Turkey’s Syria offensive is about domestic politics

Turkey’s Syria offensive is about domestic politics - Merve Tahiroğlu

Oct 31, 2019 · 34m 54s

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The day after the U.S. Congress doubly punished Turkey by passing a resolution to recognise the Armenian Genocide and another to levy sanctions against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and other...

The day after the U.S. Congress doubly punished Turkey by passing a resolution to recognise the Armenian Genocide and another to levy sanctions against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and other officials for Turkey’s offensive in northeast Syria, Ahval editor David Lepeska discussed Syrian refugees, the Kurdish issue and Erdoğan’s militant rhetoric with Merve Tahiroğlu, Turkey programme coordinator for the Program on Middle East Democracy.

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