In its third episode, Recap radio takes a look at Diyarbakır, Kurdish politics and the odds that elected officials in southeast Turkey will keep their positions.
It’s deep dive on the government’s state-appointed trustee system, which has seen dozens of elected Kurdish mayors and officials removed from office on terror-related charges.
Guests include Berdan Öztürk, a DEM Party deputy for Diyarbakır, Berfin Coşkun, a researcher with Diyarbakır’s Kurdish Studies Center, Diyarbakır resident Arjen İletmiş and Berk Esen, associate professor of political science at Sabancı University in İstanbul.
Research, reporting and production by host Azra Ceylan. Editing by Diego Cupolo, Gonca Tokyol and Ingrid Woudwijk.
Recap radio is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
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