Assesses social, religious and political polarisation under the AKP of Recep Erdogan and the likely consequences for Turkey's evolution
Simon A. Waldman is a lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies at the Institute for Middle Eastern Studies, King's College London. He teaches the Arab-Israeli Conflict, state building in the region and Turkish history and politics. Emre Caliskan is a Turkish analyst and journalist who previously worked for BBC and Turkish public channel TRT. He is also a PhD candidate in International Relations at University of Oxford.