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Turkey’s Post-Pandemic Trajectory
Fri, May 8th, 2020
Live Online
Turkey is a NATO member and close partner of the EU, but Ankara’s military ambitions in Libya and Syria and its rapprochement with Moscow have put the country at odds with its Western allies.
Domestically, President Erdoğan has been rolling back political freedoms, while a flailing Turkish economy appears set to be hard hit by the impending global financial crisis.
Will the global pandemic shift the trajectory of this pivotal nation back toward its Western partners? Or will Ankara drift even further into Russia’s orbit and increased authoritarianism? Or is permanent tension with both East and West an option?
Join Marc Pierini, Dmitri Trenin, and Sinan Ülgen for a discussion about Turkey’s future and its implications for the West. The event will be moderated by Rosa Balfour.
To submit a question for the event, please use the YouTube chat, email brussels@ceip.org, or tweet at us @Carnegie_Europe.
Marc Pierini
Marc Pierini is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe. Follow him on Twitter @MarcPierini1.
Dmitri Trenin
Dmitri Trenin is the director of the Carnegie Moscow Center. Follow him on Twitter @DmitriTrenin.
Sinan Ülgen
Sinan Ülgen is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe. Follow him on Twitter @sinanulgen1.
Rosa Balfour
Rosa Balfour is the director of Carnegie Europe. Follow her on Twitter @RosaBalfour.
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
Event Speakers
Marc Pierini
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe
Pierini is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, where his research focuses on developments in the Middle East and Turkey from a European perspective.
Dmitri Trenin
Former Director, Carnegie Moscow Center
Trenin was director of the Carnegie Moscow Center from 2008 to early 2022.
Sinan Ülgen
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe
Sinan Ülgen is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on Turkish foreign policy, transatlantic relations, international trade, economic security, and digital policy.
