Syrian refugees unwelcome in Turkey, and the Chinese monks who tweet and meditate.
Syrian refugees unwelcome in Turkey, and the Chinese monks who tweet and meditate. Dispatches from reporters around the globe.
Turkey is in a tricky position. Until recently it had a phrase to define its foreign policy: 鈥榸ero problems with neighbours鈥�. But with the emergence of IS on its southern border, and increasingly intractable problems throughout the Middle East, perhaps that policy could now be called 鈥榸ero neighbours without problems鈥�. Mark Lowen has been seeing the real effects of regional turmoil on Turkey鈥檚 southern border, where he has been visiting refugees from Syria.
Also on the programme, being thoughtful is generally considered a virtue. Not just considerate or thoughtful about others, but thoughtful as in 鈥榯hinking鈥�- taking time to consider options, and not rushing into something. But there are some who have doubts about such deep thinking, as Frank Hersey has been hearing in a Chinese monastery.
Presenter: Owen Bennett-Jones
Producer: Mike Wendling
Photo: An Islamic State (IS) flag flutters on the roof of a building in the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds, as seen from the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, on 6 October. Credit: ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images
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