Weekly Tracker: Nov 30-Dec 6
TURKEY
- Report
30 Nov 2014
by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada
Executive Summary AKP’s efforts to whitewash allegations of corruption and bribery, the Internal Security Reform bill and attempts to subvert the Army politically ring alarm bells about the future of the Turkish democracy. We are concerned not only about Turkey’s standing in the free world, but also about the link between democratic standards and growth, as well as the repercussions among --even --AKP’s voters. Davutoglu’s Alevite initiate turned out to be a bluff for CHP, while the pro-Kurdish party HDP made an all-or-nothing decision to run in the general elections as a party, meaning tha...
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