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Recap radioThe PKK disbands: Implications for Turkey with Selim KoruWatch our live webcast with Selim Koru, writer of Kültürkampf and author of the book New Turkey and the Far Right, and Diego Cupolo, editor-in-chief of Turkey recap.We discussed the PKK’s decision to dissolve today as well as implications for Turkey and the region. We also took audience questions, and Selim took a few delivery packages while on air.Other ways to watch & listen:1. Visit turkeyrecap.com or the Substack app2. Make sure you are logged in and subscribe to Turkey recap3. Check our Spotify, Appl...2025-05-121h 04
Bungacast/477/ Talking Turkey in the Group Chat ft. Djene BajalanOn Erdogan's World and the revolt against it.
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Historian Djene Bajalan joins George and Alex to review the past month – ceasefires in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, winning and losing US patronage, Trump's inconsistent strategy and leaks, and the gold rush. We then turn to a country exemplary of the contradictions of the end of the End of History: Türkiye. And finish by answering your questions and comments on internationalism, free speech, Die Linke, anti-immigration, and domination.
What's driving the protests and how...2025-03-2856 min
The Political CycleTurkey Rises Up: Can Turkey resist the far-right?Mass demonstrations have erupted in Turkey after the jailing of Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu. Thousands have gone to the streets to protest the silencing of President Erdogan’s most obvious opponent for the 2028 elections.What does this public anger tell us about the regime’s current strength in Turkey? And are there through lines with other far right governments world-wide? Tom Hamilton, Emily Tamkin and Rohan Venkat are joined by Selim Koru, the author of New Turkey and the Far Right.Here's Selim's Substack!Here are the Tri...2025-03-2733 min
Turkey Book TalkSelim Koru on Turkey’s role in the emerging anti-liberal world order
Turkey Book Talk #239 – Selim Koru, analyst at the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey and fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in US, on “New Turkey and the Far Right: How Reactionary Nationalism Remade a Country” (IB Tauris/Bloomsbury)
The book dives deep into the stark worldview driving Turkey’s regime change over the past couple of decades, and its profound implications for the country’s domestic and foreign policy.
It places Erdogan’s “New Turkey” in the context of a global trend of civilisation-fixated, far-right movements thriving in the US, Russia, India, Hungary and elsewhere – a p...2025-03-0400 min
Turkey Book TalkSelim Koru on Turkey's role in the emerging anti-liberal world order
Selim Koru on "New Turkey and the Far Right: How Reactionary Nationalism Remade a Country" (IB Tauris). The book dives deep into the worldview driving Turkey's regime change in recent years, and its profound domestic and foreign policy implications.
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2025-03-0446 min
On the Middle East with Amberin ZamanWhat does the death of Fethullah Gulen mean for Turkey?Fethullah Gulen, the Sunni Muslim Cleric who was accused of engineering the failed coup to overthrow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has died in self imposed exile in the United States. Once feted as a moderate who steered generations of young Muslims away from radicalism, Gulen did untold harm to Turkey's fragile democracy, says Turkish analyst Selim Koru.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.2024-10-2231 min
On the Middle East with Amberin ZamanWill Turkey's Erdogan seize back Istanbul and fully secure his regime in March 31 elections?Turkey's opposition is in disarray since its humiliating defeat in last year's presidential and parliamentary elections. However, the opposition has what some say is a final chance to challenge his power in local elections that will be held on March 31. Turkey analyst Selim Koru says with the opposition now bloc fractured, Istanbul's secular mayor Ekrem Imamoglu will face an uphill battle to defeat Erdogan again.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.2024-03-1442 min
Davetul İslam731 - Ali İmran Suresi 190 - 196 Ayetleri Tefsiri - Necati KoçkesenÂl-i İmrân Sûresi 190. Muhakkak ki göklerin ve yerin yaratılışında, gece ve gündüzün ‘birbiri ardınca gelip gitmesinde’ (ve uzayıp kısalmasında) akl-ı selîm sahipleri için (Allah’ın birliğine ve kudretine ait ibret verici) deliller vardır. [krş. 10/6]
(Akl-ı selîm, günahlarla veya tevhidi bozan şeylerle kirlenmemiş, vahiyle birleşen, buna göre düşünebilen, nefsin esiri olmayan akıl anlamındadır.)
