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'My father shares a prison cell with inmates who make sandwiches with their own flesh,' says British-Tunisian activist Kaouther Ferjani
Episode 151
Tunisia's descent into autocracy under President Cais Saied is continuing full throttle. The Islamist Ennahda which shared power in successive govern…
2 years, 11 months ago
Turkey's ratification of Sweden's NATO membership not enough to secure Congressional approval for F-16s, says Hellenic American Leadership Council chief Endy Zemenides
Episode 150
Several top US senators say Turkey's acquisition of US F-16 fighter jets hinges on its ratification of Sweden's membership in NATO. Turkey wants guar…
2 years, 11 months ago
Does Turkey's decision to let Sweden join NATO spell new positive era with Washington? Not really, says Turkey analyst Nicholas Danforth
Episode 149
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has decided to tell the Turkish parliament to greenlight Sweden's NATO membership, prompting a flood of prais…
3 years ago
Free Turkish Press editor Yavuz Baydar says Erdogan will win local elections, crush Kurds and strut on world stage
Episode 148
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's victory in the May presidential and parliamentary polls ushers in a new and irreversible era in Turkish poli…
3 years ago
Iranian academic Arash Azizi says slain Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani looms as large in death as in life
Episode 147
The legacy of Qassem Soleimani, the legendary commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Al Quds Force, continues to reverberate across the region…
3 years, 1 month ago
Turkey scholar Howard Eissenstat on the dynamics of Erdogan's enduring success
Episode 146
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was just re-elected president even though pollsters predicted that his rival would win.
Turkey scholar Howard E…
3 years, 1 month ago
Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim says Assad's return to Arab League is welcome, but won't amount to much
Episode 145
The co-chair of the main party governing Kurdish-led northeast Syria believes Arab engagement with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria may help secure…
3 years, 1 month ago
Pro-Kurdish Green Left Party candidate Ceylan Akca says Turkish security forces are terrorizing Kurdish voters but will fail
Episode 144
Turkey's Kurds are poised to swing the outcome of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is fac…
3 years, 2 months ago
Former Sudan advisor to US government Cameron Hudson says US sanctions on Sudan's rival generals could have averted conflict
Episode 143
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3 years, 2 months ago
Iraq expert Bilal Wahab says Turkey wants guarantees from Baghdad before allowing Kurdish oil exports to resume
Episode 142
Turkey and Iraq have been mired in a legal dispute over the export of Iraqi Kurdish oil through Turkish export terminals. Baghdad says the deal struc…
3 years, 3 months ago