A raising 1000 years of history in my opinion. This is the awakening of the mosque that was opened by sultan. The rise of muslims and islam once again. Also on the day remembering europes worst atrocity since the 2nd world war d. W. Speaks with survivors of this trouble its a massacre when they put 2 tanks facing each other and people had to walk for then they started charging people they took them and then shot them right in front of me they were like family to me. A turkish president obama has announced at istanbuls world famous higher saffir will be reopened for muslim worship hes declaration about his countrys most popular Tourist Destination a comes after his highest Administrative Court revoked its status as a museum clearing the way for it to be turned back into a mine. Ask dozens of people were gathered outside the building to celebrate a built in the 6th century as an Orthodox Christian church its now a unesco World Heritage site greece and the Russian Orthodox church strongly criticize the change while the United States and unesco have also expressed regret at the alterations of its status. Empires have fallen religions have been replaced the city itself has changed names but the dome of the high yes the fia has withstood it all built in the 6th century as a byzantine church it was for centuries the Worlds Largest christian cathedral almost a millennium later it was converted into an islamic mosque during the awesome an empire but in the 1930 s. It was turned into a museum under the founder of the modern turkish republic ataturk a symbol of the new secular state inclusive of all religions. Since then it has been a Meeting Point of many faiths but held by no on a place where popes and president s have come to pay their respects and marvel at the architecture of. The religion is a tool for president richard type of on he has overseen prayers in the museum and raised its status at local election rallies. I also feel. As you know they converted the higher sophia from a mosque to a museum a while ago. Now we hope to be able to call that a mosque again after the election. So just islamic groups have fought to pray at the highest the fear angering neighboring greece which says the building is part of its author docs christian history unesco has warned turkey its conversion to a mosque could violate the world Cultural Heritage convention. A flashpoint of religious and National Struggle the highest of fear will remain an icon of istanbul. Lets take a closer look at this with the bad chap whos written extensively on face to your he joins us from chapel hill in the u. S. Where hes currently a Research Fellow at the university of North Carolina welcome to the day the court today decided that the 934 cabinet decision that ended the highest affairs used as a mosque and if i did as a museum did not comply with the law why do you think it took 86 years for anyone to notice. Well the issue has been making rounds in turkish politics for a long time indeed its been a call so never for slightness but also for rightwing nationalists in turkey. For whatever reason theyre going to get if it secure does this is a long time ago decided its now a good time to get it through the court system and by 2 we should have 6 floors holes this is totally independent really by the court is clearly in the political influence and i think the only plausible explanation of this short term political calculations. To take issue connelly is not doing a great cull but they team this as much a challenge and think its elsewhere distant bowling balls its the president s. Political standing but i am afraid it will be a visual to me it will make a difference with all due to its this is for the government global longer to write you see this as a distraction this is a short term political win for the president absolutely but it will be costly for taking itself. Because salute initial titians it greets but also all because it lets a mental to the kind of rants take you but also stumble the municipality if someone has stood nurturing for a long long time as a bt political Political Center a city. That kind of who leads the cross was ruled out several historical regions and its the connections to the past. That its the decision of the goals right. Thinking still statements projected by turkey but also in the city itself i saw you that you tweeted and itll. Face why why why did you say that you think this will provoke islamophobia. Its the usual simply games plea to our weve seen it over many many issues for example with their median jealous ape issue. He likes to raise hell to rally supporters because of the. Often he strikes. European leaders 1000000 viewers might remember the kind of swipes he directed American Leadership or which germany starts espouse nazi past which then of course triggers backlash on the other side. Which then the president himself uses the device to drum up support for turkey nobody likes us the world is against us its a standard technique you see with many old crafts. As big playing the same game in russia occasionally the school so expect theyll be this dont know me again but again i dont think thats the kind of issue that only made. The citizens local they killed of the basis that this effect will be ephemeral i mean im intrigued by the how do you know you forgive me for interrupting about the point that youre made that things very interesting you say this is an issue that has been kicking around in politics for decades this is not an issue that generally exercises the public in turkey and certainly outside im thinking that most of the public