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Turkey's efforts to consolidate HTS power in Syria

Turkey’s autocratic ruler, Erdogan, is quite open about his dreams, or perhaps delusions, of grandeur. He longs for the golden age of the Ottoman Empire to return and will likely not object to Being Sultan Recep the Magnificent.

Erdogan’s protege - his junior by three decades - has been the self-declared President of Syria for the last five months. However, while Ahmed al-Sharaa may for tactical reasons wish to forget his background as the leader of the designated terrorist organisation HTS, which, with Turkish help, propelled him to power, this could run counter to Erdogan’s plans.

The Turkish-Israeli talks in Azerbaijan may very well ease the tension between Jerusalem and Ankara, but at the same time they may also serve to fine-tune Erdogan’s move to keep control over al-Sharaa.

- Host : Jonathan Hessen : Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute and Host of TV7 Israel News
- Analyst : Amir Oren : TV7 Editor at Large and Host of Watchmen Talk
- Col. (Res.) Dr. Anan Wahabi : ICT Research fellow at Reichman University, Lecturer at Haifa University, former Strategist for PM Office
- Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak : Researcher at the Moshe Dayan Center and JISS; Lecturer on Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Ben Gurion University

Jerusalem Studio

The program offers the viewer deeper understanding about current events in Israel. The topics vary from domestic and foreign policy to social changes, archaelogy and religion.

The program is hosted by TV7 Israel News anchor Jonathan Hessen.

First broadcast: April 18, 2025
Episode number: 933
Duration: 30 min
Spoken languages:
English
Subtitles:
Finnish