Weekly Tracker: January 11-17

TURKEY - Report 11 Jan 2015 by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada

Executive Summary As a terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo shocked the world, smaller scale incidents in Istanbul were causing deep concern for us. Experts warn that a spate of bombings and sabotages may be in the cards for Turkey. AKP successfully hushed up the graft probe against four ex-ministers while the Constitutional Court ruled that the 10% election hurdle may stay. An HDP delegation visiting Mr. Ocalan in his prison didn’t pronounce a new cease fire, while PKK proxies continued to battle police and their political rivals for supremacy in Kurdish provinces, raising our concerns for la...

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