Weekly Tracker: April 27-May 3

TURKEY - Report 27 Apr 2014 by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada

Executive Summary Another Gul-Erdogan summit passed, with the leaders failing to announce party’s candidate for the upcoming presidential race. We still bet on PM Erdogan’s candidacy, with certain caveats. Meanwhile, Erdogan stole the show during the week, when he issued a heart-felt apology to the descendants of the Armenians killed by the Ottomans, but peace with Armenia is not in the offing. The Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Mr. Hasim Kilic blasted AKP in the severest terms possible, heralding another grudge match between the party and the Judiciary. On the foreign policy fro...

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