Turkey's relationship with the u.s and europe has sometimes been a bit tense. Turkey wants to have relations with the west but is also looking at how it can balance these different needs for its defense needs. turkey would argue that foreign policy isn't about black and white it's about shades of grey. There are times in which it makes sense to cooperate with russia and to keep the door open other times it doesn't.
Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been in power for two decades. But he now faces a challenge in the country’s May 14 elections from a candidate representing a coalition of opposition parties. Bloomberg journalists Beril Akman, Marc Champion and Sylvia Westall join this episode to talk about why this election matters not just for Turkey’s domestic future–but for the important role the nation plays on the world stage.
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