Weekly Tracker: May 10-16

TURKEY - Report 10 May 2015 by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada

Executive Summary Turkish election campaigns have mutated into a three-way mudslinging match between AKP-MHP and HDP, while CHP has been marketing hugely expensive populist promises. We have a large number of polls, but they don’t increase our comfort with predictions.HDP is hovering right at the 10% border. Its qualification to parliament may deprive AKP off the chance to form a majority government. An influential name in CHP claimed the Turkish Army was getting ready to enter Syria, which we find preposterous. However, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are getting deeply involved in the war in Syri...

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