How Erdoğan Plans to “Make Turkey Great Again”
Jun 19, 2023•32 min
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Episode description
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s all-powerful leader of 20 years, was recently re-elected, raising serious questions about the state of Turkey’s democracy. Is Erdoğan trying to rebuild the Ottoman Empire? And is his republic Russia’s Trojan Horse in NATO? Ray Suarez speaks with Merve Tahiroğlu, Turkey Program Director at the Project on Middle East Democracy about Erdoğan’s imperial ambitions.
Guest:
Merve Tahiroğlu, Turkey Program Director at the Project on Middle East Democracy
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