ten people, most of them german. we have heard that 59 arrests have been made in five different provinces in raids by the security forces. make no bones about it, there is a colossal effort to get more information to exa

well change turkey's relations with german. just after chancellor angela merkel urged solidarity. >> we've seen this in many other places. international terror chooses different places but it's goal is always the same. our free life and our free society. terrorists are the enemy of all free people. yes, the me enemies of all mankind. >> 5 million germans visit turkey every year. a crisis center has been set up to coordinate a response to the bombing and help those effected. the syrian cop flick has taken its toll on turkey. the country had already given shelter to 2 million refugees since the war began. and terrorism figures are well down after the attacks on ankara. but the latest bombing in the center of istanbul in the shadow of the blue mosque will drag the country further into the syrian conflict. al jazeera, istanbul. >> now the "world health organization" has asked the syrian government to allow them to southbound mobile clinics and medical team to assess the extent of malnutrition in madaya. aid was successfully deliver

he comes from turkey, was imprisoned and tortured there. now the u.s. is threatening to send him back. we will speak with him, his daughter, and his lawyer. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: livia gazzolo, the daughter of ibrahim parlak, who we will be talking about today. she was singing at a vigil for him a few years ago. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as we turn to the case of michigan resident ibrahim parlak, who faces imminent deportation in an asylum case that stretches back close to a quarter of a century. ibrahim parlak is a kurdish man who came to the united states in 1990 fleeing persecution in his native country of turkey, where he'd been arrested and tortured for his affiliations with the political arm of the kurdistan workers' party, a kurdish independence group better known as the pkk. once parlak reached the united states, he was granted political asylum. a year later, he was granted permanent residence. but all this changed in the years following 2001, when the fbi began to review

in southern turkey we have these reports. a few months ago he grew more plants in hope of doubling his profits. recently russia imposed economic sanctions against turkey for shooting down one of its fighter jets near the syrian border. they are now worried about what this means for his business. >> people like me, we're hearing that citrus prices are declining because of russia banning our products. all of us feel the impacts. >> this is the wholesale market local produced from here are shipped to all over the world. one of turkey's main exports, a business worth almost $1 billion, and a third of these exports go to russia. >> it's the farmers who are unlikely to suffer because of the economic sanctions, and they're all worried that they may no longer be able to sell their goods if the political cries continues. they all say that the government has to take action or there will be big losses. the farmers are under pressure to finish harvesting citrus fruits before it gets cold. the region produces 75% of turkey's citrus produc

coming up: renewed tensions between erduan and putin after turkey is accused of violating turkey's airspace. >> more lives are lost in the agean. the u.s. presidential campaign lets up in iowa ahead of monday's caucus. ♪ >> syrian's main opposition representatives are in geneva. they have yet to commit to direct negotiations with the assad government. our diplomatic editor, james bays has the latest from geneva. >> reporter: a large group of press here, quite chaotic scenes when they arrived here because we all want to know the position, the exact position, of this the main opposition grouping. when the spokesman came here, they said that they still believe the u.n. resolution at the end of december means there are things that should be put in place now before talks take place. he said they weren't -- -- /* hiz group's conditions. conditions of the u.n. security council, and i pressed him as to whether these conditions would have to be met before they sat down. >> if those conditions are not met, will you engage in talks? >> we will -- we are ready we are ready to start negotiation, but a

turkey knows that they have to tighten up security. i think they also have to show that they're tightening up security. i think as far as the tourists are concerned they've already taken a blow from the various high profile attacks over the last 12 months. they really realized if they're going to pull those tourism numbers back up again they have to have confidence that the security has been taken seriously here. in the center of instant pull you can walk around this area quite freely. we weren't searched at all. we weren't checked for our identity coming into this center here today, but there must be a push to try to bring in more police, to try to do more patrol in the streets and to be seen tightening up. it means popular tourist places as we know germany has already warned that citizens who are in istanbul who are in turkey, not to go to heavily populated places. yes, they're not tightening up, but they are thinking about tightening up. >> thank you very much live for us in istanbul. let's get more on this story i'm joined by a tur

