Weekly Tracker: Oct 26-Nov 1

TURKEY - Report 26 Oct 2014 by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada

Executive Summary A “yellow substance” mailed to five consulates in Istanbul may turn out to be anthrax bacteria, which could stoke terror anxiety in the markets on Monday. Ankara reluctantly granted access to Iraqi peshmerga to enter Syrian Kurdish town Kobane, which may still fall to ISIS. Turko-American relationship is at a decade-low, from which the fall-out for Turkey will grow worse in the coming months. PKK is determined to kill the Peace Process. According to a recent poll, only 55% of the Turks seem to believe in it anyway. A new security bill is harshly criticized by Human Rights ...

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