How Erdogan broke Turkey's democracy

An episode of the Iran: The Latest podcast, hosted by The Telegraph, titled "How Erdogan broke Turkey's democracy" was published on March 24, 2025 and runs 31 minutes.

March 24, 2025 ·31m · Iran: The Latest

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Summary

Turkey and Israel: two Middle Eastern democracies in crisis. Venetia Rainey talks to Süddeutsche Zeitung journalist Raphael Geiger in Istanbul about why President Recep Tayyep Erdogan's arrest of the city's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has sparked rare protests, and what might happen next. Henry Bodkin, our correspondent in Israel, explains how the sacking of Ronen Bar, the head of the internal security agency Shin Bet, has sparked fears that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is consolidating unprecedented power and removing critics.Read:'Netanyahu spy scandal leaves PM fighting on two fronts' by Henry Bodkin:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/22/netanyahu-spy-scandal-leaves-pm-fighting-on-two-fronts/Contact us with feedback or [email protected] @venetiarainey@RolandOliphant Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Description

Henry Bodkin, our correspondent in Israel, explains how the sacking of Ronen Bar, the head of the internal security agency Shin Bet, has sparked fears that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is consolidating unprecedented power and removing critics.

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'Netanyahu spy scandal leaves PM fighting on two fronts' by Henry Bodkin:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/22/netanyahu-spy-scandal-leaves-pm-fighting-on-two-fronts/

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