of turkey's wiggle room, it says it hasn't received enough money. it hasn't got any of the $3.3 billion or so that was pledged at the end of last year to help it integrate syrians into turkish society, and then there is the matter of all of the other people fleeing countries like iraq, afghanistan, and so on, who are still coming, who show no signs of stopping, and with germany already haven taken more than a million refugees and migrants last year, some of angela merkel's coalition partners are warning her that she has to get tougher. but i haven't heard anything that really suggests that she is willing to do a u-turn right now. >> back to turkey's position, nadim, how far is it willing to go to help? in >> reporter: turkey says that it's 100% willing to -- to help its european partners. it says that it is not a question of money. in that it's a question of doing the right thing morally, but the prime minister warns before he rived in berlin that that sum pledged would not be enough. i think there is some sympathy for that approach, but there is ce

the pipeline was being built not only to supply gas to turkey, additional gas to turkey, but it was meant to ship gas elsewhere. i think there is no immediate deprivation to be suffered on that front and there is enough time to take measures that might possibly compensate for the up coming russian gas through the turkish pipeline >>> let's cast ahead six/nine months. say this is still going on. do you think that turkey will have suffered proportionately because of these sanctions, proportionately the deprivations that russia might have felt? >> i think a number of figures are being offered by a variety of experts to the highest range of loss of 10 billion dollars during this coming year. now, obviously, some of these will be comp. sated by-- compensated by other markets. an example is tourism trade which is going on a campaign to attract visitors from other parts of the world. these measures all equals deprivations, not only on turkey, but also on the russian people. my understanding that the price of tomatoes, for example, in russia have been up significantly and rather than being sold b

died, a solemn group, the interior ministers from turkey and germany also present. red flowers are the only visual sense of death. there is no sign of blast damage aside from some wood gouged out of a seat. turkish government blames isil for the attack, saying it was the third attack in the country and the first aimed at foreigners. >> they'll face retaliation in whatever form is deemed necessary. we will retaliate whenever we deem necessary. >> the suicide-bomber has been flamed by security sources as a 27-year-old syrian citizen born in saudi arabia. he is sighted here on cctv footage when he has given his fingerprints in istanbul only a week ago after an legal border crossing. the police say they were able to identified him from his fingerprints. they say he was not an isil suspect. one of the most historic places in the world, an attack on turkey's tourist industry with foreigners dead. it sends a chilling message and a realization of the colossal task facing security and intelligence agencies. some tourists appear defiant although many are staying away. >> life

turkey will open the door fully. >> the border is 100 kilometers and it is the door between turkey and europe for isil fighters. they have stationed a 30-thousand strong patrol there but turkey said it could not afford to spare the troops, so business for smugglers remains brisk. >> troops come freely in istanbul. they travel by bus not planes. they come in where they meet up. there is a man responsible for managing hotel bookings and transport and another for entry into syria. >> 68 isil suspects have been detained across turkey since the istanbul attack. the interior minister said that turkey is committed to tracking down isil sympathizer as part of the government's anti-terrorism operation. >> 220 isil members were attacked. until now, we have talked 3,018 since the conflict began in syria. 147 were arrested, a significant number of foreign fighters. >> sealing the border completely is a tall order for turkey. it's the first call for syrians trying to escape the disaster of the civil war. the istanbul attack is a sign of increase of insurgent attacks on turkish soil, and as a turkis

several raids have been carried out across turkey since tuesday. >>> turkey is exerting a lot of effort to fight terrorism and terrorists. during the recent attack, and a week before this attack, we have stopped 220 persons being affiliated to i.s.i.l., and after the - that recent attack, and within the information that we have gathered through investigations, we managed to stop one of the suspects yesterday, last night >>> for more on this, let's go to our correspondent andrew simmonds, live in istanbul, turkey's interior ministry given a lot of information on turkey's effort in its fight against terrorism. what else did he have to say. >> well, he was really sketching out what a colossal job security and intelligence agencies had on their hand. he mentioned a lot of figures after referring to the arrest of one of the suspects on tuesday nights. that's all he had to say. he said the rest had to be secret, because it was an ongoing investigation. amongst the figures he moved on to allude to after that sound byte there, he said that there were more than 3,300 i.s.i.l. suspects detained s

turkey since 1923, since the creation of the public. so yes, it makes people extremely nervous, but every day life, what is going on. now, with this blast i wonder what will happen >>> it's no so long when you talk about what will happen, the consequences may be obviously we will get a speech, we will get comments from the prime minister. it's not so very long ago, however, since you had elections in your country which refreshed the government, in effect, because that was what happened. i'm interested to know if people feel as safe as they might do with more of the same when it comes to the people that run the country. >> reporter: well, as you recall, they went to the polls on 7 june last year to elect a new parliament. unfortunately, the ruling party, the justice and people were not happy with the results. turkey went, just after a few months, for snap election, out of which the ruling party has retaken control of government. one of the key intention of the government was without us you can't have stability in this country. so here we