Âl-i İmrân Sûresi 191. (İşte) o (akl-ı selîm sahibi) kimseler ayaktayken, otururken, yan taraflarına yaslanarak yatarken Allah’ı anarlar, göklerin ve yerin yaratılışı hakkında düşünürler (ve derler ki:) “E...2024-03-0130 min
On the Middle East with Amberin ZamanAs Turkey celebrates 100th anniversary as a republic, Erdogan's one-man pro-Islamist regime is firmly entrenched, says Turkish scholar Selim KoruOn Oct. 29 Turkey will mark its 100th year as a republic, with an overtly Islamist leader in power for the past 20 years. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking to unravel the legacy of the secularizing founder of modern Turkey Kemal Ataturk. He may have succeeded in several ways, but Turkish scholar Selim Koru argues that under Erdogan Islam has become more of a transactional rather than a spiritual force. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.2023-10-2645 min
HizmettenBu yolu, sımsıkı tutun! | M.Fethullah Gülen Hocaefendiataları/öndekileri körü körüne taklit etmek de sağlam imanın önündeki engellerden biridir. Kur’ân-ı Kerim pek çok yerde müşrik ve kâfirlerin bu tutumunun yanlışlığına dikkat çekmiştir. Mesela bir ayet-i kerimede şöyle buyurulmaktadır: “Onlara Allah’ın indirmiş olduğu şeye tâbi olun denildiğinde, ‘Hayır, biz atalarımızı hangi yol üzerinde bulmuş isek o yola uyar gideriz.’ derler.” (Bakara, 2/170) Tarih boyu, inanmayanlar, inanmak istemeyenler kendilerine göre bir ata, bir tiran bulmuş ve kör bir taklitle onun arkasından gitmişlerdir. Bu mukallitlere göre, ataları taşa, ağaca, helvadan yapılmış putlara tapsa da...2023-06-2107 min
SiyasetTurkish Nationalism, Nietzsche, and the Culture WarTurkey has just had its second round presidental election, and Erdoğan has secured his third term - dashing the hopes of the Turkish opposition. But what does this mean for the deep divisions within Turkish society and how is life likely to look for half the country that didn't vote for the AKP-MHP alliance? To answer these questions, and more, is Selim Koru - a Fellow in the Eurasia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and an analyst at the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV). Selim has also recently launched Kulturkampf, a critical resource on m...2023-06-0833 min
DeconstructedAround the World Update: Turkey, Pakistan, and PalestineOn Sunday, Turkey’s presidential election could unseat Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This week on Deconstructed, Ryan Grim has a wide-ranging conversation with guests, covering Turkey's election, the arrest of the former prime minister of Pakistan, and ongoing struggles in Palestine. Selim Koru, an analyst at the Ankara-based Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey talks about the political climate in the country ahead of the election. Pakistani journalist Waqas Ahmed breaks down the arrest of Imran Khan, the cricket star turned politician. The Intercept’s Alice Speri discusses the one-year anniversary of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing and recent...2023-05-1251 min
Chain ReactionTurkey to VictoryAs we return to The Continent, what is the latest on Turkey's upcoming election? Who is running, what is driving Turks to vote, and what does the result mean for Ukraine and beyond? FPRI's Director of Research Jim Ryan and Black Sea Fellow Selim Koru join to discuss. Get full access to FPRI Insights at fpriinsights.substack.com/subscribe2023-04-2846 min
The ContinentTurkey to VictoryAs we return to The Continent, what is the latest on Turkey's upcoming election? Who is running, what is driving Turks to vote, and what does the result mean for Ukraine and beyond? FPRI's Director of Research Jim Ryan and Black Sea Fellow Selim Koru join to discuss. This conversation was recorded on April 25, 2023.2023-04-2846 minTurkey Book TalkSelim Koru on Turkey’s earthquakes and their political aftershocksSelim Koru on the devastating recent earthquakes. The conversation compares their effect with the Marmara earthquake of 1999, as well as touching on the Erdogan government's response, the potential social, political and economic consequences, and the possible impact on Turkey's foreign policy.
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2023-02-2031 min
Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited KingdomNew Turkey, Old Problems: Managing Crisis in Turkey and Europe - With Selim KoruThis third series of the Breaking Britain Podcast will take a closer look at how the strategic challenges facing the UK interact with crisis and change around the European Union and its neighborhood. This week, we've invited Selim Koru to join us here at the European and International Studies Department at KCL to discuss the parallels and differences between populist politics in Turkey and populism in the UK and the EU. To understand how Turkish politics is intertwined with developments in the EU and UK, we've also explored how relations between Turkey and its European partners have evolved over t...2023-01-1046 min
Conversation SixNicholas Danforth and Selim KoruNicholas Danforth and Selim Koru on Turkey's response to NATO expansion2022-05-1806 min
Kerem ÖnderBu ayeti okurken düşünmüyorsan yazıklar olsun! / Kerem Önder
اِنَّ ف۪ي خَلْقِ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِاُو۬لِي الْاَلْبَابِۚ
“Göklerin ve yerin yaratılışında, gece ile gündüzün birbiri ardınca gelip gidişinde
selim akıl sahipleri için elbette ibretler vardır.” Âli İmran 190
الَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللّهَ قِيَامًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَىَ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَذا بَاطِلاً سُبْحَانَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
“Onlar ayaktayken, otururken ve yanları üzerine yatarken Allah’ı anarlar. Göklerin ve yerin yaratılışı
üzerinde düşünürler. “Rabbimiz! Bunu boş yere yaratmadın, seni eksikliklerden uzak tutarız.
