Türkiye in Focus

Weekly newsletter by TRT World Research Centre

In this week’s Türkiye in Focus, we are covering the following topics:

  • Researcher Mehmet Kılıç analyses the visits of Türkiye’s senior officials to Iraq and Syria.
  • A far-right politician has been arrested on charges of inciting hatred and hostility.
  • The tragic hotel fire in Bolu is dominating Türkiye’s political agenda.
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Ömer Sevim
Ömer Sevim
Ömer Sevim is a Researcher at TRT World Research Centre. After graduating from Boğaziçi University Department of Sociology, he completed his master's degree in Critical Theory and Cultural Studies at the University of Nottingham. His areas of interest can be listed as media discourse analysis, neoliberalism, immigration and European studies.

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