Turkey’s President Erdoğan is entering his third decade in power after winning a tightly contested run-off election. Hürcan Asli Aksoy and Salim Çevik discuss how he managed to secure a third term, why the opposition failed to unseat the president and what the election results mean for Ankara’s relations with NATO allies, the EU and Germany.
SWP Podcast 2023/eP 02, 02.06.2023
Episode 28 of our weekly podcast examines the outcome of the final round of Turkey’s presidential election.
China has gradually emerged as an important player in the Eastern Mediterranean, where its economic power has allowed it to develop positive relations with virtually every regional country. In this interview, Daniel Schoolenberg asks Jens Bastian how China’s growing influence might affect the geopolitical dynamics currently at work in the region.