Duvar English Podcasts

The resignation attempt of Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on April 12 taking full responsibility for the chaos triggered by a disordered and late announcement of country’s first weekend curfew shed light on the power struggle within the ruling party. Duvar English’s editor-in-chief Cansu Çamlıbel and pollster Can Selçuki analyze the motives behind Soylu’s power play and President Erdoğan’s reasons for not letting him go.

The resignation attempt of Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on April 12 taking full responsibility for the chaos triggered by a disordered and late announcement of country’s first weekend curfew shed light on the power struggle within the ruling party. Duvar English’s editor-in-chief Cansu Çamlıbel and pollster Can Selçuki analyze the motives behind Soylu’s power play and President Erdoğan’s reasons for not letting him go.

Turkish government’s sudden decision on April 10 to declare a 48-hour curfew for 31 major cities triggered panic and chaos pushing thousands of Turks to rush to stores on a Friday night for last-minute purchases. Duvar English’s editor-in-chief Cansu Çamlıbel and pollster Can Selçuki look for answers to how Ankara’s failure to manage the crisis might affect the power struggle in Turkey?

Turkish government’s sudden decision on April 10 to declare a 48-hour curfew for 31 major cities triggered panic and chaos pushing thousands of Turks to rush to stores on a Friday night for last-minute purchases. Duvar English’s editor-in-chief Cansu Çamlıbel and pollster Can Selçuki look for answers to how Ankara’s failure to manage the crisis might affect the power struggle in Turkey?

In the second episode of Turkey: The Long View we talk about Canal Istanbul. Luke Frostick talks with Yörük Işık, an Istanbul based Russian Foreign Policy expert & independent geo-analyst, about the state of shipping in the Bosphorus and how a new canal might impact that shipping. He also speaks with Önder Algedik, an environmental columnist for Duvar English, about the impact the canal will have on Istanbul.

References:

Kadri Gursel, A $12.5 billion question: Why did Erdogan unshelve his ‘crazy project’?

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/01/turkey-canal-istanbul-crazy-project-question-of-billions.html

Bahadır Özgür, Fights over land from Salvationville to Erdoğan City

https://www.duvarenglish.com/columns/2019/12/19/fights-over-land-from-salvationville-to-erdogan-city/

In the second episode of Turkey: The Long View we talk about Canal Istanbul. Luke Frostick talks with Yörük Işık, an Istanbul based Russian Foreign Policy expert & independent geo-analyst, about the state of shipping in the Bosphorus and how a new canal might impact that shipping. He also speaks with Önder Algedik, an environmental columnist for Duvar English, about the impact the canal will have on Istanbul.

References:

Kadri Gursel, A $12.5 billion question: Why did Erdogan unshelve his ‘crazy project’?

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/01/turkey-canal-istanbul-crazy-project-question-of-billions.html

Bahadır Özgür, Fights over land from Salvationville to Erdoğan City

https://www.duvarenglish.com/columns/2019/12/19/fights-over-land-from-salvationville-to-erdogan-city/

The nationwide coronavirus donation campaign launched by President Tayyip Erdoğan and the block placed by the Ministry of Interior over municipalities of Istanbul and Ankara in order to prevent them from holding separate donation campaigns are also among salient items of this week’s episode. Duvar English’s editor-in-chief Cansu Çamlıbel and pollster Can Selçuki look for answers to why the Turkish government still persists in not calling a total lockdown in major cities, especially in Istanbul.

The nationwide coronavirus donation campaign launched by President Tayyip Erdoğan and the block placed by the Ministry of Interior over municipalities of Istanbul and Ankara in order to prevent them from holding separate donation campaigns are also among salient items of this week’s episode. Duvar English’s editor-in-chief Cansu Çamlıbel and pollster Can Selçuki look for answers to why the Turkish government still persists in not calling a total lockdown in major cities, especially in Istanbul.

In the second episode of ‘Zeitgeist Turkey’, Duvar English’s Cansu Çamlıbel and pollster Can Selçuki talk about the the shortfalls of the economic shield package of the government and survival mode in Turkish society set off by the coronavirus outbreak. They also discuss the political implications of sudden removal of the Transport Minister from his post following mounting criticism for holding the first tender for controversial Kanal Istanbul project last week.

In the second episode of ‘Zeitgeist Turkey’, Duvar English’s Cansu Çamlıbel and pollster Can Selçuki talk about the the shortfalls of the economic shield package of the government and survival mode in Turkish society set off by the coronavirus outbreak. They also discuss the political implications of sudden removal of the Transport Minister from his post following mounting criticism for holding the first tender for controversial Kanal Istanbul project last week.