Weekly Tracker: November 2-8

TURKEY - Report 02 Nov 2014 by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada

Executive Summary Kobane is still contested, but it is time to look beyond it. Soon, Aleppo may fall to pro-ISIS forces, or to Assad, while other Kurdish cantons may also come under attack. Unless Ankara soon offers the coalition forces access to its airbases, tensions between Turkey and the U.S. may reach dangerous levels. PKK is exploiting the war on ISIS to sabotage the Peace Process in Turkey and to carve itself a new status. The de facto death of the Peace Process spells more unrest and potential poll trouble for AKP. A recent National Security Council declaration hints at a new purge ...

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