Weekly Tracker: November 17-23

TURKEY - Report 17 Nov 2013 by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada

Executive Summary Rojava Kurds declared “autonomy”, an act that will change the progress of the Syrian war and Turkey’s own Peace Process. As the line of first defense, PM Erdogan invited Iraqi Kurdish leader Mr. Barzani to Diyarbakir to sponsor his party and the Peace Process. There are rumors that AKP may be preparing to unveil new measures to appease the Kurds. Another controversy blew up among AKP’s ranks, as the powerful Gulen Church expressed opposition to a draft bill that aims to shut down private tutoring schools. Meanwhile, it appears that Koc subsidiaries were the target of new r...

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