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Turkey analyst Merve Tahiroglu says Kurds will back opposition presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu to unseat Erdogan in first round
Episode 141
Turkey’s watershed elections on which the future of its crippled democracy hangs are due to be held on May 14. Opinion polls continue to point to a t…
3 years, 3 months ago
Kurdish academic Mashuq Kurt says Erdogan's electoral alliance with Turkish Hizbullah offshoot a risky step
Episode 140
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan risks losing power for the first time in 20 years in elections that are to be held on May 14. He has turned to…
3 years, 3 months ago
Turkish commentator Cengiz Candar says Turkey's opposition will win elections overwhelmingly with Kurdish backing
Episode 139
Turkey will hold parliamentary and presidential elections on May 14. The outcome will determine whether Turkey can return to a more democratic path o…
3 years, 4 months ago
Tunisia expert Monica Marks warns Tunisia's march towards dictatorship could turn bloody
Episode 138
Tunisia's autocratic President Kais Saied, since his dramatic power grab in 2021, has increased the volume of repression in the north African nation,…
3 years, 4 months ago
Iran expert John Raine says Iranian hardliners want a military pact with Russia for the survival of the Islamic regime
Episode 137
Cooperation between Iran and Russia has been growing since Russian forces intervened in Syria to help rescue Iran's top regional ally, Syrian Preside…
3 years, 4 months ago
Middle East Institute Turkey director Gonul Tol says one man rule, corruption increased deaths in killer earthquakes
Episode 136
Public anger is mounting over the Turkish government's slow response to the massive earthquakes that shook the country's southern regions on Feb. 6. …
3 years, 5 months ago
Crisis Group South Caucasus Analyst Olesya Vartanyan warns renewed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan would impact broader region
Episode 135
Tensions are escalating in the South Caucasus again, as Armenia and Azerbaijan remain locked in a bitter standoff over access to Nagorno-Karabakh. As…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Economist's Turkey Correspondent Piotr Zalewski says don't give up on Turkey's battered democracy quite yet
Episode 134
Turkey is headed for watershed elections on May 14 that could, depending on its outcome, deal the final blow to its wobbly democracy.
The odds are ful…
3 years, 5 months ago
UK's Syria envoy warns normalizing relations with Assad regime will undermine efforts for justice and accountability
Episode 133
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he wants to meet his longtime nemesis Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Many see Ankara's recent efforts…
3 years, 6 months ago
Syrian commentator Ibrahim Hamidi says Kurds have surpassed Jihadis as Assad regime's greatest enemy
Episode 132
The conflict in Ukraine has had a profound impact on geopolitical balances across the globe. The effects are certainly being felt in Syria, where Rus…
3 years, 6 months ago