Turkey and the Dream of Ottoman Revival mai 20, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Histoire, Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Ahmet Davutoglu, foreign policy, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Turkey
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The Wall Street Journal Asia (USA) May 20, 2013, p. 11
By Hillel Fradkin & Lewis Libby *
The Middle East isn’t returning to an era of Ottoman-enforced peace and stability—no matter how badly Ankara wants it. (en savoir plus…)
Turkey oil deal signals end of post-Ottoman empire order mai 20, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energie, Histoire, Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government, Middle East, oil, Ottoman Empire, Turkey
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Financial Times (UK) Monday, May 20, 2013, p. 2
By David Gardner in London
Confirmation that Turkey plans to buy into the oil and gas wealth of the self-governing Kurdish region of northern Iraq has led to warnings – most stridently from the US – that Ankara is gambling with the break-up of Iraq. (en savoir plus…)
Syria’s Uprising: sectarianism, regionalisation, and state order in the Levant mai 18, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Etats-Unis, Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, Fride, Hivos, Iran, Iraq, Israël, Middle East, Steven Heydemann, Syria, Turkey, USA
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Working Paper (Fride & Hivos) n° 119, May 2013, 21 p.
By Steven Heydemann *
As the Syrian revolution enters its third year, the risks to regional stability are escalating. Violence has spilled over all of Syria’s borders. The conflict has elevated sectarian tensions in Lebanon, threatening the 1990 Taif settlement that ended 15 years of civil war. (en savoir plus…)
Turkey has to reboot its Syria strategy mai 17, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: conflicts, foreign policy, Hugh Pope, International Crisis Group, Syria, Turkey
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Daily Star (Lebanon) 17 May 2013 Français
Hugh Pope *
For much of the late 2000s, Turkey hoped that a booming economy, the prestige of combative Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a burst of regional admiration for its successful mix of Muslim governance and democracy would reap it a harvest of Middle Eastern influence and profit. (en savoir plus…)
Needed: A Turkish-American Plan for Syria mai 16, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Etats-Unis, Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: bilateral relations, Eric Edelman, foreign policy, Middle East, Morton Abramowitz, Syria, Turkey, USA
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The Wall Street Journal Europe (USA) 16 May 2013, p. 14
By Morton Abramowitz and Eric Edelman *
When U.S. President Barack Obama hosts Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House today, their talks about Syria will have a fresh urgency. (en savoir plus…)
La politique syrienne d’Erdogan mai 16, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: AKP, Hatay, réfugiés, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Reyhanli, Syrie
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Le Monde (France) jeudi 16 mai 2013, p. 1
Benjamin Barthe, Reyhanli (Turquie) Envoyé spécial
Après l’attentat de Reyhanli, attribué par Ankara aux services de Damas, la Turquie s’interroge sur l’attitude de Recep Erdogan dans le conflit syrien. Reportage. (en savoir plus…)
Secrets sur l’attentat de Reyhanli mai 16, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: attentat, Can Dündar, censure, Hatay, liberté de la presse, Reyhanli, Syrie
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Courrier International (France) no. 1176, jeudi 16 Mai 2013, p. 6 Türkçe
Can Dündar, Milliyet (Istanbul)
Ankara a imputé à Damas les 46 morts causés par une double explosion dans cette ville proche de la Syrie. Mais la censure imposée aux médias turcs sur les images des lieux du drame soulève des questions gênantes pour le gouvernement turc. (en savoir plus…)
Turkey strains as refugee burden grows mai 16, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: conflicts, Middle East, refugees, Syria, Turkey
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The Washington Post (USA) 16 May 2013, p. A1-A11
By Kevin Sullivan, Yayladagi, Turkey
Government seeks more aid, urges wealthy nations to take in desperate Syrians. Facing one of the world’s largest refugee crises in decades, Turkish officials are urgently appealing for international financial assistance and calling on wealthy nations (en savoir plus…)
Turkey’s big game mai 15, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Iraq, Middle East, Syria, Turkey
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Financial Times (UK)
Wednesday, May 15, 2013, p. 6
By striking a framework deal for buying oil stakes from the regional authorities of Iraq’s Kurdish north, Turkey has lifted the veil on a grand economic strategy to match its rapprochement with the hitherto separatist Kurdistan Workers party (PKK). (en savoir plus…)
