Turkey’s foreign policy between domestic dynamics and international interests

Turkish foreign policy has changed considerably in recent years and has become increasingly aggressive. Esme Nicholson talks with Sinem Adar and Hürcan Aslı Aksoy on how domestic political dynamics shape Ankara’s foreign relations with Europe. Talk Guests: Dr Sinem Adar is Associate at the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) at SWP. Her main research areas include Turkish domestic politics, EU-Turkey relations, Turkish diaspora policy, and EU-Turkey cooperation over migration. Dr Hürcan Aslı Aksoy is Deputy Head of the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) at SWP. She mainly works on Turkish domestic politics, democratization and autocratization in Turkey, Turkey’s foreign policy in the Middle East, and women and politics in Turkey. Host: Esme Nicholson