Strait Talk Podcast
1) Erdoğan to Face Kılıçdaroğlu in May 28th Presidential Run-Off
It was a record turnout for Turkiye's presidential and parliamentary elections. But after more than 55 million votes were cast, no candidate passed the 50% threshold in the first round, setting the st...Show More
2) Is Africa Finding Itself in the Middle of a Great Power Struggle Between the US, Russia and China?
For decades, Western countries have engaged the African continent with a mixture of aid packages that often came with strings attached. Straddled with the legacy of colonialism, many African countrie...Show More
3) US State Department Greenlights $259M F-16 Avionics Deal To Türkiye
One of the biggest hurdles in US-Turkish relations has been the stalled sale of F-16 fighter jets, that Ankara requested back in October 2021. Being stuck in Congress for a year and half, a small par...Show More
4) What's Behind the Increased Drone Attacks Between Iran, Israel and Syria?
Bitter enemies Iran and Israel have been fighting a shadowy proxy war in Syria and beyond for years. But this low intensity conflict is seeing more and more armed UAVs. Even the US has thrown itself ...Show More
5) Russia Says West Acting Like 'Bandits' for Wanting to Use Its Frozen Assets to Fund Ukraine War
For more than a year, an estimated $300 billion dollars that belongs to Russia's central bank, has been sitting in accounts frozen by the US and its allies. Immediately after Russia launched its attac...Show More
6) Egypt's FM Visits Türkiye as Iran Reopens Embassy in Saudi Arabia
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has paid an official visit to Ankara where he met his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. The two ministers said they are taking concrete steps in reappointing...Show More
7) US Adversaries and Allies Call For Dedollarisation
America's foes, and even some friends have called for changes in how the world does business. Long dominating international trade, the US dollar also gave America unrivaled power to spend, lend and p...Show More
8) Türkiye Closes Airspace From Iraq's Sulaymaniyah Airport Over PKK Threats
A mysterious helicopter crash in northern Iraq a few weeks ago, is adding the latest sore point between Turkyie and its southern neighbor. The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced it was closing its ai...Show More
9) Turkish Navy Officially Welcomes Its New Flagship, TCG Anadolu
It's being called the world's first drone carrier. Commissioned on Monday, the TCG Anadolu, which began construction in 2016, was built mostly with domestic parts. It will also be equipped with the c...Show More
10) Turkish, Greek Defence Chiefs Tour Quake Zones, Push For More Dialogue
The last time a Greek defence minister visited Turkiye was back in 2002. Over those two decades, the neighbors saw their relations swing from co-operation towards confrontation. The last few years w...Show More