How important is Turkey & the Erdogan-Putin relationship in the Ukraine War?

Episode Outline

The role of Turkey in the 2022 Ukraine War is one that has many observers and pundits guessing, with questions often including:

• What does Turkey seek to gain from supporting Ukraine but also engaging Russia?
• Why did Erdogan threaten to block Swedish/Finnish NATO ascension? 
• How genuine are its attempts to broker peace between the two sides? 
• How integral is Erdogan's personal ambition to Turkey's current behavior? 
• How might Turkey exploit Russia's waning influence in overlapping areas/regions and exert its power?

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These questions are raised by Pyotr, as he is joined by Turkish expert, expatriate, and friend, Emre Uslu - a journalist, academic, and activist. Indeed, Emre's expansive knowledge and vocal criticism of Turkish internal affairs, Kurdish autonomy, and its foreign policy have resulted in Emre being designated in the blue category of the "most wanted terrorist list" published by the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Turkey since 28 October 2015. 

This episode is special too as it is the inaugural recorded on Twitter Spaces, involving new and diverse contributors. That said, the format remains the same, with a 45 min discussion between Pyotr & Emre, before there a few audiences questions to challenge Emre, this time concerning a post-Erdogan Turkey, the removal of its NATO membership, and how Turkey's ambitions in MENA may change depending on the direction of the Ukraine War.

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