The series of attacks in Turkey

Adelheid Wölfl examines the recent terrorist attacks in connection with Turkey's new anti-terrorism law, which has been criticised as undemocratic in EU circles and could be a source of friction during the country's EU membership talks. "Ankara is doing seesaw politics: on the one hand, two secret service officers were recently sentenced to prison for using terrorist methods, but on the other the press would never have been able to give such an effective account of the offences under the new law. The anti-terrorism law gives the impression there's about to be a coup in the region. And not only does it harm Turkey's EU ambitions, it's also playing into the PKK's hands, because radical separatist Kurds would like nothing better than to see martial law re-introduced. The recent terrorist attacks, in conjunction with the anti-terrorism law, bring them closer to their goal."

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