Erdogan's Plan / Munich In Shock / Vladimir Putin's Fan Club The Irish Times World View Podcast

Part One: Stephen Starr reports from Istanbul where the heavy crackdown on alleged plotters against President Erdogan is continuing.

Part Two: Bavaria, and its capital Munich, is reeling from four terrorist attacks in the last week. How much pressure will this heap on Angela Merkel, and how much can she withstand?

Part Three: Our Moscow Correspondent Isabel Gorst is in Dublin, so she visited the World View studio to talk about Vladimir Putin's swelling fan club of world leaders - and his standing among Russian citizens.