Türkiye in Focus

Weekly newsletter by TRT World Research Centre

In this week’s Türkiye in Focus:

  • The phone call between President Erdoğan and U.S. President Trump focused on bilateral relations and regional and global developments. Researcher Çağdaş Yüksel analysed this conversation.
  • Türkiye’s senior diplomats, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, were in Damascus amidst significant regional developments. Researcher Mehmet Kılıç examined the details of this visit.
  • The arrest warrant for Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and his subsequent detention have become the top story on the national 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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