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 (237): Prof. Serhat Güvenç on Erdoğan’s visit and the future of US-TR relations
This Week in Turkey hosted two guests this week. Our main story tonight: Turkey-US Relations. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is back in Turkey after a busy week in New York where he addressed the UN General Assembly, inagurated the Turkevi Center and held bilateral meetings – dough not the one he wanted. Back in Turkey, Erdoğan […]
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 (231): Guest Dr. Doğuş Şimşek on the anti-refugee riots in the capital
Tensions were high in the capital city of Ankara on Wednesday night as 18 year old Emirhan Yalçın was killed in a fight between Syrian refugees and Turkish locals the same day, later giving way to massive riots in the district. After 11 days of battling the flames, Turkey’s fortune finally turns as rainfall helps the firefighters […]
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 (202): with Ömer Taşpınar on US-Turkey Relations under Biden
This Week in Turkey‘s guest was Ömer Taşpınar, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. Mr. Taşpınar spoke about what awaits Turkey-US relations under the new Biden regime. Mr Taşpınar focused on key issues such as the humans rights issues, defense procurement and regional conflicts.
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 […]
Black Lives Matter activist Braelyn Willis on the George Floyd protests: “So many people have become more confident in their racism after Trump came to power”
Black Lives Matter activist Braelyn Willis is a senior in high school living in San Diego, California. Willis who participated in the George Floyd protests, told Medyascope the oppression and injustice against black people in the USA.
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 […]