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Turkey’s tentative EU springtime: EU Romance Rekindled mars 4, 2013

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The Majalla (UK) 4 March 2013

Hugh Pope *

The translucent white marble stairs and cream gilt and stucco ceilings of the ceremonial hall of Ankara’s new presidential palace rarely echo to spontaneous applause, but the words “Turkey will always be part of my heart” did the trick. (en savoir plus…)

Avoiding a Shrinking EU in an Expanding Planet: A Turkish Contribution to the Debate on Europe’s Future mars 1, 2013

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Policy Brief (German Marshall Fund of the United States) February 28, 2013

Bahadır Kaleağası *

Global challenges are pushing the EU toward an unavoidable dilemma. The EU ought to expand to include new countries and reach a critical size that will let it weather the 21st century. (en savoir plus…)

Turkey-EU Relations: Back to Basics? février 27, 2013

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German Marshall Fund of the United States, February 27, 2013

Emiliano Alessandri *

While France has decided to lift its veto on one of the chapters of EU accession negotiations with Turkey, chances are that the Turkey-EU relationship will continue to remain in a limbo. (en savoir plus…)

Merkel’s visit marks a turn février 27, 2013

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Today’s Zaman (Turkey) 27 February 2013, p. 15

Yavuz Baydar

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Turkey must be added as another positive step toward melting the icy relationship between Ankara and the EU. It follows two other important recent steps. (en savoir plus…)

Turkey and the EU février 14, 2013

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Financial Times (UK) Thursday, February 14, 2013, p. 8                        Türkçe

Editorial

Both sides would benefit from reviving accession talks. If France’s decision to start dismantling roadblocks to Turkey’s membership of the EU, erected by Nicolas Sarkozy before he lost the presidency to François Hollande, is genuine, it is an overdue step towards sanity in managing a vital European relationship. (en savoir plus…)

France breaks Turkey’s EU deadlock février 13, 2013

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Financial Times (UK) Wednesday, February 13, 2013, p. 6

By Hugh Carnegy in Paris, Tony Barber in London and Daniel Dombey in Istanbul

France has moved to relaunch the EU’s strained relationship with Turkey, reversing a block on Ankara’s membership negotiations after years of deadlock. (en savoir plus…)

Turkologist: Policy of containment towards Turkey has come to an end février 13, 2013

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ArmInfo (Armenia)

January 13, 2013, Yerevan

The policy of containment towards Turkey has come to an end. France was one of the key initiators of that policy. The situation will finally clear up within a 1.5 year and we will be able to speak on the given topic more substantially. Ruben Safrastyan, Professor, Director of the Oriental Studies Institute (en savoir plus…)

At last EU has Cyprus leverage, but will it use it? février 4, 2013

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Reuters (UK) Monday, February 4, 2013

By Paul Taylor, Paris

For the first time since Cyprus joined the European Union nearly a decade ago, its partners have financial leverage to press for a settlement of the island’s almost 40-year division. (en savoir plus…)

EU leaders should not fear a ‘Turkish invasion of Europe’ février 1, 2013

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New Statesman (UK) 1 February 2013

by Ibrahim Sirkeci *

Just 13 per cent of Turkey’s adult population expressed a desire to migrate, lower than many other countries. (en savoir plus…)

On the semicentennial of relations, two thirds of Turks are Euro-sceptic janvier 29, 2013

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Public Opinion Surveys of Turkish Foreign Policy (EDAM)                      Türkçe

2013/1

The public opinion survey carried out by TNS on behalf of the Centre of Economics and Foreign Policy Studies, EDAM, has shown that the Turkish public is divided on the issue of relations with the European Union. (en savoir plus…)