From autocratic strongmen to democratic internationalists, Hamish Macdonald examines the cultural, historical, and personal motives of people on the world stage.
What would we uncover if we ask the friends, enemies, colleagues and observers to 'Take me to Your Leader!'
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From autocratic strongmen to democratic internationalists, Hamish Macdonald examines the cultural, historical, and personal motives of people on the world stage.
What would we uncover if we ask the friends, enemies, colleagues and observers to 'Take me to Your Leader!'
05 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: The Shapeshifting Sultan
Take Me To Your Leader!
35 minutes 43 seconds
2 years ago
05 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: The Shapeshifting Sultan
Recep Tayip Erdoğan’s maintained power for over 20 years by being all things to all people.
Turkey’s president is at once a Western ally and a close friend of Vladimir Putin, a hardline Islamist and a leader that evokes the golden age of the Ottoman Empire. He is adored by his supporters and feared by his critics.
So who is he really and what future does he envision for Turkey?
Guests:
Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and author of, The New Sultan: Erdogan and the Crisis of Modern Turkey
Meryem İlayda Atlas, journalist, founding editor of Daily Sabha and a board member of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT)
Prof Ihsan Yilmaz, research chair in Islamic Studies and Intercultural Dialogue at the Alfred Deakin Institute
Take Me To Your Leader!
From autocratic strongmen to democratic internationalists, Hamish Macdonald examines the cultural, historical, and personal motives of people on the world stage.
What would we uncover if we ask the friends, enemies, colleagues and observers to 'Take me to Your Leader!'
