President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s return to power in Turkey means a crucial player in European and Middle East geopolitics remains in place for another five years.
A flexible approach and pragmatism sometimes places him in a unique position: Turkey has NATO’s second-largest military but is the only member enjoying cordial relations with Russia.
So, what can we expect from President Erdogan’s third term?
Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom
Guests:
Dmitry Babich – Political Analyst, Rossiya Segodnya, Moscow
Seda Demiralp – Associate Professor, Isik University, Istanbul, specialist in Political Economy of Islam
Steven Erlanger – Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe, New York Times