Genocide News Now

Episode 2: Turkish Foreign Policy


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Co-hosts Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, Irene Massimino, and Hoshman Ismail return to discuss recent news across the world related to genocide, to do a deep dive into Turkish foreign policy, and offer a quick update on Iraq.

To commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Halabja genocide on March 16, Hoshman shares his experiences as a ten year old boy during the chemical attacks. Other news briefly mentioned are the new report from the nonpartisan US-based Newslines Institute for Strategy and Policy on "The Uyghur Genocide"; the coup in Myanmar; recent atrocities in Mozambique; continuing conflict and genocide in the Tigray region of Ethiopia; and renewed threats to Armenian territorial integrity from Azerbaijan and Turkey.

The "In Depth" segment involves a wide-ranging discussion of Turkish foreign policy in Syria, Iraq and the South Caucus in the past decade based on Hoshman's research, outlining Turkish links to ISIS and longer-term aims in the region.

Finally, the hosts discuss the recent rejection by Yazidi elders of children born to Yazidi women who were held captive and raped by ISIS militants.

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