Smart power rhetoric: One reason for Erdoğan’s re-election
The Turkish leader has perfected his rhetoric during 16 years in power, maintaining control with an effective interplay of coercion and attraction
Experts & Staff
Katharina Botel-Azzinnaro
ECFR Alumni · Communications Officer
Languages
English, German, French
Biography
Katharina Botel-Azzinnaro is communications officer at the European Council on Foreign Relations. She regularly produces podcasts and videos, creates info and motion graphics, and assists in updating and developing the website and social media platforms. Prior to joining ECFR in 2014 she worked as a broadcast journalist and news producer for Celebro Media and regularly presented TV news bulletins. She has vast experience in audio and video editing, and has written scripts, recorded voice-overs and produced packages for broadcasters such as BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, Global Radio, Reading 107, Westside Radio and the German Public Broadcast Service NDR. From 2012 to 2015 she also regularly read the news for a local radio station in Derbyshire.
Botel-Azzinnaro holds an undergraduate degree in Journalism and a postgraduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism from the London College of Communication, University of the Arts, and an MA in International Studies and Diplomacy from SOAS, University of London. She is currently a candidate for Harvard University's Data Science programme.
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Articles
Smart power rhetoric: One reason for Erdoğan’s re-election
The Turkish leader has perfected his rhetoric during 16 years in power, maintaining control with an effective interplay of coercion and attraction
Podcasts
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