News update. Since publishing this podcast Greece and Turkey have agreed to talks to avoid military escalation and accidents in the Eastern Mediterranean, Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on September 3.
On the 14th of August 2020, Greek and Turkish warships in the eastern Mediterranean collided. What was deemed a minor incident, prompted a virt ... Show More
Dec 2016
Does Turkey Still Want to Join the EU?
Turkey first applied to join the European club over 50 years ago. Over the subsequent decades-long flirtation, enthusiasm for the EU in Turkey has remained high. Integrating with Europe, it was thought, would spur modernisation and economic development. But the country is changin ... Show More
22m 58s
Feb 2021
Erdogan's Middle East Policy
This week on Babel, Jon Alterman talks with Ambassador James Jeffrey, who recently finished serving as the Secretary of State's special representative for Syria engagement and as the special envoy to defeat ISIS. Ambassador Jeffrey talked about Turkey's Middle East policy, how to ... Show More
32m 58s
May 2023
Turkey's Critical Elections
On this week's episode Alistair Taylor, MEI's editor-in-chief, is joined by Gönül Tol, the founding director of MEI's Turkey Program and the author of "Erdogan's War: A Strongman's Struggle at Home and in Syria," to discuss Turkey's critical upcoming elections. After two decades ... Show More
32m 39s
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Episode 152 of</span> <a href="https://www.hiddenforces.io/podcasts"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Hidden Forces</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, Demetri Kofinas speaks with</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Soner</span> < ... Show More