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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.

Michael Weiss, the Daily Beast's editor-at-large and co-author of NY Times best seller "ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror" spoke to Ahval's Ilhan Tanir.

Scholar Amy Austin Holmes spoke to @ahval_en about her impression of CHP's first International conference on Syria

Edward G. Stafford retired from the U.S. Foreign Service officer discusses the latests between Turkey and the U.S. with Ahval's Ilhan Tanir.Stafford's most recent overseas assignment was as Counselor for Political-Military Affairs in Ankara, Turkey (2011-14).

A fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), Nicholas Heras is a prominent expert on Syria.In today’s podcast, @NicholasAHeras unpacked discussions surrounding the safe zone in northeast Syria, as well as the U.S. military’s red lines regarding the zone for Washington Hatti.

Stafford's last assignment was as a faculty member of the Inter-American Defense College where he taught Civilian-Military relations. His most recent overseas assignment was as Counselor for Political-Military Affairs in Ankara, Turkey (2011-14).

Senior Professorial Lecturer at American University Doğa Ulaş Eralp spoke to Ahval's Ilhan Tanir about last Sunday’s Istanbul elections.Sunday elections' results is a watershed moment in Turkish politics - analystIstanbul mayorship will make Ekrem İmamoğlu a visible leading politician in TurkeySeeking centralization versus local democracy movements were two parallel processes that put an end the Ottoman EmpireThe democratic opposition may able to bring voice to the people of TurkeyTurkey-US relations are going to go through their own heat wave this summerTurkey appears not to care much about its own position in NATO's future

Blaise Misztal is a fellow at Hudson Institute, one of the leading think tanks in Washington, D.C. His research programme focuses on the Middle East, Europe, and strategic competition. Mitszal is a former director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s national security program, a role in which he greatly contributed to U.S.-Turkey relations and issues around it through panels and papers, as he continues to do at the Hudson Institute. Misztal discussed the results of Sunday's historic defeat with Ahval's Ilhan Tanir.

Ms. Sarah Repucci, Senior Director for Research and Analysis at the Freedom House, an international human rights watchdog, talked to Ahval's Ilhan Tanir about the recent report published by the Freedom House, titled, "Freedom and the Media: A Downward Spiral."