probably wouldnt pass along as they can still get to go and see which the president seems to indicate that that will still be the case so nobody wins except except a president or 2 on on a short term basis but he still got problems to deal with this does not sound like the actions of a a calculating votes winner but we have seen him to be. Oh you know but. Its a shorter political game and by we spoke to said well i guess there will be opportunity for others the populist the nationalists in greece but also in western europe to seize on this issue i wouldnt be surprised to see discussed in the European Parliament by the way going back to bite the week of this political football board d sites but again look maybe experts myself included we were wrong because we assumed a lot would go over the edge that hell be just played this game of small commuter as promising to speak for supporters that hew to the status but will go before while well he did and he probably thinks that the course it was this wont be that serious that he might well have a point but i think again the mits. Is that true mental. Doesnt play well. Were talking we thank you for joining us that dimitar better after. This weekend marks the 25th anniversary of the worst a war crime on european soil since the 2nd world war in july 9095 during the bosnian war more than 8000 muslim men and boys were killed by bosnian serb forces in the town a stripper nights which were supposed to be a safe haven and under the protection of u. N. Troops the bodies were disposed off in mass graves in an attempt to cover up the slaughter and it happened in europes backyard as dutch peacekeeper stood back at a Memorial Ceremony in the European Parliament today in the e. U. Acknowledged its own fate. Today we are remembering one of the darkest days of modern european history and one of the most tragic crimes committed in europe since the 2nd world war europe has not forgotten what happened in 70. And our own responsibility for not being able to prevent and stop the genocide instead going to. Europe failed and we are faced with our shrink commemoration events are also being held in bosnia and herzegovina every year on the 11th of july our relatives of the most recently identified victims gathered for a funeral he has been speaking with 2 survivors the massacre here in. The center froze us takes her back to a pharma peaceful life in the hills of spread parineeta until the age of 45 so little had a happy life but then yugoslavia fell apart Serbian Forces shelled the town and tried to stuff its residents out now i go to. The mornings where the worst every day at not even one am i had children in front of my house begging they wanted something to eat but we didnt have anything ourselves nothing yet they wanted to gladdening blood not yet. Between 93 and 95 the fighting between serb forces and bosnian militias intensified the serbs were trying to force the population out of their homes to make their opponents surrender. In july 1005 general ragon lot its later convicted of war crimes and genocide and roots forever the separation between life and death began. And said get them applaud used the one they put 2 tanks facing each other and people had to walk further then they started charging people old women and children on one side young women on the other fort and entertainment at night. All the men were taken away even little boys from the age of 8 even 19 year olds. Was got to so make us really in there with us did god you know study on is. An estimated 8000 men and boys were shot in the following days. Damn near close lost his father and spread bernita he often imagines his final moments before he got shot after home. Did he feel hungry that if your 1st. If he was conscious did he think about us his family did anything give him strength were going to clap. In 20053 manes of his father were gentrified in 3 different mass graves thanks for d. N. A. Tests before the burial he insisted on seeing them and recognized his father skull. When you got arrested him when remains are found they are often already charred and decomposed on himself it really isnt. About done but that makes the teeth stand out more in contrast and i recognized my father smiled. For my new father to see. Yeah in july 95 women and children left reprimands are under the eyes of Serbian Forces. Delish ramsey was amongst them but on her way out she would know something she will never be able to forget. I see him put them some stories of whatever friends of mine try to scape but the soldiers caught them and drag them back to the street they wanted everyone to see what happens to those who try to escape they took them and then shot them right in front of me they were like family to me im still modest about not so many believe me she had family. Just like demi kludge she lives with trauma to this day but still the smell of roses lives on and reminds her of her farm the peaceful youve inspired bring into. A mold borne of a rest with this president of remembering srebrenica thats a British Charity that raises awareness about the bosnian genocide and tries to bring communities together using the Lessons Learned from this trip and its amassed a welcome to day doubly people will say this was accurate terrible thing that happened nearly a lifetime ago so why is it important to remember. Well 1st of all its 25 years ago it wasnt yesterday but it was not very long ago it was on european soil it was the most dreadful genocide it was the most awful event in europe since the 2nd world war and the holocaust it is something truly awful it is a stain on