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We make sense of Turkish politics and foreign policy with in-depths interviews. Broadcasting live from Ankara, Turkey. www.turkeyrecap.com
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Üsküdar back to AKP, row between Kılıçdaroğlu and Imamoğlu – Tr Reader (opens the original)
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Welcome to the Tr Reader, your regular review of what the Turkish press is saying about major events by Daniel Thorpe. In the second episode, we explore how different outlets covered the CHP losing the Üsküdar municipality in Istanbul back to the AKP after the arrest of Mayor Sinem Dedetaş, paired with warnings that the same tactics might soon threaten the greater Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. We also look to a bitter public feud between former CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and jailed Ista
Erdoğan joins SCO summit, former AKP mayor faces corruption probe – Tr Reader (opens the original)
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Welcome to the Turkey recap reader podcast, your regular review of what the Turkish press is saying about major events by Daniel Thorpe. Coming to you from Istanbul, Thorpe provides a cross-partisan round-up of the leading narratives presented by a variety Turkish newspapers. In this inaugural episode, we examine how pro-government media framed Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s participation this week in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Special focus was give
Jailing the Cemaats: Salim Çevik on the Süleymancı Arrests (opens the original)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.turkeyrecap.com After years of judicial pressure on political opponents and civil society leaders, the Turkish government is now targeting religious conservatives. The Süleymancılar community, or cemaat in Turkish, has seen multiple waves of arrests and new investigations since mid-August on a variety of charges centered on allegedly criminal finances. To dig deeper into recent developments and what they mean for Turkish Pres. Rec
Turkey’s S-400 dilemma and NATO summit takeaways with Soli Özel (opens the original)
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Ankara’s NATO summit is over and Turkey is expected to sell its Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems today, according to a pro-government columnist at the Hürriyet newspaper. The move could pave the way for the US congress to lift sanctions on Turkey and eventually facilitate the nation’s return to the F-35 fighter jet program, from which it was removed due to its 2019 acquisition of the S-400s. Political scientist Soli Özel joined Recap radio to outline the significance of a potential S-4
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