Politics in a Time of Stagflation

TURKEY - Report 05 Apr 2015 by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada

Executive Summary A nation-wide blackout combined with two DHKP-C terror attacks inspired theories of “powers that be” that are trying to destabilize Turkey at the eve of general elections. We don’t subscribe to these theories, but won’t rule out Assad and Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency as suspects. Recent polls by Denge, Andy-AR and Gezici (regional) seem to provide qualified support for our baseline election scenario of HDP making it to the parliament and AKP falling short of the number of seats to amend the Constitution unilaterally. CHP has conducted straw polls in 54 provinces r...

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