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Police officer who killed George Floyd stabbed in prison: US media

© Agence France-Presse By Nicholas ROLL Derek Chauvin, the US police officer whose murder of George Floyd sparked massive racial justice protests in 2020, was stabbed in prison on Friday, the New York Times reported citing unnamed sources. Chauvin knelt on the 46-year-old Black man’s neck for more than nine minutes on a Minneapolis street […]

This Week in Turkey (233): Selim Kuneralp on Afghanistan and Turkey’s diplomatic relations

Turkish Ministry of National Defense announced that the first batch of troops being evacuated from Afghanistan arrived in Ankara yesterday. The Taliban asked Turkey for “technical assistance” in the operations of the Kabul Airport after the withdrawal all of foreign forces.“ K Defense Minister, Ben Wallace, plans to establish Afghan refugee ‘processing hubs’ in Turkey and Pakistan. […]

This Week in Turkey (224): with Yurter Özcan on SBK’s arrest

This Week in Turkey‘s guest was People’s Republican Party Representative to the United States, Yurter Özcan. Mr. Özcan provided information on businessman Sezgin Baran Korkmaz’s shady dealings in the United States. Mr. Özcan further assesses his arrest and whether his case could be compared with the case of Reza Zarrab. Mr. Özcan evaluated the meaning […]

This Week in Turkey (206): with Begüm Dönmez Ersöz on US-Turkey Relations under Biden

This Week in Turkey‘s guest was Voice of America Turkish service correspondent Begüm Dönmez Ersöz evaluating the future of Turkey-US relations under the new Biden administration. Ms. Dönmez Ersöz assessed the meeting between Antony Blinken and Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on February 15 and the tardiness in the official meetings to begin; the statements made by the […]

This Week in Turkey (203): with Faruk Loğoğlu on US-Turkey Relations under Biden

This Week in Turkey‘s guest was Turkey’s former ambassador to Washington D.C. Faruk Loğoğlu. Ambassador Loğoğlu spoke about the future of Turkey-US relations under the Biden administration in light of the recent comments coming from Biden’s team. Ambassador Loğoğlu evaluated the pressing matters that need to be addressed immediately, as well as how the Biden […]

This Week in Turkey (197): with Arda Mevlütoğlu on CAATSA sanctions

This Week in Turkey‘s guest was aerospace and defense policies and technologies expert Arda Mevlütoğlu. Mr. Mevlütoğlu assessed the  consequences of  the CAATSA sanctions for Turkey and its defense industry, and possible outcomes in light of Biden’s administration taking office in January for Turkey-US relations.

Nasıl bir Dünya? Nasıl bir Türkiye? (21): Polarization and the pandemic -Comparing Turkey and the United States

“Nasıl bir Dünya? Nasıl bir Türkiye?”s guests are Prof. Dr. Senem Aydın-Düzgit and Andrew O’Donohue. Professor Aydın-Düzgit is a professor of international relations at Sabancı University, Istanbul, as well as a senior scholar and research and academic affairs coordinator at Istanbul Policy Center (IPC). Andrew O’Donohue is a researcher at IPC, as well as the […]

Learning from New Zealand’s “Unite Against COVID-19” response – Interview with former NZ PM Helen Clark & Prof. Michael Baker

New Zealand claimed Monday (April 27th) it had “eliminated” the coronavirus as the country announced the easing of restrictions from “level four” to “level three,” with new cases in single figures. In this program, former UNDP Administrator and former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark (@HelenClarkNZ) and epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker explain and talk about the New Zealand’s COVID-19 management […]