Weekly Tracker: October 6-12

TURKEY - Report 06 Oct 2013 by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada

Executive Summary On the international front, there is only a remote hope of progress in the Iran vs. P5+1 negotiations, or in Syria, while Iraq is in tenterhooks. As regional conflicts spread out, contagion to Turkey through terror and ethnic strife may become more apparent. Kurds rejected the Reform Package, which doesn’t necessarily signal AKP’s return to pragmatism. Street unrest may return, forcing AKP to take draconian security measures. The party is safe at the polls, while talks of a Gul-Erdogan swap and a partial constitutional referendum provide the “upsides”. IMF’s concluding sta...

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