CER podcast: What's at stake in Turkey's historic election?

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🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In this week's Centre for European Reform podcast, Senem Aydin Düzgit, Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Sabancı University and Senior Scholar and Research and Academic Affairs Coordinator at the Istanbul Policy Center, and Luigi Scazzieri, senior research fellow at the CER, join host Octavia Hughes to discuss the potential outcomes of Turkey's elections which will take place on May 14th. Senem explains why the presidential election is more significant for Turkey's future than the parliamentary one, and Luigi offers some insight as to how the country's foreign policy would change if the opposition were to win.

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0:00.0	From the Center for European Reform, this is the CIA podcast.
0:04.0	Poson us seriously the question of the
0:05.9	future that we want, and we all
0:08.0	all together, the courage to it construct.
0:10.5	For us in Germany, is the
0:11.9	Bekenness to the European Europe,
0:14.0	a part of our state's resolve.
0:15.6	A strong united Europe is a necessity for the world,
0:17.9	because an integrated Europe remains vital to our
0:20.1	international order. This is the moment for Europe world because integrated Europe remains vital to our international order.
0:21.3	This is the moment for Europe to lead the way towards a new vitality.
0:29.2	Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Centre for European Reform podcast.
0:35.0	I'm Octavia Hughes, host of today's episode, and we'll be looking at
0:39.2	Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections, which are due to be held in just a few days
0:44.7	on May 14th. President Erdogan, who has been in power for two decades, faces perhaps the
0:50.7	toughest test of his political career. His popularity has suffered as a result of Turkey's economic difficulties,
0:57.0	and he has also been criticised for his government's response to the earthquakes that hit the country in March.
1:03.0	As well as this, Erdogan faces a relatively united opposition.
1:07.0	If we look forward, it's clear that the elections will have a profound impact,
1:12.4	not only on Turkey's political trajectory, but also on its foreign policy. To discuss all of this,
1:18.8	we have two guests. Senem Adin Dusgit, senior scholar and research and academic affairs
1:24.5	coordinator at Istanbul Policy Center, and a professor of international relations
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