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Turkish-Iranian relations since 1979: Assymetry of interest ? février 6, 2013

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Hurriyet Daily News (Turkey) Wednesday,February 6 2013, p. 13

William Armstrong, Istanbul

Turkey and Iran have been rivals since the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when the Persian Safavid dynasty repeatedly clashed with its western neighbor, the Ottoman Empire. (en savoir plus…)

Book Review: Turkey in the 21st Century: Quest for a New Foreign Policy janvier 8, 2013

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German Marshall Fund of the United States, January 08, 2013

Emiliano Alessandri *

Turkey in the 21st Century: Quest for a New Foreign Policy is a welcome addition to the fast-growing literature in English on Turkish foreign policy. (en savoir plus…)

Broken Homeland octobre 21, 2012

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The New York Times (USA) Sunday, October 21, 2012, p. BR 11
Book Review

By Francine Prose *

Three siblings are paying their annual summer visit to their 90-year-old grandmother in the family home by the sea. Reduced to these bare bones of plot, Orhan Pamuk’s "Silent House" almost sounds like one of those plays about dynastic reunions that help keep the lights of Broadway bright (en savoir plus…)

How the east was lost juillet 28, 2012

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Financial Times (UK)  Saturday, July 28, 2012, p. 8
FT Weekend Supplement – Life & Arts

By Mark Mazower *

Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet," wrote Rudyard Kipling in 1889. This was nothing if not wishful thinking, and no one knew it better than the poet of the imperial Raj himself: indeed, that same year Kipling visited Hong Kong and bemoaned the likely impact of bringing railways and newspapers to China. "What," he warned, "will happen when China really wakes up?" (en savoir plus…)

Skullduggery and murder in Istanbul juin 7, 2012

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International Herald Tribune (USA) Thursday, June 7, 2012, p. 14

By Jason Goodwin

Joseph Kanon is a specialist in fin de guerre thrillers. His novels "Alibi," "Los Alamos," "The Good German" and "Stardust" are set in 1945 and 1946. The period is well chosen: Dark secrets are finally coming to the surface and people are being called to account for what the war has made them. (en savoir plus…)

Turkey’s economic contribution overlooked by the EU avril 18, 2012

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EUobserver.com (Belgium) 18 April 2012

Selim Kuneralp *

On the Road to EU Membership: The Economic Transformation of Turkey. By Selen Sarisoy Guerin and Yannis Stivachtis (eds.). VUBPress; 302 pages; €37.74 (excl. VAT and shipping) at EUbookshop.com. (en savoir plus…)

Scandal and wonder by the Euphrates and the Thames avril 6, 2012

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The Independent (UK) April 6, 2012, p. 24
Arts & Books

by Alev Adil

Honour, a Turkish-Kurdish family saga set in London, takes Elif Shafak into new literary territory. Shafak is a prolific, controversial and critically acclaimed young Turkish novelist, columnist and academic whose previous novel, The Forty Rules of Love, has been long-listed for the 2012 IMPAC prize. (en savoir plus…)

The expendable sex mars 24, 2012

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Financial Times (UK) Saturday, March 24, 2012, p. 15

Review by Suzy Hansen

In her groundbreaking 2008 book Honour Killing , the Turkish journalist Ayse Onal interviewed a 14-year-old boy named Mehmet Taner who "slit the throat" of his 16-year-old cousin for "going about in cafés". (en savoir plus…)

Acturca Journal Watch November 2011 novembre 30, 2011

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Acturca Journal and Periodical Review, November 2011

Compiled by Ozan Yigitkeskin

Acturca Journal Watch monitors leading scholarly journals for articles of particular interest to scholars of diplomacy, foreign relations, and international history on Turkey. It is updated monthly. (en savoir plus…)

Acturca Journal Watch October 2011 octobre 31, 2011

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Acturca Journal and Periodical Review, October 2011

Compiled by Ozan Yigitkeskin

Acturca Journal Watch monitors leading scholarly journals for articles of particular interest to scholars of diplomacy, foreign relations, and international history on Turkey. It is updated monthly. (en savoir plus…)