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Wütender Protest gegen Erdogan: Auf der Straße für die türkische Demokratie | auslandsjournal

Die Türkei bebt: Nach der Verhaftung des Istanbuler Bürgermeisters und Oppositionsführers Ekrem İmamoğlu gehen Tausende auf die Straße und riskieren, verhaftet zu werden. Immer mehr Menschen fürchten um die Demokratie in der Türkei. Sie glauben, dass Präsident Erdoğan seine Macht immer weiter ausdehnen will. -----     

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Erdogan als Anti-Atatürk? Was bleibt 100 Jahre nach der Staatsgründung? | auslandsjournal

Die Türkei blickt auf eine lange, bewegte und konfliktreiche Geschichte zurück. Mit der Ausrufung der türkischen Republik am 29. Oktober 1923 wollte Mustafa Kemal Atatürk den Weg für einen modernen und laizistischen Staat ebnen. Die Staatsgründung ist nun 100 Jahre her. Seitdem ist auf dem Kernland des ehemaligen Osmanischen Reichs viel passiert. Die laizistische Vorstellung Atatürks, Staat und Religion strikt voneinander zu trennen, wurde unter der AKP-Regierung Erdogans ausgehöhlt. Wie sieht die Wirklichkeit aus in der Türkei unter Präsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan? ZDF-Korrespondent Jörg Brase hat sechs Menschen in der Türkei getroffen, die aus ihrer ganz eigenen Lebenserfahrung heraus auf ihre Heimat und deren einhundertjährige Geschichte blicken.

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Russland und das große Schweigen: Zeitenwende global (1/3) | auslandsjournal

Ein Jahr nach dem russischen Einmarsch in die Ukraine gehen die Korrespondentinnen und Korrespondenten des ZDF weltweit auf Spurensuche: Wie hat Putins brutaler Angriffskrieg Russland verändert? Ist das Schweigen so vieler Russinnen und Russen Zustimmung, Angst oder Machtlosigkeit? Was sind die globalen Folgen dieser Zeitenwende? ZDF-Korrespondentin Phoebe Gaa hat Menschen getroffen, die den Mut aufbringen, zu sprechen, obwohl der Staat sie daran hindern will. Und Menschen, die sprechen, auch wenn sie westlichen Fernsehteams eigentlich misstrauen. Sie begegnet offenem und stillem Protest, trifft auf vermeintliche Patrioten und mutige Oppositionelle und sie zeigt die Propaganda, die das Leben der Menschen in Russland heute prägt. "Zeitenwende Global", eine dreiteilige Doku-Reihe des ZDF-auslandsjournals.

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US President Donald Trump’s decision to charge every undocumented new arrival from Mexico with a criminal offence has meant more than 2,000 children being separated from their families. Widespread condemnation forced Trump to sign an executive order to keep the families together. But hundreds of children are still without their parents. And one of the lesser known consequences of Trump’s hardline approach has been the deportation of undocumented migrants who are trying to become legal. Randolph Nogel went to the border to report on the human toll.

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Mexico is not just a transit route for people trying to seek asylum in the United States, it’s also becoming a destination.. That may seem counter-intuitive, because Mexico is plagued by gang violence, stemming from a drug war that's raged for more than a decade. So, are asylum seekers finding the safety they so desperately seek? Randolph Nogel travelled to Mexico's border with Guatemala and filed this report.

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'If there's no justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government.' Words spoken more than 100 years ago by Mexico's most famous revolutionary, Emiliano Zapata. A century after the death of a man who fought for indigenous rights, the country faces a new dawn, one represented by its president-elect, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Mexico has more than 25 million indigenous people, and many of them are hoping their new leader will champion their causes and help them protect their ways of life. The Newsmaker has been looking at the major issues facing the incoming administration. Randolph Nogel went to the southern state of Tabasco, where one of the biggest challenges facing indigenous people comes from the state oil company, PEMEX.

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A story about Jorge Vera, a Mexican boxer

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Italy's new government has singled out the Roma people as a problem community, with Interior Minister Matteo Salvini suggesting a 'cenus' of Roma camps and a crackdown on illegal residents. But do his plans actually tackle crime and social problems or are they acts of discrimination against the Roma? We sent Sandra Gathmann to Rome to find out.

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President Donald Trump has long questioned the amount of money the US spends on NATO. Is the United States paying an unfair share? Christine Pirovolakis reports

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Home to nearly 15 million people the decisions made here in Istanbul shape events in Turkey and its ties to the west.  With its politically diverse neighborhoods and rugged landscape, Istanbul is a microcosm of Turkey itself. And elections results here will decide what direction the country takes.

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Syria's children born during the war, the children who came of age in the fighting, and a generation that has seen better days.

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Students are to walk out of their classrooms and march on Washington to demand stricter gun laws. Meanwhile, the National Rifle Association continues to pour tens of millions of dollars into politicians coffers to maintain the status quo. Natalie Poyhonen reports.

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Bangladesh signed a repatriation deal to return thousands of Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar. The process was to begin in January 2017 but the Rohingya refuse to go back to their homeland because they believe it’s unsafe, and the UN agrees with them. Sandra Gathmann tells us more from the world’s largest refugee camp.

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WOY23 ft Duygu Demir - Can’t Stop Me Now

Duygu Demir - Cello Sertac Toksöz - Camera, Recording, Soundmixing @studio istanbul Mirko Ettore D'Agostino - Mastering @babajim Woy23 - Singer-songwriter

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Available on iTunes, Spotify & Tidal

itunes.apple.com/us/artist/woy23/id835060416 open.spotify.com/artist/3gvJPzGAJYYcSF5SIuogqw listen.tidal.com/artist/5466488

Sertac Toksöz (Studio Istanbul) Sound Recording & Mixing

Mikro Ettore d'Agostino (Babajim Mastering Studio) Mastering

Korhan Tokatli & Ramazan Tunay Camera

Wolfgang Beck Video Editing and Color Grading

WOY23 Song Composition & Performance

Hat Tip to Alp Turac (DAS Studio) for lending us his pair of ears.

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This is a report I edited for the Deutsche Welle. In that Gunnar Köhne shows us how the increase in Syrian refugees has led to the development of a lucrative trade in women in Turkey. In their desperation, refugee families are selling their daughters to Turkish men. The young women are subject to abuse and discrimination.

On April 16th, 2016 this piece received a Platinum award in the category “Ethnic/Cultural” at the Worldfest Houston 49th Annual International Independent Film Festival. 

Founded in 1961 the Worldfest is one of the oldest and largest TV- and film festivals in the world. Former award winners include among others Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Oliver Stone, Ridley Scott and Ang Lee.

https://worldfest.org/