Bizi ateş azabından koru” derler.” Âli İmran 191
Bir gecede saçları beyazlayan genç? / Kerem Önder
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2021-12-2353 minSiyaset"Blue Homeland" - Turkish foreign policy in the Middle EastSelim Koru, a researcher at TEPAV and a Black Sea Fellow at FPRI joins us in this episode to help explain Turkish foreign policy, how Turkey itself sees its role in the region and helps explain terms like Blue Homeland and Neo-Ottomanism.2020-07-1556 min
Silahlar ve TereyağıSilahlar ve Tereyağı - Bölüm 7: Libya'daki Son Gelişmeler: Neden, Nasıl ve Nereye?Silahlar ve Tereyağı Podcast Bölüm 7: Libya'daki çatışmalar, Rusya'nın faaliyetleri, Türkiye için Libya'nın ve Doğu Akdeniz'in önemi.
Yayında bahsi geçen Selim Koru'nun makalesi: https://warontherocks.com/2016/03/turkish-foreign-policy-is-waking-up-from-the-liberal-dream/
Bahsi geçen DefenseOne sitesinin Wagner ile ilgili yayını: https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2020/01/ep-62-wagner-and-russian-private-military-contractors/162447/
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The UI PodcastTurkey’s Kurdish problem and the Syrian civil war: What next?Following Turkey’s incursion into northeastern Syria, the de facto autonomous region controlled by the Kurdish-led SDF seems to have come to an end. Turkey, wanting to establish a safe zone to secure Turkey’s border with Syria and resettle a substantial share of the 3,6 million Syrian refugees it is hosting, is currently patrolling the border areas along with Russian military police.The incursion, formally called ‘Operation Peace Spring’, seem to have strengthened the position of president Erdoğan domestically in Turkey, while internationally it has been condemned.What are Turkey’s long-term goals in the region? Will Turkey be able to con...2019-11-281h 31
Chain ReactionLocal Elections in Turkey: What Happened and What Comes NextTurkish voters went to the polls on 31 March, casting votes for local elected leaders. The outcome in Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey's two largest cities, have rocked Turkish politics, and galvanized the political opposition to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP). To discuss the election, Aaron speaks with Selim Koru, an analyst at TEPAV, a Turkish think tank in Ankara.Related Links: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/opinion/turkey-erdogan-election-defeat.htmlhttps://www.fpri.org/article/2018/11/the-resiliency-of-turkey-russia-relations/ Get full access to FPRI Insights at fpriinsights.substack.com/subscribe2019-04-0818 min
War on the RocksTalking Turkey’s Coup: Erdogan, a Fractured Military, and the Gulen MovementThe Ataturk Cultural Center in Istanbul was closed down during the Gezi Park protests in 2013. This former symbol of Turkey’s revered founding father is today adorned with large photos of its current president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who successfully defeated an attempted military coup d’etat on Friday evening and Saturday morning. Some of you might have chimed into yesterday’s live Google Hangout on Turkey’s thwarted coup. For those who didn’t and prefer audio to video, we’ve adapted it into an episode of our podcast series. WOTR’s Ryan Evans spoke with Selim Koru of TEPAV in Turkey...2016-07-1956 min
War on the RocksTalking Turkey’s Coup: Erdogan, a Fractured Military, and the Gulen MovementThe Ataturk Cultural Center in Istanbul was closed down during the Gezi Park protests in 2013. This former symbol of Turkey's revered founding father is today adorned with large photos of its current president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who successfully defeated an attempted military coup d'etat on Friday evening and Saturday morning. Some of you might have chimed into yesterday's live Google Hangout on Turkey's thwarted coup. For those who didn't and prefer audio to video, we've adapted it into an episode of our podcast series. WOTR's Ryan Evans spoke with Selim Koru of TEPAV in Turkey, Burak Kadercan of the U.S. N...2016-07-1956 min