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The Dispatch Podcast

Explainer: Turkey Today

The Dispatch Podcast

The Dispatch

News, Politics

4.63.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently secured another election victory, leaving many in the West to question the country's diplomatic future. Dispatch Reporter Charlotte Lawson speaks with Eric Edelman, former U.S. ambassador to Turkey, Finland, and under secretary of defense for policy, to explain what's happening under the country's longest serving leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's easy to disappear into your own bubble when you're out and about, whether you're

0:38.3

lost in your thoughts or lost in nature.

0:41.2

The last thing on your mind is the danger of trains at level crossings.

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Beware the bubble, stay aware, take care and help us keep you safe at level crossings.

0:52.8

Welcome to the dispatch podcast.

0:54.8

I'm your host today, Charlotte Lawson.

0:57.1

I'm a foreign policy reporter with the dispatch, and for the last eight months, I've been living

1:01.7

in Istanbul, reporting on Turkey and the region more broadly.

1:06.2

Today we have an explainer podcast on last week's presidential runoff in Turkey, which saw

1:11.4

the re-election of longtime strong man leader, Reggie of Taiyab Erdogan, who overcame what

1:16.4

may have been the biggest challenge to his rule yet.

1:19.4

I'm very excited to be joined by Eric Edelman, former ambassador to Turkey and Finland,

1:24.2

former under Secretary of Defense for Policy.

1:26.8

Currently, his working as the counselor at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

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