The French presidential elections and Turkey mai 8, 2007
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TESEV Foreign Policy Bulletin (Turkey), April 2007, No. 4 Türkçe
Aybars Görgülü *
The first round of the presidential elections in France will be held on April 22nd 2007. The final election run off between the two most popular candidates from the first round will be held on May 6th 2007, (Lire la suite…)
Une preuve du déclin de la France mai 8, 2007
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Courrier international (France), 7 mai 2007 Türkçe
Semih Idiz, Milliyet
Pour le quotidien libéral Milliyet, la Turquie en pleine croissance doit faire peur à une France qui élit Nicolas Sarkozy et qui n’est plus depuis longtemps un pays d’avant-garde. (Lire la suite…)
Turkey uneasy over Sarkozy win, but hopes for pragmatism mai 8, 2007
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Agence France Presse — English, May 7, 2007 Monday Türkçe
Florence Biedermann, Ankara
Nicolas Sarkozy’s election victory gives Turkey another reason to worry about its EU bid, but many here believe that once the new French president takes office, his pragmatism will outweigh his hostility to Ankara’s membership. (Lire la suite…)
France’s blow to Turkey’s hopes mai 8, 2007
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Gulf News (United Arab Emirates), May 7, 2007 Monday
Patrick Seale *
Turkey’s hopes of admission to the European Union have been damaged by the heated contest for the French presidency between the right-wing Nicolas Sarkozy and his Socialist opponent, Segolene Royal. (Lire la suite…)
Pour l’Europe, pas de référendum et la Turquie écartée mai 8, 2007
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Libération (France), 7 mai 2007 lundi, Pg. 20
Jean Quatremer, Bruxelles de notre correspondant
Sur l’Europe, Nicolas Sarkozy n’aura guère le loisir de la réflexion. “Il agira très vite compte tenu du calendrier qui s’impose à nous”, explique le député européen UMP Alain Lamassoure, l’un des principaux conseillers du nouveau chef de l’Etat sur cette question. (Lire la suite…)
Nicolas Sarkozy s’engage à relancer la construction européenne mai 8, 2007
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Le Monde (France), mardi 8 mai 2007, p. 9
Henri de Bresson et Arnaud Leparmentier
Ce soir, la France est de retour en Europe ” : dans sa déclaration de victoire, Nicolas Sarkozy a tiré un trait, dimanche 6 mai, sur le rejet par la France du traité constitutionnel européen, confirmant qu’il allait se mettre à l’oeuvre avec les autres gouvernements de l’Union pour sortir celle-ci de la crise. ” (Lire la suite…)
Islam on the ballot: Turkey’s test mai 8, 2007
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Christian Science Monitor (USA), May 7, 2007, Monday, Pg. 9
John K. Cooley *
For a nation that spans two continents - Europe and Asia - and two worlds - the secular and the religious - Turkey is accustomed to tectonic tensions over its identity. (Lire la suite…)
Secularism is milestone of democracy, says top judge mai 8, 2007
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Turkish Daily News, May 5, 2007 Saturday
Fulya Özerkan
As the presidential election process witnessing a confrontation between the government and the secular front accusing the former of challenging the strict separation between religion and politics, Turkey’s respectable judge in European court says secularism is an indispensable principle of the republic. (Lire la suite…)
Turkey’s battle for secularism is ours too mai 8, 2007
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The Independent (UK), May 7, 2007 Monday
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Two countries sharing a border are currently in tumult over hair, yes hair, female hair, nefarious female hair. (Lire la suite…)
The real threat is secular fundamentalism mai 8, 2007
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The International Herald Tribune, May 5, 2007 Saturday, Pg. 4
Mustafa Akyol *
It is no secret that Islamic fundamentalism is a threat to democracy, freedom and security in today’s world, especially in the Middle East. Yet the same values can be threatened by secular fundamentalists, too. (Lire la suite…)
