Times They Are a-Changin’

TURKEY - Report 02 Aug 2013 by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada

Executive SummaryThe Gezi Park incident may represent the turning point for the AKP administration. It is facing the severest trials of its 11-year reign, but so far, it has failed to effectively deal with them. After the loss of Egypt, Ankara is also fumbling the ball in Syria. An Arab-Kurdish war has joined the bad-case scenarios facing Turkey. Turkey seems to lack a coherent Kurdish policy at a time when the ideal of a Great Kurdistan is shining bright.At home, a reform package may be the last chance to prevent an eruption of social unrest, but the preoccupation with Gezi could dilute it...

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