For this episode I met with Professor Paula Doyle to discuss her course, Turkey and the Levant. Our conversation roughly followed Prof. Doyle’s syllabus, starting with the role of the Ottoman Empire in the region and its collapse; the ascent of Turkey as a Western-oriented secular state under Mostafa Kamel Ataturk; Turkey’s peculiar civil-military dynamic and the penchant for military coups; and current conditions under President Erdogan. We also discussed important Turkish geo-political issues like Armenia, Cyprus, Turkey's prospective entry into the EU, and its continued efforts in containing the conflict along its border with Syria.

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