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It seems Erdogan's main political opponents - primarily from the main opposition - are up against an unprecedented crackdown over the past months that has seen more than 500 people detained. Erdogan has said this government probe targets what he has called a network that is like "an octopus,” both within Turkey and abroad. Ayla Jean Yackley, an Istanbul-based journalist covering Turkey with stories in The Financial Times, Politico, and other major outlets, joins Thanos Davelis as we take a closer look at this story.
You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:
Turkey detains hundreds of Erdogan opponents in pursuit of 'octopus' of corruption
Turkey's Erdoğan makes high-stakes Kurdish gamble
Greece PM defends halt to asylum processing for North African migrants
Demographic crisis spells end for 146-year-old village school
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It seems Erdogan's main political opponents - primarily from the main opposition - are up against an unprecedented crackdown over the past months that has seen more than 500 people detained. Erdogan has said this government probe targets what he has called a network that is like "an octopus,” both within Turkey and abroad. Ayla Jean Yackley, an Istanbul-based journalist covering Turkey with stories in The Financial Times, Politico, and other major outlets, joins Thanos Davelis as we take a closer look at this story.
You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:
Turkey detains hundreds of Erdogan opponents in pursuit of 'octopus' of corruption
Turkey's Erdoğan makes high-stakes Kurdish gamble
Greece PM defends halt to asylum processing for North African migrants
Demographic crisis spells end for 146-year-old village school

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