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Mar 2017
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German-Turkish Spat: a Storm in a Tea Cu...

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ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR's senior fellows, Asli Aydintasbas and Almut Moeller on the German-Turkish diplomatic spat, the forthcoming polls and the bigger picture of EU-Turkey relations.The podcast was recorded on 9 March 2017.Bookshelf:Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the EndJan Morris, Trieste and the Meaning of NowhereIvan Krastev, After Europe

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