A modern Turkey could yet emerge from the protests juin 10, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turquie.Tags: AKP, Islam, Kemal Dervis, protests, Turkey
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Financial Times (UK) Monday, June 10, 2013, p. 9
By Kemal Dervis *
After turmoil erupted in the Arab world in 2011, a number of western analysts argued that "the Turkish model" could be an example for other majority Muslim countries. (en savoir plus…)
Why the west needs Turkey juin 10, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turquie.Tags: AKP, CHP, democracy, Safak Pavey, secularism, Turkey
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The Guardian (UK) Monday 10 June 2013, p. 24
Şafak Pavey *
If we fail to reconcile secularism, Islam and democracy there will be global consequences (en savoir plus…)
How Europe can save Turkey’s democracy juin 9, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turquie, Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, democracy, EU membership, Steven A. Cook, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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The Washington Post Sunday (USA) June 09, 2013, p. B3
by Steven A. Cook *
Middle East scholar Steven A. Cook says Turkey needs a real shot at joining the E.U. (en savoir plus…)
The Protests in Turkey: Letting off Steam or Engine of Change? juin 9, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turquie.Tags: Gallia Lindenstrauss, INSS, Institute for National Securities Studies, Orit Perlov, protests, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Timur Saitov, Turkey
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INSS Insight (Institute for National Securities Studies) No. 434, June 9, 2013
Gallia Lindenstrauss *, Orit Perlov and Timur Saitov
The protests that started at Taksim Square in Istanbul and have spread to other locations throughout Turkey are among the most interesting developments to have occurred in the country since the Justice and Development Party first came to power over a decade ago. (en savoir plus…)
Turkey’s troubles: Democrat or sultan? juin 8, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turquie.Tags: Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, AKP, democracy, protests
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The Economist (UK) no. 950, June 8th-14th, 2013, p. 9
On the cover : Democrat or sultan?
Recep Tayyip Erdogan should heed Turkey’s street protesters, not dismiss them. Broken heads, tear gas, water-cannon: it must be Cairo, Tripoli or some other capital of a brutal dictatorship. Yet this is not Tahrir but Taksim Square, in Istanbul, Europe’s biggest city and the business capital of democratic Turkey. (en savoir plus…)
Understanding the Structural Causes of Turkish Protests juin 6, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turquie.Tags: AKP, democracy, protests, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Turkey, Şaban Kardaş
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, June 06, 2013
Saban Kardas *
Last week’s demonstrations in Turkey are seen likely to create major ramifications in Turkish politics. (en savoir plus…)
Test of Turkish democracy juin 4, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, democracy, Indonesia, protests, Turkey
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The Jakarta Post (Indonesia) Tuesday, June 4, 2013, p. 6
Editorial
The wave of anti-government protests in Istanbul and more than 60 other cities and towns in Turkey last week will likely continue in the absence of any resolution over the weekend. (en savoir plus…)
Model of Muslim democracy loses its lustre in eyes of Arab onlookers juin 4, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: AKP, Arabs, democracy, Iraq, Middle East, protests, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Tunisia, Turkey
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Financial Times (UK) Tuesday, June 4, 2013, p. 3
By Borzou Daragahi in Cairo and Michael Peel in Abu Dhabi
The popular protests against the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan have gripped an Arab world that looked to Turkey as a model of Islamic democracy, write Borzou Daragahi in Cairo and Michael Peel in Abu Dhabi . (en savoir plus…)
Erdogan’s Responsibility for the Arab Spring juin 4, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria, Turkey
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Dar Al Hayat (Lebanon) Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Elias Harfoush
Regardless of what we think about the latest turmoil in Turkey, it is hard to view these events independently from the context of the region’s events and the revolutions staged against a number of regimes within the past two years all the way to the present explosion faced by the Syrian regime. (en savoir plus…)
‘Turkey’s Youth Have Had Enough’ juin 3, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Istanbul, Turquie.Tags: AKP, Germany, protests, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, youth
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Spiegel Online (Germany) 3 June 2013
Charly Wilder
With violent protests against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan continuing in Turkey, both the US and Europe have called for calm. The demonstrations — and the government’s brutal response — pose one of the greatest challenges yet to Erdogan’s decade of power, say German commentators. (en savoir plus…)
