Connections Episode 66
Turkey Elections
Mouin Rabbani interviews Amberin Zaman
On Wednesday, 7 June Jadaliyya co-editor Mouin Rabbani spoke with Amberin Zaman about the recently concluded elections in Turkey. This episode of Connections examines the results of the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections, and their domestic, regional, and international implications.
Connections offers timely and informative interviews on current events and broader policy questions, as well as themes relevant to knowledge production. It combines journalism, analysis, and scholarship.
Guest
Amberin Zaman is a senior correspondent reporting from the Middle East, North Africa and Europe for Al-Monitor, where she examines the politics of Turkey, Iraq and Syria. Prior to Al-Monitor, Zaman covered Turkey, the Kurds and conflicts in the region for The Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph, The Los Angeles Timesand the Voice of America. She served as The Economist's Turkey correspondent between 1999 and 2016, and has worked as a columnist for several Turkish language outlets.
Host
Mouin Rabbani has published and commented widely on Palestinian affairs, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the contemporary Middle East. He was previously Senior Analyst Middle East and Special Advisor on Israel-Palestine with the International Crisis Group, and head of political affairs with the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria. He is Co-Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine.
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