Weekly Tracker: October 27-November 2

TURKEY - Report 27 Oct 2014 by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada

Executive Summary The politics section starts with an analysis of Ankara’s grave errors of judgment in the course of the Syrian War. As a result of these, Turkey imported an al-Qaeda problem, it argues. Meanwhile, the Peace Process is most probably put on ice until after the 2015 general elections. PKK is using the Kurdish anger against Ankara for turning its back on Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava) to reclaim its support, while BDP will use the pause in the process to bolster its votes. The midnight raid by the Ankara municipality in Middle East Technical University to clear the path for a road t...

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