E73: A political earthquake?
Channel: DiEM25
Date: 2023-02-21

Disaster struck Turkey and Syria this month when a devastating earthquake caused over 48,000 deaths, with the toll still climbing.

The Turkish government’s emergency response has been heavily criticised, with many arguing that the devastating number of casualties has a lot to do with rampant corruption and authoritarianism of Erdogan’s regime – widespread graft in the construction industry leading to unsafe buildings, political appointees with no expertise leading chaotic relief operations, and the gutting of civil society organisations hampering humanitarian efforts in Kurdish areas in particular.

With all this happening just months before a crucial presidential election, what’s the outlook for Turkey, and what should European progressives' take on it be?

Our panel, including Defne Dalkara, Yanis Varoufakis and Erik Edman, debates. Join us live and send us your questions and comments!

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0:00 [Introduction] Mehran Khalili
2:05 Defne Dalkara
13:25 Yanis Varoufakis
29:55 Judith Meyer
32:50 Erik Edman
39:15 Questions and comments from the chat
40:01 Amir Kiyaei
42:49 Defne Dalkara
46:20 Yanis Varoufakis
57:10 [Conclusions] Mehran Khalili

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