European Parliament rapporteur Nacho Sanchez Amor visits Osman Kavala in İstanbul prison
European Parliament member Nacho Sanchez Amor visited imprisoned businessman Osman Kavala, who is currently serving an aggravated life sentence, in İstanbul’s Silivri prison on Wednesday (December 6). Kavala has been imprisoned since 2017 for his alleged role in 2013’s Gezi Park Protests. Kavala’s imprisonment has been a source of friction between Turkey and its European allies, with […]
Turkey greenlights Sweden NATO membership
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. In a joint statement following the meeting, Kristersson stated that Sweden was ready to provide active support to Turkey’s EU membership process. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf […]
“Mr. Kemal”: meet the man committed to ending Erdoğan’s 20-year reign
On Monday (March 6), Turkey’s groups of six political parties that make up the “Table of Six” electoral alliance announced at an event in Ankara that Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu had been selected as the group’s joint candidate to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the elections expected to be held in May. The […]
This Week in Turkey (211): with Çiğdem Nas on Turkey-EU relations
This Week in Turkey‘s guest was Çiğdem Nas, who is an associate professor at the political science and international relations department at Yıldız Technical University and the general secretary of the Economic Development Foundation. Professor Nas evaluated the EU Summit decisions regarding Turkey. She assessed why the EU was appeasing Erdoğan despite the repetitive human […]
Former EP Rapporteur Kati Piri: “I always find it hypocritical just to point the finger to Turkey and not to say what we are doing wrong ourselves”
Burak Tatari talked with former European Parliament Turkey Rapporteur Kati Piri about the new refugee crisis. Piri stated “We see on both sides how refugees are being used in political struggle. This is definitely not an answer to this crisis.” Piri criticized the statements of European Institutions leaders and said, “This is not the way […]
Interview with Frank Schimmelfennig: “The rise of inequality has created a class of ‘left behind’s’ in Europe”
Camera and video edit – Fatima Çelik Medyascope’s Burak Tatari talked with Prof. Frank Schimmelfennig, a member of the Center for Comparative and International Studies at ETH Zurich, on the past, present and future of the European Union. Schimmelfennig was a speaker at the Foreign Policy Forum, hosted by Boğaziçi University and the Turkish Industry […]
Exclusive interview with Hans Kundnani: “I am not sure that what we are facing today is a crisis of democracy”
In an exclusive interview, Edgar Şar and his guest Hans Kundnani, Senior Fellow at Chatham House, discuss the crisis of democracy throughout the world, the role of populism in this crisis and the future of the European Union.
This Week in Turkey (26): Alper Kaliber on Turkey’s deepening crisis with the EU
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This Week in Turkey (10): With Senem Aydın Düzgit on Council of Europe’s decision on Turkey
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