Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has secured a third term as Turkey’s president. Will this lead to a further consolidation of his autocratic regime and what does his victory mean for regional security and the country’s relations with Western partners?

Feeding into ENGAGE’s Symposium on the EU’s engagement with MENA countries, this webinar features Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Marc Pierini and Amberin Zaman, who discuss the implications of the elections for the EU and the MENA region. Judy Dempsey moderates.

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Speakers

Senem Aydın-Düzgit is professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Sabancı University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Marc Pierini is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, where his research focuses on developments in the Middle East and Turkey from a European perspective.

Amberin Zaman is a senior correspondent for Al-Monitor, examining the politics of Turkey, Iraq and Syria and writing the daily Briefly Turkey newsletter.

Moderator

Judy Demsey is a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Europe Foundation and editor in chief of Strategic Europe.