Time flies, nothing changes in Neverland

TURKEY - Report 05 Jan 2025 by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada

In 2025, the ultimate goal of Messrs. Erdogan and Bahceli remains to secure eligibility for the former for a third run at presidency, while the main opposition party CHP will deploy full-court press for early elections. The reigning Republic Alliance is currently forcing the constitutional change route to gain Erdogan another term, which is extremely convoluted, because it requires first to disarm PKK and its Syrian affiliate, PYD-YPG. Thanks to support from Hayat Tahrir al Sham this is doable, unless Trump turns out to be a staunch fan of Syrian Kurds.

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