Weekly Tracker: February 22-28

TURKEY - Report 22 Feb 2015 by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada

Executive Summary ISIS terror may be the new threat to political stability. Turkish military entered Syria on Saturday to evacuate the tiny military contingent defending the Shah Suleiman shrine and to bring home the remains of the titular founder of the Ottoman Empire, suggesting disagreements with ISIS. The Internal Security Reform Bill currently debated on the general floor amidst many fisticuffs is truly a contraption to turn Turkey into a police state. It is also a demonstration of how afraid AKP is about a second Gezi. But, perversely, the legislation and the stalling of the Peace Pro...

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