Turkey Wonk
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Turkey Wonk
A show about Turkish and regional politics.
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Turkish Aerospace: A Deep Dive
Turkey has poured a lot of money into its indigenous defense industry. To talk about the state of Turkish aerospace, Aaron spoke to Tony Osborne, Lond...
Turkish Elections: What Just Happened?
The Turkish elections surprised most observers. No one doubted that Recep Tayyip Erdogan would win, but few expected the far right MHP to maintain sup...
Turkey and the F-35
Turkey and the F-35 has made a lot of news in the past few weeks. First, Turkey had an interesting cultural display at the Lockheed ceremony in Fort W...
Turkey’s Uncertain Election: Why Anything Can Happen on Sunday, June 24th
Turkish voters head to the polls on June 24th to vote for the country's future president and members of parliament. The election outcome is uncertain...
Idlib Intervention
What the hell is going on in Idlib? Turkey has sent troops into a sliver of territory in northwestern Syria to monitor a tripartite deescalation zone,...
Energy Politics: Turkey’s Troubles with Erbil and Baghdad
Turkey and the KRG have a complicated energy relationship. Ankara is the KRG's main conduit for oil exports and, up until about a week ago, was the KR...
The Kurdish Referendum
The Kurdish referendum is going forward, despite most of the world opposing the non-binding vote on the independence question. The pro-independence ca...
New Politics (as usual?)
After a lengthy hiatus, the Turkey Wonk podcast is back. In the inaugural episode, Aaron speaks with Laura Pitel, an Ankara-based journalist. The conv...