your ups history and its very important that we learn the lessons of the past because thats the only way we stop these things happening in the future so its very important that british shoulder and british kids are educated about this and indeed the population at large and thats what were seeking to do so that we can ensure that nothing like this happens again. Thank set that. I mean the word the words in the sentiment i think we all agree with him as a individual level we see the sense and we see about the horrors of war but when we look around the world and when you look around the news the lessons really arent being learned the the war the world is still full of internal war and strife you look at me and my you look at syria you look at libya eunuch of the yemen we are still fighting each other those lessons are not being. Learned. Well i say 2 things that i mean 1st 1st of all were not talking about a war here were talking about genocide and that isnt to minimize some of the dreadful things that are happening around the world at the moment in any way but we dont learn the lessons of the past we dont stop these things happening in the future by simply saying look these things always happen theyre going to carry on happening we have to fight back as an International Community and thats what remembering stroger needs and does this weekend memorial weekend britain that have been over 1000 events up and down the country throughout the 4 parts of the country in town holes in community is in Schools Police stations small acts that may look small and insignificant in themselves but when you look at them building up it just shows that every action matters not is they but the title and the moral of this particular week that weve adopted and considering that were in lockdown because of the for the virus to have achieved that in their level of awareness on the level of resistance to this i think thats something that we should be proud of and im not being complacent about it theres still a lot to do and that we dont stop these things happening if we sit by and do nothing and then the history the the narrative the way we remember visy events thats important as well its an explain to us why its simple its important in your guy what went on in bosnia as genocide for instance. Well its very important because it is one community against another i Mean Community is that the looked on the surface identical you couldnt tell. A search of an. Opinion. From a Bosnian Muslim on the face of it and it was only when people were identified as of a different religion and then were identified for slaughter that turk that that difference became apparent and that is why it is absolutely truly awful iran does hand us crimes that we have to make sure never happen again tomorrow of course we have the National Commemoration happening at 7 oclock and people can view that by remembering struggle its a twitter had no or on facebook or on you tube and i hope they do hundreds of thousands of people will be looking at this and learning from this because that is it cruel important and the most significant event of my political like with. That is it using the mothers of srebrenica who showed such incredible grace and courage and briefly how much of a shadow do those events of 25 years ago still cast over Politics Today in bosnia and herzegovina in the governor. An immense amount they they cost a very long shadows youd expect i dont want to minimize some of the progress that has been because undoubtedly there has been of course the house but of course its also true that these will cost a very long shadow people who lived through that and people who didnt live through that that theyre going to be massively affected and as is true of the Bosnian Community bosnian britons still feel this immensely those who lived through it and then came to our country and 2nd generation survivors of course it will do so but the way we help is to ensure that the lessons learnt for the future thats the only thing we can do we cant stop it happening in the past we call to jump backwards and stop it happening but what we can do is make sure these lessons are learned for the future and thats why the National Commemoration tomorrow the culmination of memorial week it is so crucially important to sudden a clock so i would urge people to to listen and watch watch whats happening on remembering tributes to twitter handle facebook or on you tube ok thank you for joining us born of a recession a leisure remembering a strawman its. 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I propose a Grant Program for the 50000 best and most talented young people from towns and villages so they can develop their abilities and get a shot at an education from the best schools and universities. Just coasting appeals to people who are disappointed by the incumbent president. So in watching the at how was i going my son just went to haul it as well because his apprenticeship from the Employment Office paid only 240. 00 euros a month thats what kind of salary is that for working 8 hours a day and president do talks about opportunities for young people their only chance is to go abroad thats it hundreds of people come out to see and to me as mayor in towns like rochester. But due to the incumbent attractions crowds of thousands of people who dont want things to change theyre satisfied with the Child Support extra subsidies for pensions and tax cuts hes provided. No law that restricts or liquidate such benefits will be signed by me you can be assured of that. 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