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Feb 20, 2025 11 min

The new crackdown brewing in Turkey

from The Greek Current Hosted by Hellenic Leaders

Earlier this week we saw Turkish police detain 282 people accused of ties to the PKK. This included journalists, politicians, and academics. These arrests are taking place as Ankara continues to remove elected pro-Kurdish mayors from their posts. At the same time, they coincide with reports that a deal could be at hand over the country’s Kurdish question. Piotr Zalewski, The Economist's Turkey correspondent, joins Thanos Davelis as we look into this new crackdown in Turkey and its broader implications. You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here: A new crackdown is gathering strength in Turkey Turkey detains 282 suspects in a dayslong operation against Kurdish insurgents Meeting Again in Paris, European Leaders Try to Recalibrate After Trump Sides With Russia Macron holds new emergency talks on Ukraine West’s ‘crisis’ coalition grows as Trump rails against Zelenskyy Athens resists as investors swoop on the city’s ‘neighbourhood of the gods’

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Piotr Zalewski, The Economist's Turkey correspondent, joins Thanos Davelis as we look into this new crackdown in Turkey that's impacting journalists, politicians, academics, and the country's Kurds, and break down its broader implications.

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