U.S. midterm elections charade of democracy: Turkish scholar

STORY: U.S. midterm elections expose deep division in politics, society: Turkish scholar DATELINE: Nov. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:35 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Americans voting at the polling stations 2. various of the Wall Street in New York 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish) HAKKI OCAL, Veteran journalist and academic at Istanbul's Ibn Haldun University 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish) HAKKI OCAL, Veteran journalist and academic at Istanbul's Ibn Haldun University 5. various of Americans voting at the polling stations 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): HAKKI OCAL, Veteran journalist and academic at Istanbul's Ibn Haldun University STORYLINE: While commenting on the U.S. mid-term elections, a Turkish scholar has said that elections have revealed that U.S. democracy is a democracy game in the parliament between two parties with only privileged groups from several industries and the financial world being involved. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish) HAKKI OCAL, Veteran journalist and academic at Istanbul's

U.S. hypocritical for championing human and labor rights abroad: Turkish academic

STORY: U.S. hypocritical for championing human and labor rights abroad: Turkish academic DATELINE: Aug. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: ISTANBUL CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Turkey 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): HAKKI OCAL, Veteran journalist, academic at Ibn Haldun University 3. various of street views in the U.S. 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): HAKKI OCAL, Veteran journalist STORYLINE: Turkish veteran journalist and academic Hakki Ocal said that despite championing both human and labor rights abroad, the U.S. has been internally facing severe problems on both fronts. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): HAKKI OCAL, Veteran journalist, academic at Ibn Haldun University "The United States is still a country of immigrants, because its economy is depending on cheap labor. At the moment, the American economy would not last a single year if those immigrants, content with much lesser wages than Americans with collective labor agreements and minimum wages, do not come into the country. It cannot compet