Claimed responsibility. Our reporter gunnar kohne went to this dangerous region to find out more. Gunnar the city of gaziantep lies about 65 kilometers from the syrian border. Since the war broke out in syria, hundreds of thousands of refugees have found sanctuary here. Among them are many syrian journalists. One of them is a young reporter, who well call ahmad. Hes been researching the brutal atrocities committed by the socalled Islamic State. He no longer feels safe in turkey and lives in hiding. After a long wait for an interview, we meet him in an empty playground on the edge of town my family lived for a while in an iscontrolled area. Before they were able to flee, they were threatened repeatedly because of an article i wrote. Then is started threatening me directly, writing that they would find me and kill me. I can work from home, and i dont leave my apartment unless its absolutely necessary. And i change address regularly. His fears are not unfounded. In midmay, his colleague M
Claimed, a victory for democracy . He has moved quickly to initiate what he calls essential cleansing ordering the arrest of thousands, purging the military and academia. Our question on this edition of quadriga, turkey coup blank check for erdogan . To answer the question, we have invited three guests following events in turkey very closely. It is a pleasure to welcome seda serdar. She says erdogan does not need anyone to give him a blank check. He is doing what he wants. It is a great pleasure to welcome back alan posener. He is a british german commentator at die welt. He says nobody is about to give erdogan a blank check, but demonizing him will help neither turkey nor the west. Great to have antje bauer with us, a freelance journalist who has reported on the middle east, turkey, and afghanistan, and is working with the Deutsche Welle academy. She says turkey has a new national hero, mr. Erdogan. He is as much an image of his ataturk was for his own. So, seda serdar, if this is a b
That hawkish image that he wished cheney had not had as much influence. Dick cheney should have had his own state department. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by bnsf railway. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. A foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan the crash of a russian jetliner in egypt morphed into an international dispute today, on whether a bomb was behind it. All 224 people on board were killed when the plane broke up saturday, just 23 minutes after taking off from Sharm Elsheikh. Now, the leaders
To take a chance once in awhile. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff theres growing talk tonight that a bomb destroyed that Russian Airliner over egypts sinai peninsula. The metrojet plane broke up and crashed saturday, on a flight from Sharm Elsheikh to st. Petersburg, killing all 224 people on board. Now the Associated Press and others say u. S. Intelligence believes Islamic State militants may have planted the bomb. That follows similar reports out of cairo and london, as we hear
The night. A pro legislative i can burglary suspect. The suspect had burglarized seven residents in the neighborhood. Many of the victims were his neighbor. Hes been identified as 21year old mathew gardon. The officers showed that had information to the detectives and one of the detectives recognized the vehicle and the suspect. That was the Public Information officer, many stolen items were recovered in the suspects garage. He looks for opened or unlocked garages. Now to texas. There is a trail of destruction after a powerful storm ripped through parts of the state, flood waters rush into homes and swept off cars. Residents have suffered thousands of dollars in damage. Today, we learned that several lives have been loss in the storm. The central part of the state have been with particular hard with torrential rain. We have more on this Severe Weather in texas including reports of possible tornados in the area. At least two people were hurt after a possible tornado that hit early this