Gonul Tol's guest appearances

Gonul Tol

Middle East PolicyCast

One CA

On the Middle East with Amberin Zaman

Arnel David

James Patrick

Geoffrey Batt

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Chris Bryant

Norman Ornstein

David Makovsky

Michael Oren

Steve Barry

Michael McFaul

Jared Kushner

Ben Taub

Rachel Sullivan

Matthew Levitt

Sean McFate

OwlTail

Public anger is mounting over the Turkish government's slow response to the massive earthquakes that shook the country's southern regions on Feb. 6. The death toll is rapidly climbing as an unknown number of people remain trapped under the rubble in freezing temperatures in Turkey and Syria alike. Many blame the high number of deaths on the Turkish government's lack of preparedness and lax safety standards. Others say the fact that power is concentrated in the hands of a single person, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has made things worse.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Public anger is mounting over the Turkish government's slow response to the massive earthquakes that shook the country's southern regions on Feb. 6. The death toll is rapidly climbing as an unknown number of people remain trapped under the rubble in freezing temperatures in Turkey and Syria alike. Many blame the high number of deaths on the Turkish government's lack of preparedness and lax safety standards. Others say the fact that power is concentrated in the hands of a single person, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has made things worse.See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

Middle East Institute Turkey director Gonul Tol says one man rule, corruption increased deaths in killer earthquakes

Gonul Tol, founding director of the Middle East Institute's Center for Turkish Studies, discusses Turkey and Turkish relations in the region.

Gonul Tol, founding director of the <a href="http://www.mei.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Middle East Institute's</a> Center for Turkish Studies, discusses Turkey and Turkish relations in the region.

Gonul Tol, Middle East Institute, on Turkey

Amberin Zaman

Soner Cagaptay

Can Turkish democracy - and Turkey's strategic relationships with Europe and the United States - survive Recep Tayyip Erdogan's increasing consolidation of domestic political power? Three Turkish experts, including the author of a timely new book on Erdogan's rise and ambitions, discuss the country's likely future. Near East PolicyCast: Conversations on Middle East issues from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Turkey's New Sultan? With Soner Cagaptay, Gonul Tol, and Amberin Zaman