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In December 2010, people cheer the Mavi Marmara as it returns to Istanbul after leading a flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip.

Sep. 16, 2011

Relations between Turkey and Israel are at an all-time low. Earlier this month Turkey expelled Israel's ambassador and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to bring Israel’s attack last year on a Turkish flotilla to the International Court of Justice. We get analysis of Turkey’s increasingly bold foreign policy from Mehmet Celebi, a Chicago-area businessman and Turkey scholar for the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding. Also, we conclude our Ground Shifters series with an unusual child labor story from Bolivia. Jean Friedman-Rudovsky reports. And Worldview film contributor Milos Stehlik examines the harsh portrayal of children in Latin American film.

In post-Arab Spring climate, Turkey asserts leadership in the Middle East

Sep. 16, 2011
Relations between Turkey and Israel are at an all-time low. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he won’t restore normal relations with the Israelis until he receives an official apology for last year’s attack on a Turkish flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip.

Children are dynamic characters in Latin American film

Sep. 16, 2011
Perhaps the most influential film of all time is Vittorio de Sica's Bicycle Thieves. This Italian neo-realist masterpiece is the story of a poor man and his two children who gets a job putting up posters.

Child laborers unionize, defy convention

Sep. 16, 2011
This week, Jean Friedman-Rudovsky presents a five-part series featuring stories of women and girls in Bolivia and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.