We address the syrian impasse and how does this impact washington policy . We are lucky to have experts in the field with us today. I will keep it short so we can jump right in. First a few housekeeping items through todays event is being livestreamed and video recorded and it is also being broadcast on cspan so i encourage guests in the audience in attendance and viewing at home to join in on the conversation via twitter. Please feel free to comment as we go along and we will try to address those comments. This is the time or ask you to shut your cell phones down. We dont want or our guests to be interrupted as they engage in this conversation and now i am very pleased to hand over the conversation to my colleagues a research analyst. This is her first moderated event and we are very pleased to have you do this. Take it away. Thank you and thank you all for coming. Three weeks ago the turkish Army Launched an operation across the border in Northern Syria into region. Turkey is there f
Good morning everyone and welcome to the foundation for defense of democracies. My name is kim yojong and Senior Vice President for research and it is terrific to see so many familiar faces in the room. We are looking forward to our time the event this morning as we address the syrian impasse and how does this impact washington policy . We are lucky to have experts in the field with us today. I will keep it short so we can jump right in. First a few housekeeping items through todays event is being livestreamed and video recorded and it is also being broadcast on cspan so i encourage guests in the audience in attendance and viewing at home to join in on the conversation via twitter. Please feel free to comment as we go along and we will try to address those comments. This is the time or ask you to shut your cell phones down. We dont want or our guests to be interrupted as they engage in this conversation and now i am very pleased to hand over the conversation to my colleagues a research
That Seta Foundation for political, economic and social research hosted a discussion in washington on the 2015 failed coup attempt in turkey focusing on the causes and lasting geopolitical consequences. Its 90 minutes. Good morning, everyone. Distinguished guests, friends and colleagues, welcome. My name is kadir, im the executive director of the Seta Foundation at washington, d. C. We would like to welcome you all on behalf of of our institution. Thank you for joining us today and this important conference at the anniversary of july 15 coup attempt. This conference will debate a subject that continues to define turkeys domestic and Foreign Policy in significant ways. The last years coup attempt exposed extent to which the followers of gulen would go to grab power at the expense of popular will. The attempt made it clear for turkey that this organization was no longer a movement with networks within the state bureaucracy, but had not applied terror as a means to achieve its goals by ev
Im fascinated by by but im just not satisfied with how we are india. I realize limitations once again to what you said. Let me just frame it differently perhaps to whats a little more comfortable. What i would love to know is the debate that is happening, is it a typical, i know its not a useful description, moderate versus hardliner or is is happening within the hardline camp . This is all extramusical for everybody. The debate as i mentioned is between across the board. You can find on the hardliners, revolutionary guard, foreigners, think tank, policymakers, professors at university. They are all debating it to think tanks about this policy. What should be done . Generally, the government is a supporter. Not everybody in the government. Personally i have debated with them that they support it. Key positions in all of these places, but as i mentioned the general, use the first one but i know means thats the own do. I should mention to you mentioned a good point. I said the indication
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