this is really an attack on turkey. it damaged turkey. you know what it will do to terrorism in turkey. most of it comes from germany. stay away. what are they going to go there for? i think it is really targeted here. they have been very active in syria. we have heard a lot of reports that have led many americans to question just what kind of an ally turkey has been with this rube. mile-long lines. isis oil trucks headed to turkey. doing business with the prime minister's son. maybe this compels them further into our country. say what more can we all do. they are really taking it on the chin now. i think, as you are just saying, it will have any effect on merkel in germany. the whole theory and refugee. this person was, apparently, getting across, posing as a refugee. >> that has been a wildcard with that relationship. somehow, we can come to some sort of a compromise. particularly -- let them have their own economist nation, if you will. >> the one-word answer is, no. it makes a lot of sense to you and me. good for the interest of the u

counting on consultations this week with turkey, between turkey and the eu. and a meeting of eu leaders. is there any reason to expect that meeting to produce more cooperation than we have seen in the past months? judy: no. and there is not hope the president of turkey is going to cooperate. he has been stung by the islamic state and the recent suicide attacks in turkey. he is going to be loath to keep the refugees there. secondly, how many summits have the eu had over the refugees? as if they did not see this problem happening or three years ago. there is a plan b on the table. essentially, core countries who will keep the borders open. cooperate, the borders will be closed. merkel is not going to be handed any kind of support. she is in a difficult situation. you to elaborate on that plan b and a moment. first, let's take a look at some of the numerous eu summits and the resolutions they have issued which have not been followed up upon. turkey.le, the eu has promised turkey 3 billion euros. but italy is reported to be blocking the deal. as a result, turkey

have stayed in turkey. europe should be bearing the cost and they should not be doing these things like confiscating jewellery, cell phones, lap tops from people when they arrive. this is ridiculous and -- >>> the government that proposed this idea is saying it is a way for the people who can afford to pay to defray some of the costs that the government has to pay for health care, education, language training and job training, for the things they provide to refugees when they end up on the country. >> which is ridiculous balls if you would like people to pay for all of those, then you should let them work. they're denying them work and you need these things. you need your cell phone, laptop. people arrive with cash. smugglers don't accept visa cards >>> back to you mr ram about young people in particular. of course, in sweden there have been tragedy incidents involving teenagers. just yesterday a 15-year-old migrant, asylum seeker, allegedly stabbed to death a worker in sweden. earlier a teenager was stabbe

this is the latest blast to hit turkey. in october at least 102 people died in a double suicide attack in a peace rally at the capitol ankara and violence has a back drop of operations in the southeast of turkey and almost five-year civil war along its southern border with syria. and the district has been locked down and its people left bewildered a blast has torn through the beloved and historic city, al jazeera. >>> oil prices hit a new low plummeting less than $31 a barrel, the lowest level in more than a decade, industry experts say it could plunge further and at the peak in july 2008 a barrel of oil cost more than $147 and it has fallen to $30 a barrel and great news for people filling up their cars or the cost of heating their home but bad news for oil producing countries and none of these countries are getting enough oil to cover cast and some are devaluing currency and others on the brink of defaulting on the debt and from the capitol abuja and nigeria highly depends on the price of oil and the barrel and what is th

that's pretty much a red line for turkey. we don't know the answer to that question, he refuses to answer it. that will be one of the interesting things to watch when the invitations are sent out in the next 24 hours. >> how you are going to prioritize what are the discussions on the agenda on these talks. >> well, you heard him speak just a few moments ago in the click we played from the news conference. he certainly has decided what should be the opening issues, talking about ceasefires, talking about humanitarian aid and he's stopping the spread of isil. those will be the opening issues. he mentioned all the other broader issues he wants to talk about in a pros of talks that he says will go on for six months. what's not clear is how he's actually going to conduct this. he says the agenda is clear, all laid out in the u.n. security council resolution 2254 passed at the end of last year. let's remember what happened two years ago here in geneva, when there were talks last time around. yes, they have an jen did, but then the

