Weekly Tracker: November 3-9

TURKEY - Report 03 Nov 2013 by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada

Executive Summary March local election campaign started with headscarves in parliament and Mr. Sarigul, the popular mayor of Istanbul’s Sisli district, joining the CHP ranks. There is no more room for reforms until after the elections. We begin by outlining our preliminary predictions for the local elections. On the foreign front, it is too early to hope for a break-through in Iran-P5+1 negotiations, and there is no hope of a peace conference for Syria. But, Ankara, Tehran and Baghdad could be cooperating against the growing al Qaeda threat spreading from Syria. The last Inflation Report of...

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