S8 Ep576: PRVIEW FOR LATER: Sinan Ciddi of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies analyzes Turkey’s "boundary testing" during the Iran war. He explores military posturing in Cyprus and Turkey’s fear of direct involvement. (2)
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🗓️ 13 March 2026
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PRVIEW FOR LATER: Sinan Ciddi of the Foundation for Defense of Democraciesanalyzes Turkey’s "boundary testing"during the Iran war. He explores military posturing in Cyprus and Turkey’s fear of direct involvement. (2)
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| 0:00.0 | This is John Batchelor, conversation with Sinan Chidi of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the Turkey program. |
| 0:07.8 | Observing Turkey and the Iran War, two missiles from Iran have already flown towards Turkish territory, the second one intercepted by NATO. |
| 0:16.2 | What are the risks? What does it mean that Turkey's moved F-15s to northern Cyprus, where it occupies land |
| 0:23.7 | that it took in the 74 disruption of the region? What is Turkey worried about it with the Iran |
| 0:31.0 | war? The metaphor that Sennon uses is testing boundaries. Here's Sennon, more tonight. |
| 0:37.3 | I would say Turkey is not feeling more confident right now. is testing boundaries. Here's Sennan, more tonight. |
| 0:41.3 | I would say Turkey is not feeling more confident right now. |
| 0:48.1 | What I would say is Turkey is essentially boundary testing right now, right? That it is essentially in the business of seeing, you know, what it can get away with. |
| 0:54.9 | I think for, you know, fair disclosure, Turkey and Turks, the Turkish government, |
| 1:00.3 | are absolutely terrified of the spillover potential of the Iran war into Turkey |
| 1:05.4 | or Turkey being drawn into it directly, simply because if further missiles do fall in Turkey, the president of |
| 1:12.5 | Turkey and its government will have to decide they just keep issuing warnings against Iran, |
| 1:17.0 | or do they actually do something about it? I don't think Turkey wants to exercise its right |
| 1:21.6 | over the latter, because a war would be very costly for Turkey, and this is something that |
| 1:26.4 | they've been trying to avoid for some time. |
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