Ezgi Başaran on ‘frontline Turkey,’ Gülenists and the Kurdish peace process
December 22, 2017
Turkey Book Talk episode #54 – EZGİ BAŞARAN on her book FRONTLINE TURKEY: THE CONFLICT AT THE HEART OF THE MIDDLE EAST (IB Tauris), a 200-page account of the collapse of the Kurdish peace process, the rise and fall of the Gülen movement, and deepening authoritarianism.
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January 14, 2019 at 8:35 pm
Is there a transcript of this talk?