After hearing news that former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi died during a court appearance in Cairo, mosques across Turkey held prayer services for him. We discuss Turkish President Erdogan’s close ties with Morsi and what’s next for relations with Egypt. Plus, a Saudi intelligence official called journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi a ‘sacrificial animal,’ as they waited to kill him inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last year. That’s according to gruesome new details in a special UN report that blames Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman for the extrajudicial murder and subsequent cover up. We ask: Will the renewed pressure force the Saudi royal family to come clean?

‘Sacrificial animal.’ That's what a Saudi intelligence official allegedly called dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. Those details, along with other gruesome accounts, are part of a special UN report that blames Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman for the extrajudicial murder and cover up. We ask: Will the renewed pressure force the Saudi royal family to come clean?

After hearing news that former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi died during a court appearance in Cairo, mosques across Turkey held prayer services for him. We discuss Turkish President Erdogan’s close ties with Morsi and what’s next for relations with Egypt. Plus, a Saudi intelligence official called journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi a ‘sacrificial animal,’ as they waited to kill him inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last year. That’s according to gruesome new details in a special UN report that blames Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman for the extrajudicial murder and subsequent cover up. We ask: Will the renewed pressure force the Saudi royal family to come clean?

‘Sacrificial animal.’ That's what a Saudi intelligence official allegedly called dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. Those details, along with other gruesome accounts, are part of a special UN report that blames Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman for the extrajudicial murder and cover up. We ask: Will the renewed pressure force the Saudi royal family to come clean?

Guests:

Ahmet Kasim Han

Professor of International Relations at Altinbas University

Levent Korkut

Lecturer of law at Istanbul Medipol University

After hearing news that former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi died during a court appearance in Cairo, mosques across Turkey held prayer services for him. We discuss Turkish President Erdogan’s close ties with Morsi and what’s next for relations with Egypt.

Guests:

Yahia Hamed

Former Egyptian Minister

The world was stunned by news of Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s sudden death during a court appearance in Cairo. But why has the the reaction from Western leaders been muted?

One foundation built the world’s largest orphanage in southern Turkey for Syrian refugee children. We traveled close to the Turkish-Syrian border to see how the foundation is making sure the children don’t become a lost generation. Plus, Syrian entrepreneurs invested $39.5 million to open over a thousand businesses in Turkey last year. And is it a model to integrate refugees?

One foundation built the world’s largest orphanage in southern Turkey for Syrian refugee children. We traveled close to the Turkish-Syrian border to see how the foundation is making sure the children don’t become a lost generation.

Guests:

Christina Velentza

Research Fellow at Koc University

Deniz Senol Sert

Associate Professor of International Relations at Ozyegin University

Syrian entrepreneurs have invested $39.5 million to open over a thousand businesses in Turkey last year. How have Turkey’s policies encouraged this growth? And is it a model to integrate refugees?

Guests:

Christina Velentza

Research fellow at Koc University

Deniz Senol Sert

Associate Professor of International Relations at Ozyegin University

Since 2011, Turkey has spent more than $30 billion providing food and shelter for Syrian refugees. Turkey has also offered economic incentives for refugees to open up their own businesses. We met two Syrian entrepreneurs who are breaking the stigma associated around refugees.