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Jul 2024
18m 14s

After anti-Syrian riots in Turkey, what'...

Al Jazeera
About this episode

A wave of anti-Syrian violence in Turkey has resulted in unprecedented retaliatory protests and attacks on Turkish military bases in northwestern Syria. At the same time, Turkey is seeking to normalize relations with the government of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. What does it mean for millions of Syrians in Turkey?

In this episode: 

  • Sinem Köseoğlu (@sinemkoseoglu), Al Jazeera Turkey Correspondent 

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Tamara Khandaker, Chloe K. Li, and Sonia Bhagat with Amy Walters, Duha Mossad, Veronique Ishaya, Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan, David Enders and our host Malika Bilal.

The Take production team is Amy Walters, Ashish Malhotra, Catherine Nouhan, Chloe K. Li, David Enders, Duha Mosaad, Khaled Soltan, Manahil Naveed, Marcos Bartolomé, Sarí el-Khalili, Sonia Bhagat, and Tamara Khandaker. 

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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