AKP corruption remade Turkey’s religious landscape

12/08/20 • 50 min

Analyst Selim Koru on sanctions pressure building thanks to EU’s more hawkish wing toward Turkey, President Biden unlikely to pressure Erdogan on rule of law (10:30), doubting the AKP’s recent weak polling numbers (17:30), Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu’s uninspiring politics (27:40), the presidential system has ended politics in Turkey (31:15), and AKP corruption has driven Turks from traditional Islam (43:35).

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