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Tag Archives: Erdogan
Podcast: A New Start of Egypt-Turkey Relations?
It was a pleasure to join Thanos Davelis, the director of public affairs at the Hellenic Leader, in a new episode of the Greek Current podcast series. to to discuss the relations between Turkey and Egypt following the Turkish President … Continue reading
This Week in Egypt: Week 47-2022 ( Nov 28- Dec 4)
Main Headlines Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Reports From Twitter Nervana Mahmoud
This Week in Egypt: Week 46-2022 ( Nov 21-27)
Top Headlines Main Headlines Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Reports Read From Twitter Nervana Mahmoud
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt
Tagged Egypt, Egypt's population, Erdogan, Greece, IMF, Turkey
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This Week in Egypt: Week 45-2022 ( Nov 14-20 )
Top Headlines Main Headlines Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Reports From Twitter Nervana Mahmoud
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt
Tagged Alaa Abd el Fattah, COP27, Egypt, Erdogan, Qatar
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Podcast: Political Islam lost opportunity for Turkey to coexist with West
In my latest podcast for Ahval’s Turkish Trends series, I spoke to Turkish political scientist Cengiz Aktar about his latest essay ” The Turkish Malaise – A Critical Essay,” in which he explains how Turkey was in a counter-process in … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East, Podcasts, Turkey
Tagged Cengiz Aktar, Erdogan, Islamism, Turkey
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Turkey and Nato are no longer aligned, even if they won’t admit it.
Last month, I wrote this opinion piece for The National on Turkey and NATO, and I would like to repost here for my blog followers. Enjoy … Following the accession of Turkey to Nato in 1952, the newly elected Turkish … Continue reading
Podcast: A Discussion with Max Hoffman on Turkey and NATO
Reposting my latest podcast for Ahval’s Turkey Trends with Max Hoffman, associate director of National Security and International Policy at the Centre for American Progress (CAP). We discussed how NATO membership is a huge source of prestige for Turkey that helps … Continue reading
Podcast: Turkey and NATO
Ahead of NATO summit in Brussels, I recorded this podcast with Steven Cook, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Aval’s Turkey Trends, on how Turkey presents a geopolitical dilemma for NATO.
Podcast: On Turkey and Israel, and the recent escalation in Gaza
Reposting my podcast for Ahval’s Turkey Trends with Michael Koplow , Policy Director at the Israel Policy Forum in Washington D.C., on the relations between Turkey and Israel and how both Israel and Egypt seek to keep Turkey out of … Continue reading