This Week in Turkey (263) Faruk Loğoğlu on Istanbul Negotiations | Sea Mines in the Bosphorus
News Texts: Murat Türsan, Egemen Gök Voice Overs: Kathleen Phelps, Kaya Heyse, Alp Akiş, Alp Selim, Egemen Gök, Mehmet Tanrıverdi Tonight: Russian and Ukrainian sides come face to face in Istanbul, we’ll have former Turkish ambassador to the United States Faruk Loğoğlu to weigh in. Sea mines blown in from Ukraine are spotted in the […]
This Week in Turkey (252): Singer Sezen Aksu under fire
Tonight, singer/songwriter Sezen Aksu is under fire by religious conservatives. We’ll have Dr. Kenan Sharpe back with us to comment. Turkey misses the deadline to respond the European Human Rights Court ruling on Osman Kavala, it is the 15th year anniversary of journalist Hrant Dink’s murder, we’ll have the latest on the economy and regional […]
This Week in Turkey (237): Burak Bilgehan Özpek on the rise of İYİ Party
Tonight, we take a look at the remarkable rise of İYİ Party, dive into the Pandora Papers, cover protests in Boğaziçi University and look at inflation numbers. But before that, KONDA Research and Consultancy, a polling agency in Turkey has come out with new polls on party popularity and İYİ Party displays an impressive rise. […]
This Week in Turkey (184): with Berk Esen on Turkey’s domestic politics
This Week in Turkey‘s guest was assistant professor of political science at Sabancı University, Berk Esen. Mr. Esen assessed the recent developments in Turkey’s domestic politics.
This Week in Turkey (131): New party initiatives from Babacan and Davutoğlu with Suat Kınıklıoğlu
This Week in Turkey’s guest was former member of the Turkish parliament Suat Kınıklığlu. He discussed the recent developments with regards to Ali Babacan’s new party initiative and Ahmet Davutoğlu’s resignation from the Justice and Development Party.
This Week in Turkey (113): With Merve Tahiroğlu on F-35/S-400 dispute between Ankara and Washington
This Week in Turkey (108): With Murat Sağman and Edgar Şar on March 31 local elections
This Week in Turkey (101): With Ayşe Berktay on HDP’s strategy for March 31 local elections
This Week in Turkey (92): With Barbara Trionfi on press freedom violations in Turkey
This Week in Turkey (91): Latest on Khashoggi murder – knowns and unknowns with Engin Baş
Aylin Yardımcı’s guest for this week is Engin Baş, who commented on the latest developments regarding Khashoggi murder.