Why You Should Care About Turkey’s Elections | Nicholas Danforth & Amberin Zaman

Hidden Forces

Demetri Kofinas

Government, Business

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 315 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas is joined by Nicholas Danforth and Amberin Zaman to discuss the significance of the recent elections in Turkey for Turkish politics, the country’s complex relationship with its neighbors and allies in Europe and the United States, and for the Turkish economy, which has been teetering on the edge of a balance of payments crisis with no easy solution in sight.

While much ink has been spilled by Western press outlets covering the recent elections, many of the stories have lacked a larger context for why Turkey’s elections matter for people outside of the country. Danforth and Zama attempt to answer this question in the first hour of today’s episode and devote the second part of their conversation to a discussion about Turkey’s political future, its orientation toward the West, and what, if anything the United States can do to improve relations with Ankara.

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Episode Recorded on 05/30/2023

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? My name is Dmitri Kaffinas and you're listening to Hidden Forces,
0:06.0	a podcast that inspires investors, entrepreneurs and everyday citizens to challenge consensus narratives
0:14.0	and to learn how to think critically about the systems of power shaping our world.
0:18.0	My guests in today's episode of Hidden Forces are Nicholas Danforth and Amberin Zaman.
0:24.0	Amberin is a senior correspondent for Al Monitor, reporting from the Middle East,
0:28.0	North Africa, and Europe.
0:30.0	Nicholas is an editor at War on the Rocks and a senior visiting fellow
0:34.0	at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy.
0:38.0	They joined me today to discuss the significance of the recent electoral outcome in Turkey,
0:42.0	for Turkish politics, for the country's complex relationship to its neighbors,
0:46.0	and allies in Europe and the United States, and for the Turkish economy,
0:50.0	which has been teetering on the edge of a balance of payments crisis,
0:54.0	with no easy solution inside.
0:56.0	While much ink has been spilled in Western press outlets covering the recent elections,
1:02.0	the larger context of why Turkish politics matter to people outside the country has been lacking in my view.
1:08.0	We attempt to answer this question in the first hour of today's episode,
1:12.0	and devote the second part of our conversation to a discussion about Turkey's political future,
1:16.0	its orientation towards the West, and what if anything?
1:20.0	The United States can do to improve relations with Ankara.
1:24.0	If you want access to that part of the conversation,
1:26.0	and you're not already subscribed to Hidden Forces,
1:28.0	you can join our premium feed, and listen to the rest of today's episode
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