Museums, i believe, are really having a moment, and thats what i want to explore. This is amazing. So this is his studio. I can walk around, can i . He was painting the orient within the orient. When you see my work, you can easily link the concepts, lets say, or the technique, anything from them, as inspiring. I think thats rather wonderful. Im in istanbul, that great, entrancing, ancient megalopolis, once the capital of the byzantine and ottoman empires. Lying on either side of the bosporus strait, its a city that straddles two continents, europe and asia, so it feels like the Perfect Place to discover for myself the long, still evolving story of Cultural Exchange between east and west. Im starting at the pera museum, once an exclusive hotel in the heart of istanbuls diplomatic district. I cant think of anywhere else quite like it, a unique, privately run museum, with a collection exploring the relationship between east and west a centuries long exchange that culminated in a controve
Native language is turkish but i think all these descriptions are just more projections than anything i was born here and grew up here i only have german citizenship and im very happy with that its your wins which relations between turkey germany and the kurds are a Major Political topic for you because turkey is using german built tanks to attack the kurds in Northern Syria because germanys ally in the fight against the Islamic State youve called the German Government cowardly why. Because the German Government is turning a blind eye to a nato member violating International Law that. This clearly started as a war of aggression and violation of International Law because the Syrian Government in damascus did not request this intervention and there exists no Un Security Council mandate for it either and turkey was not attacked so this is a breach of International Law and i expect a democratically elected government to take a clear stand on this matter and declare this a violation of Inte
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Germans are biggest and almost film company. A cinematic history from the german empire to the present one hundred years of. Starting february eighteenth. You. See them to save him dandelion is the deputy leader of the left party in the German Parliament i will talk to her about german arms exports turkey under president obama and courage welcome to the show. Thank you what other than you one stopped german chancellor Angela Merkel from leaving parliament during one of your speeches. Did you manage that you have the think a chef. Well we were the leading Opposition Party in parliament during the last election period i thought it was disrespectful for the chancellor to make a government declaration open the debate and then not wait to listen to the opposition it was. The parties of the grand Coalition Government are a lot of my lots of time to speak with but the opposition doesnt get much time. And i think that in a parliamentary democracy government should also listen to what the oppos
A new one stop german chancellor Angela Merkel from leaving parliament during one of your speeches. How did you manage that the best thing. Well we were the leading Opposition Party in parliament during the last election period i thought it was disrespectful for the chancellor to make a government declaration open the debate and then not wait to listen to the opposition it was. The parties of the grand Coalition Government are a lot of my lots of time to speak with but the opposition doesnt get much time. And i think that in a parliamentary democracy government should also listen to what the opposition has to say thats why i directly addressed the chancellor because i thought it was rude for her to try to leave parliament when it was the oppositions time to speak so. Thats provided that proves youre not intimidated by the political heavyweights youve publicly argued with foreign minister gabriele been the leader of the greens in the bundestag of being at heart and even with the left pa