Worldview 9.16.11

Worldview 9.16.11
In December 2010, people cheer the Mavi Marmara as it returns to Istanbul after leading a flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip. AP/Burhan Ozbilic
Worldview 9.16.11
In December 2010, people cheer the Mavi Marmara as it returns to Istanbul after leading a flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip. AP/Burhan Ozbilic

Worldview 9.16.11

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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.