Turkey’s New Political Reality

Turkey’s New Political Reality

Hosted by Kwangu LiweweFeaturing Diego Cupolo and Gönül TolProduced by Finbar Anderson Listen to and follow The LedeApple Podcasts | Spotify | Podbean Turkey is in a period of major political developments, Diego Cupolo, editor in chief of politics newsletter Turkey Recap, tells New Lines' Kwangu Liwewe on this week’s episode of Global Insights on The Lede. “Everything is changing once again,” he says. “I don’t feel that we’ve seen this kind of m…

Özsoy: Kurds ready for negotiation, the state must respond

Kurdish politician Hişyar Özsoy, evaluating recent developments in the Kurdish question, noted that Turkey is undergoing a complex, undefined, and directionless process. He said, “Particularly the Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) decision to dissolve itself and abandon the armed struggle, following the call of Abdullah Öcalan, has brought hopes for peace and a solution back onto the agenda.” Hişyar Özsoy also emphasized that the military and dip…