Thanos Davelis

This week Sinan Ogan, the nationalist "kingmaker" who came third in Turkey's elections, endorsed President Erdogan, and his voters could hold the key to victory on Sunday in Turkey's runoff.

Dora Antoniou, Kathimerini's political editor, joins Thanos Davelis to break down what went wrong for SYRIZA and Alexis Tsipras in Sunday's elections, what this defeat means for the party looking ahead, and whether this is now PASOK and Nikos Androulakis' big chance to reclaim the center-left. 

It wasn't too long ago that Greece seemed to be going from crisis to crisis, with Grexit being thrown around as a real possibility. Today, we're seeing Greece described as a European success story.

With election season in full swing, Greece's politicians are trying to engage with a group of voters that may not have received their full attention in the past: young voters. Given this emphasis on winning the youth vote, journalist Nikos Efstathiou joins Thanos Davelis to look into what young Greeks are looking for in these upcoming elections. 

Alexandra Voudouri, Kathimerini's Brussels correspondent, joins Thanos Davelis to look at the series of proposals put forth by the EU Parliament aimed at finally ending years of standoff over how to manage migration, and break down what this means for Europe and frontline states like Greece.

About a week ago the US imposed sanctions on Turkish entities it said violated US export controls and helped Russia's war effort.

Egypt's foreign minister was just in Athens, meeting with both Prime Minister Mitsotakis and Foreign Minister Dendias.

The visit put the spotlight on the Greek-Egyptian relationship as both countries look to further strengthen their strategic ties, including on energy, and on regional partnerships such as the East Med Gas Forum and the trilateral between Greece, Cyprus, and Egypt.

The upcoming elections in Turkey are ones where the fate of Turkey — as well as the nature of its relations with the world — will be affected for the years to come.

That's the argument Prof. Cengiz Aktar makes in his latest op-ed that explores why, given these stakes, Turkish President Erdogan will leave nothing to chance.

Ayla Jean Yackley, a journalist covering Turkey with stories in The Financial Times, Politico, and other major outlets, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss her interview with Selahattin Demirtaş - who led the Peoples' Democratic party (HDP), Turkey's third-largest political group, before he was jailed in 2016 - for the Financial Times, that explores the decisive role Turkey's Kurds will play in the

Finland became NATO's 31st member on Tuesday after Turkey lifted its veto on the Nordic country joining the alliance.