Henri J. Barkey, an adjunct senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council
on Foreign Relations, said his entire life has been upended by the Turkish
government’s unfounded accusations that he was involved in a failed military
coup in 2016.
Barkey, who is also the Cohen Professor of International Relations at Lehigh
University, said the Turkish authorities have formally charged and prosecuted
him in absentia with no evidence. He spoke in an interview with journalist
Nervana Mahmoud for Ahval’s Turkish Trends podcast series.
