In the Classroom: Semih Patan, PhD Candidate, Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago: https://pols.uic.edu/profiles/patan-semih/; https://pols.uic.edu/

Topics: Competitive authoritarianism; Turkish politics; Turkish 2023 presidential election; Justice and Development Party (AKP); AKP over time; secularism in Turkish politics; military as guardian of Turkish democracy (previously); detour into Tunisian politics

Episode Transcript: https://bit.ly/CompetitiveAuthoritarianismTurkey

Intro and Outro Music: Three Goddesses by ⁠Third Age⁠: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285

Transition Music: Bosporus by Federico Ferrandina: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/404

Transition Sound Effects: Simple Incoming 01 from Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/21205

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Photo description: Turkish man with short, dark brown hair, parted on his left with a lighter brown beard and brown glasses looks directly at the camera. He is wearing a blue button-down shirt with a brown blazer.