{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/3dd76634-7b1c-45c2-a9cf-2f6f96d4e0b4/67febed7458cce1398a81f7b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Erdogan’s Path to Pure Authoritarianism","description":"<p><strong>Listen to this episode commercial free at</strong><a href=\"https://angryplanetpod.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> https://angryplanetpod.com</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>Turkey’s president has grabbed a bit more power for himself with the recent arrest of the mayor of Istanbul. The mayor was thought to be one of the few politicians who could challenge Erdogan.</p><p><br></p><p>Steven Cook will take us through it.</p><p><br></p><p>Talking about authoritarians is one of the things we do here, so strap in for another tale of turmoil on an angry planet.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Shilling for <a href=\"http://kagi.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">kagi.com</a></li><li>“Competitive authoritarianism”</li><li>Negotiating with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party</li><li>How to court the Kurdish vote while killing Kurds</li><li>A stable of failsons</li><li>“The Turkish Marc Andreessen”</li><li>Why Erdogan hates Pennsylvania</li><li>Disproving McDonald’s Diplomacy, once again</li><li>Leveling a park to build a mall</li><li>How Erdogan processed the Arab Spring</li><li>“Fools, knaves, and rubes”—Oh my!</li></ul><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/25/turkey-protests-erdogan-legacy/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Turkey Can’t Live With, or Without, Erdogan</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/ukraine-has-written-a-folk-song-about-its-drone/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ukraine Has Written a Folk Song About Its Drone</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/04/07/turkey-and-israel-are-becoming-deadly-rivals-in-syria\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Turkey and Israel are becoming deadly rivals in Syria</a></p>","author_name":"Matthew Gault and Jason Fields"}