stands with turkey in the face of terror. the strongest criticism has comf support has come from germany, angela merkel saying they strongly condemn the attack in the strongest way. there is a report that the majority if not all those who lost their lives were game machine citizens. these are unconfirmed reports but angela merkel keeping a very close eye on things following a phone conversation with turkey's prime minister who gave her the assurances that those injured were being given the best care possible in turkish hospitals. >> isil has had a growing presence in turkey. are they connecting the events? >> not yet. it doesn't seem they are connecting it, the syrian citizens who isil just yet. we heard from president erdogan that this was a 28-year-old citizen. no links were made with any group, but i'm confident that the turkish government isn't ruling out any connections to isil, given that the two previous attacks that shocked this country in 2015, the bombing and double suicide bombing in ankara were carried out by isil

this is the latest blast to hit turkey. in october at least 102 people died in a double suicide attack on a peace rally in the capitol ankara. the violence copies with a back drop of ongoing operations in the southeast of turkey and almost five-year civil war along the southern border with syria. and the district has been locked down and its people left be w d wildered. >>> we heard from correspondent rena and is live at the scene of where that explosion took place and any more news for us? >> let me talk about the square right now and we have police helicopters circling above us and also have searches being conducted by the police outside the court and this is in case there could be, if the reports we are hearing of a potential suicide bomber attack are true the police tells us in case there could be a second person so at the moment searches are being conducted around us of pretty much everyone outside the perimeter, apart from that no claim of responsibility just yet. the authorities have not pointed at the cause of the b

germany. >> 5 million visit turkey every year. a crisis center has been set up in berlin to coordinate the response to the bombing and to help those affected. >> the syrian conflict has already taken its toll on turkey. the country had already given shelter to two million refugees since the war began. tourism figures are well known but this latest bombing in the center of istanbul in a shadow of the blue mosque will drag the country even further into the syrian conflict. al jazeera, istanbul. south korea's president has called for tougher sanctions against north korea after its nuclear test. ] urging china, the only regional ally to support the measures. last week, north korea claimed to have successful tested a hydrogen bomb. it was condemned by its nabors and the international community. >>> the chinese government will not act in a way that would aggravate the situation on the korean peninsula and it has been communicating with us in regards to the north korean issue. the best pefr is the one who holds hand. i believe that china

that has all changed, turkey says. there certainly is no indication that they were guilty of that and, really, there should be more cooperation. that's the message, politically, coming out of here, that security-wise a big challenge facing the security services and the army itself >>> indeed. thank you. the u.s. and russian presidentials have been discuss-- presidents have been spoke on the phone about reducing violence and ensuring humanitarian access to civilians. the u.n. special envoy to syria said talks will go ahead as planned. some rebel factions said they will not attend the talks unless aid supplies are made available to those in need. more aid is expected to be sent to madaya and two other villages on thursday. 400,000 people are living under siege across syria. meanwhile governments forced back by russian air strikes are continuing to make advances. >> reporter: devastation as far as the eye can see in sarmada. more than 100 people killed and ambulances taking away the injured. >> translation: we helped reco

on the contrary it will do harm >>> we have an expert of turkey affairs and he explains why turkey didn't try to shoot down the plane this time. >> turkey did not want to be blamed for prematuring jeopardizing the geneva peace talks. at the same time the united states restrained turkey this time to avoid any direct confrontation between an n.a.t.o. partner and russia. also the previous shoot down. turkey did not get sympathy beyond rhetoric. there was support for protection of the airspace, but really in terms of action we did not see much response from n.a.t.o. partners towards turkey's confrontation with russia >>> on monday the u.s. day of iowa will become the first in the country to hold the presidential nominating contest known as a caucus. a win there can make or break a candidate's campaign. our correspondent reports from des moines, iowa. >> reporter: it is in homes like this that united states will hold its first votes in the contest. so where is this caucus going to be held, where are the people going to be? >> here. >> reporter: right here? >> right here, yeah. >> reporter: to

, turkey did participate. previously turkey was insisting that, you know, we should not only and solely focus on isis. also let's not forget about the major factor that is generated terrorism and radicalism in syria, which is the assad regime. so therefore turkey wants to have a package deal, isis plus the assad regime, but nevertheless as this event has forced turkey to some extent to prioritize isis for a very simple reason, because it is a major threat to turkey, to europe, and to -- you know, to all of the countries in the region. but again, the threat of isis is not just a security threat. it is a political threat, a threat on the narrative, and we will not win this battle unless we focus on this broader threat, which includes political dimension, dimension of narrative, and therefore we cannot lose the sight of the bigger picture that gives birth to isis, which is a failed state in iraq, and civil war in the form of syria that has been ongoing for quite a long time now. >> okay. thank you very much. talk