Yesterday

Turkey's military might will never open doors to EU membership, says Euro-MP Nacho Sánchez Amor

Nacho Amor is the European Parliament's rapporteur on Turkey. Speaking to Al-Monitor, he blasts EU leaders for their silence over Turkey's appalling human rights record, including the jailing of more than a dozen democratically elected mayors from the main opposition CHP party. H ... Show More

23m 21s

May 27

Why Trump’s bromance with Erdogan is risk to Syria’s Kurds as Turkey seeks to dismantle PKK

Ankara's latest effort to end a four decades long Kurdish insurgency is opaque and is full of risks and opportunities for Turkey and Syria's Kurds says lawmaker Cengiz Candar.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privac ... Show More

21m 6s

May 13

Kashmir conflict a reminder of why Saudi Arabia & other Gulf nations favor India over Pakistan

Talmiz Ahmad, a former Indian ambassador to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, explains why Gulf nations led by Saudi Arabia tilt in favor of India despite long-running ties with Muslim Pakistan. Pakistan's refusal to join Saudi Arabia in its war against the Houthis — and a jiha ... Show More

20m 36s

Oct 2019

Turkey Invades Syria as the United States Abandons the Kurds

Kurdish forces have a long history of siding with the United States. And the United States has a long history of eventually selling them out. The latest iteration of this dynamic unfolded when Donald Trump ordered a small US military contingent to withdraw from Kurdish controlle ... Show More

30m 37s

Feb 2025

What role can Turkey play in the new Syria?

As Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s transitional president, meets Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, we ask: what role is Turkey seeking to play when it comes to regional security? Then we discuss Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to the White House to see Donald Trump. Plus, a ceasefire i ... Show More

58m 48s

Sep 2024

Trouble up North: Syria and Turkey look to normalise ties

This week on The New Arab Voice podcast, we look at the potential for a normalisation deal between Syria and Turkey. In recent years, Syria has been welcomed back into the regional fold, and yet Damascus has still not normalised with Ankara, and Turkish troops remain on Syrian so ... Show More

28m 59s

Mar 2025

Turmoil in Turkey: the people vs Erdogan

The arrest and jailing of Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, Turkey’s main political challenger to President Erdogan, has sent shockwaves across the country. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest his detention and express growing concerns over Turkey's shift to ... Show More

32m 34s

Aug 2024

A New Battle for the PKK and the Kurdish Region

Today we speak to Kurdish researcher Dastan Jasim about the new front opened up in the Kurdish region of Iraq. The leading party of the Kurdistan region has teamed up with the Turkish military to drive out the Kurdish rebels of the PKK. In the process, many civilians are being ha ... Show More

1h 2m

Dec 2024

Israel carries out hundreds of airstrikes across Syria

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed it has troops operating in Syrian territory beyond the demilitarized buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. It added that its strikes were to prevent weapons falling "into the hands of extremists" as Syria transitions ... Show More

47m 28s

Nov 2024

Erdogan: Turkiye severs ties with Israel

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkiye has severed ties with Israel. A series of meetings will focus on climate, energy and the indigenous people ahead of the APEC summit in Lima. The Democratic Republic of the Congo puts off an m-pox vaccination campaign in its capi ... Show More

14m 6s

Dec 2024

The Middle East After Assad

After rebels took Syria’s capital, President Bashar Al-Assad fled Damascus for Russia, ending his brutal 24-year reign. His ouster marks the beginning of a new, uncertain phase for a country that’s been ravaged by 13 years of civil war. On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s ... Show More

15m 28s

Nov 2024

Bakur Rising: Renewed Kurdish Clashes in Turkey

Today we speak to journalist Fréderike Geerdink about the current clashes taking place in southeast Turkey, where the Turkish government removed democratically elected Kurdish politicians. The clashes have gotten heavy and a new Kurdish militant group has emerged... Discounted in ... Show More

1h 1m

Apr 11

Why does Syria matter to Israel and Turkiye?

Israel and Turkiye have held talks over Syria in a bid to avoid clashes there. Benjamin Netanyahu's government says Turkish military bases in post-Assad Syria is a red line. But what if that line is crossed? In this episode: Barin Kayaoglu, Assistant Professor at the Institute f ... Show More

24m 14s

Turkish lawmaker Cengiz Candar: 'Turkey'...