About this episode

Sinem Adar discusses Turkey's role in the Western alliance and its political trajectory following the NATO summit in Ankara.

Sinem Adar, head of the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, returns to the podcast. The conversation takes stock of Turkey’s international profile and domestic political trajectory after its recent hosting of the NATO summit in Ankara. Please support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by Bloomsbury Academic, transcripts of every interview, and links to articles related to each episode. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2998854&fan_landing=true Substack: https://turkeybooktalk.substack.com/

People in this episode

Host: William Armstrong

Guest: Sinem Adar

Topics covered

• Turkey's international profile
• domestic politics
• NATO summit
• Western alliance
• international relations

Keywords

• Turkey
• NATO
• Sinem Adar
• international relations
• politics
• Ankara
• Western alliance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Centre for Applied Turkey Studies, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, NATO

Places: Turkey, Ankara

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