This Week in Turkey‘s guest was Professor Ali Çarkoğlu, faculty member at the department of international relations at Koç University (Istanbul). Professor Çarkoğlu evaluated this week’s developments in domestic politics, including Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu’s stripping of MP status, the case filed for the closure of the HDP, the role of the opposition parties, and the future of the AKP-MHP alliance.