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The Daily Roundup - Monday, July 13, 2020

Michael Rubin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a former Pentagon official, joins us to discuss how the EU and the US can hold the Erdogan regime accountable for its actions in the region by cutting out Turkish Airlines. Rubin also discusses his latest piece on developments in the civil case against Turkey for its attack on peaceful protesters at Sheridan Circle in 2017. 

You can read the articles we discuss on the Daily Roundup here:

Cut Turkish Airlines off from Europe rather than be complicit in theft

Turkey will see a green light for attacking American dissidents if DC court grants appeal

EU, Turkey clash over Hagia Sophia, Mediterranean drilling

EU calls on Turkey to end ‘unilateral actions’ in Eastern Mediterranean

Christodoulides, Dendias discuss Turkey with Borrell on sidelines of EU meeting

Cyprus and Greece to discuss Turkey’s East Med violations

Greek PM meeting with health officials amid spike in Covid-19 cases

Greece to tighten checks at border crossings as travel-related infections rise

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