It is too soon to know how far Ankara's attempt is going to go and whether it is a genuine reproachment attempt with Cairo or just another public posturing, said Michael Wahid Hanna, Egypt expert and senior fellow at the Century Foundation based in New York during a podcast with Washington Line

Retired U.S. diplomat Edward G. Stafford told Ahval's Ilhan Tanir that there is a real possibility that the incoming Biden administration might well be on the collision course over many thorny issues with the Erdogan government.

Ahval İngilizce Editörü İlhan Tanır ve Ahval köşe yazarı, gazeteci Ali Abaday, ABD seçimlerindeki son gelişmeleri, Trump & Biden arasında kızışan yarışı konuştu.

International observers and independent agencies have witnessed severe religious freedom violations in Northeastern Syria which are directed by the Turkish government, said the Vice Chair of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Nadine Maenza on Wednesday during a video call with Ahval.

Maenza was appointed to the position by the President of the United States in 2018, and talked to Ahval following a virtual panel organised by the commission earlier in the day. "We have seen when Turkey invaded Syria[n territories]," they "take away religious freedom" and "imposed harsh conditions," the Vice Chair Maenza who has been appointed by the U.S. President Donald J. Trump said, adding that these claims documented by some of panelists spoke at a virtual hearing.

Turkey, under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is seen as one of the pioneers of the populist wave across the world. According to Dimitar Bechev, a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and Ahval contributor, the country could also take the lead in the other way around as it approaches historic crossroads in upcoming years.

Ahval's İlhan Tanır spoke with Bechev about the latest paper he co-authored and published by SWP, which discusses the Turkish and Russian models in a context of their relations with the West and with each other.

Ahval's Ilhan Tanir is joined by reporter Wladimir van Wilgenburg, who is the co-author of “The Kurds of Northern Syria: Governance, Diversity and Conflicts," to discuss the 10-point agreement reached on Oct. 22 between Russian President Putin and his Turkish counterpart Erdogan.

Adam Klasfeld of Courthouse News discussed the recent indictment of Turkey’s state-run Halkbank for breaking U.S. sanctions on Iran with Ahval editor Ilhan Tanir.

The senior VP of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and former terror finance analyst for the U.S. Treasury Jonathan Schanzer discussed the latest Halkbank indictment with Ahval's İlhan Tanır.