Weekly Tracker: September 22-28

TURKEY - Report 22 Sep 2013 by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada

Executive Summary If the Turkish press is to be believed, the Reform Package to be unveiled on the final day of September will contain concrete human rights reforms. The Kurdish actors already denounced the reform efforts. They now want PKK leader Ocalan to be bestowed with the status of official negotiator, which would infuriate the majority Turks. Capped by an attack on an Ankara police facility, there is an alarming escalation in terror-related incidents.The Syrian border is now largely controlled by PKK affiliates or radical Islamist rebel groups, which suggests that, unless there is pe...

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