At the latest episode of FeniksPod’s Turkey Series, Hamdi Fırat Büyük hosts Dr Mehmet Yegin from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, SWP. Dr Yegin who is also an editorial board member of FeniksPolitik commented on Turkish opposition’s joint initiative against Turkish President Erdogan’s alliance and other related important issues including the characteristics of the opposition’s joint presidential candidate against Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

At the latest episode of FeniksPod’s Atlantic Series, Mehmet Yegin hosts Hamidreza Azizi, Alexander von Humbolt Fellow with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. Azizi commented on ongoing Russian Invasion of Ukraine's effects of JCPOA talks in Vienna as well as the revival of JCPOA's regional impacts particularly on Turkey.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may create new fronts within Europe’s most fragile region. Throughout the Balkans, pro-Russian groups have eagerly awaited a Russian agenda that could topple current regional peace and security dynamics and Russian Ambassador to Bosnia has recently threatened Bosnia if it decides to join the NATO. At the latest episode of FeniksPod’s EU&Balkan series, Hamdi Fırat Büyük and Abdullah Sencer Gözübenli discussed the effects of Russian Invasion of Ukraine in the Balkans, the Western response and the similarities between the fallen Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog paid a historic visit to Turkey for healing the relations between the two nations which have been suffering from years long deadlock due to several disagreement in regional and bilateral issues. At FeniksPod’s Middle East Series, Büşra Nur Özgüler Aktel explains Israel’s cautious optimism in its future relations with Turkey while Ankara hurriedly eyes on a quick recovery.

Karol Wasilewski, a Polish expert on Turkey from Wasilewski Future Consulting and Neo Swiat, explains at FeniksPod’s Turkey Series that how difficult Turkey’s balancing act is between Russia and the West while the War in Ukraine intensifies. Wasilewski thinks that Turkey’s balancing act already has a pro-Ukrainian flavour and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine may be a good starting point for healing relations between the West and Turkey if both sides recognise the opportunity.

Chatham House’s Mathieu Boulegue told FeniksPod’s Atlantic Series that Russia has been using the Ukraine crisis to extort Western concessions in what has become the greatest test to European and global security since the Cold War.

Host: Mehmet Yegin

Guest: Mathieu Boulegue

Europeanization had once been the starting point of Turkey’s relations with the Balkans, but over the last decade both have drifted away from the EU orbit. Ahmet Erdi Ozturk and Basak Alpan explain how and why on FeniksPod’s Balkan and EU Series.

During the episode, Ozturk and Alpan evaluated Turkey-Balkan relations from the perspective of Europeanization, referring to a special issue of the Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies entitled “Turkey and the Balkans: bringing the Europeanisation/De-Europeanisation nexus into question”. The special issue was co-edited by Ozturk and Alpan.

Hosts: Hamdi Firat Buyuk, A. Sencer Gozubenli

Guests: Ahmet Erdi Ozturk, Basak Alpan

After years of crisis, President Erdogan has decided to repair Turkey’s relations with Israel and Egypt, but it won’t be easy. Louis Fishman, an expert on Turkey and the Middle East, explains why on FeniksPod’s Middle East Series.

Host: Büşra Nur Özgüler-Aktel 

Guest: Louis Fishman

After Kazakhstan’s most serious unrest since it gained independence, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is positioned to chart a new course that separates him from Nursultan Nazarbayev’s legacy. However, lingering questions about causes of the violence and the possibility of intra-elite conflict remain unanswered.

To read the analysis at FeniksPolitik website: l24.im/3JsAQqf

Author: Nicholas Morgan

The Turkish government fails to produce comprehensive green policies amid worsening environmental crises. In a recent report, environmental researcher Gokce Sencan and her colleagues at the Ivme Movement urge the Turkish government to act before it’s too late.

Host: Hamdi Fırat Büyük

Guest: Gökçe Şencan