Turkey Wonk

This is the latest episode of the Middle East Week podcast. Aaron was the guest on the show to discuss the topics below. Aaron Stein comes back on the show to discuss Turkey’s upcoming election, their fight against ISIS, and relations with Saudi Arabia. Topics we covered include: An overview of the key political parties and politicians in Turkey Constitutional changes Erdogan and the AKP are pursuing Potential backlash AKP could face for pushing for a presidential system Kurdish politicians’ decision to run as a political party, as opposed to running as individual independent candidates The evolution of how Turkey views the ISIS threat Turkey’s strategy to fight ISIS in Syria Turkey’s lack of influence in Iraq, and how that effects their view of ISIS The rapprochement between Turkey and Saudi Arabia Links: Turkey’s Role in a Shifting Syria by Aaron for the Atlantic Council’s MENASource blog Aaron’s podcasts: Turkey Wonk & Arms Control Wonk Aaron Stein (@aaronst