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Turkey’s Syria Imperative 8 février 2012

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The National Interest (USA) February 8, 2012

Leon Hadar *

Turkey’s foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu has famously pursued an ambitious zero-problems-with-the-neighbors policy. But Davutoglu, Turkey’s would-be Kissinger, has been trying to demonstrate that he can just as easily turn his back on the West. (suite…)

Soutenu par l’Union européenne, le gazoduc Nabucco semble un projet mort-né 8 février 2012

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Le Monde (France) mercredi 8 février 2012, p. 13

Jean-Michel Bezat

Ce pipeline devait acheminer le gaz de la Caspienne vers l’Europe. Ses sources d’approvisionnement sont insuffisantes et trop incertaines (suite…)

The boom of the Turkish art market 8 février 2012

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CNN (USA) Wednesday, February 8, 2012

By Ivan Watson and Yesim Comert, Istanbul

The auctioneer rattled off prices and artists’ names with breathtaking speed, punctuating every sale with the announcement « Saa … saa … saa — TIM! » meaning sold in English. (suite…)

Looking beyond Cool Anatolia 8 février 2012

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Financial Times (UK) Wednesday, February 8, 2012, p. 11

By Julius Purcell

« Mingling our own established traditions with that of the infidels will strip us of our purity and reduce us to being slaves. » So says a 16th-century character in Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red , a novel that is temptingly quotable when it comes to Turkish art. (suite…)

Turkey has a star role in more than just TV drama 8 février 2012

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The National (UAE) Feb 8, 2012, p. 11

Thomas Seibert, Istanbul

During a recent visit to the UAE, Abdullah Gul, Turkey’s president, was confronted with an unexpected request. « Please tell us how the Turkish soap operas on television will end. Otherwise, we will not be able to pry our women away from their TV sets, » Mr Gul quoted his Emirati hosts as saying last week. (suite…)

Lycée Saint-Paul. 33 jeunes Stanbouliotes accueillis 8 février 2012

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Le Télégramme (Bretagne)

mercredi 8 février 2012, p. VAN5

33 lycéens turcs, en séjour à Vannes grâce à des échanges avec le lycée Saint-Paul, ont été invités, hiermatin, à l’hôtel de ville. (suite…)