Weekly Tracker: July 13-19
TURKEY
- Report
13 Jul 2014
by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada
Executive Summary The presidential race witnessed the rapid rise of HDP candidate Mr. Demirtas to the status of left-wing favorite, as Erdogan and Ihsanoglu not only put forth opposing visions, but campaign strategies as well.After all that has been said and done, with one exception, polls point to a first-round Erdogan victory. We disagree. Erdogan, true to his promise of an executive style presidency, unveiled his agenda. But what will he actually deliver? If pro-government sources are to be believed, peace with Kurds is a “done deal”. Strange, because PKK and KCK completely disagree; so ...
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