Sinem Adar: Turkey's Syria Challenge

Babel: Translating the Middle East by Center for Strategic and International Studies

Jan 28, 202537:38Government & Organizations

This week on Babel, Jon Alterman speaks with Sinem Adar, a researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), where she works at the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies. Together, they discuss...

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