Turkey and the bomb 15 février 2012
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: defence, Iran, Middle East, nuclear energy, nuclear policy, nuclear weapons, Sinan Ülgen, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, USA
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Carnegie Papers (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) February 2012
Sinan Ülgen
Though most states that want a nuclear weapon can get one through determined effort, the fact remains that most choose not to proliferate. Turkey is no exception. Not even the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran is likely to push Ankara to develop its own nuclear weapons. (suite…)
Next up: Turkey vs. Iran 15 février 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Iran, Kurds, Middle East, Soner Cagaptay, Syria, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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International Herald Tribune (USA) Wednesday, February 15, 2012, p. 8
By Soner Cagaptay *
Hardly a day goes by that an Iranian official doesn’t threaten Turkey. Take for instance Maj. Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi’s recent warning to Ankara: « Turkey must radically rethink its policies on Syria, the NATO missile shield and promoting Muslim secularism in the Arab world, or face trouble from its own people and neighbors. » (suite…)
Working as a jail torturer ruined my life 15 février 2012
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: History / Histoire, human rights, Kenan Evren, mental health, prison, torture, Turkey / Turquie
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The Independent (UK) Wednesday, February 15, 2012, p. 35
Patrick Cockburn
Patrick Cockburn meets the former soldier who has joined the political prisoners he tortured in Turkey’s Mamak prison by suing the generals who led a regime of terror. (suite…)
Un pont sur le Bosphore, Turquie-Grèce 15 février 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, France, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: association, France, Grèce, La Lacelle, Turkey / Turquie, Un pont sur le Bosphore
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Ouest France
15 février 2012
Musiques traditionnelles. Deux options : danses de Grèce et de Turquie et initiation chant ou chant de Grèce et initiation danse. (suite…)
To What Strange Place: Album review 15 février 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, History / Histoire, Immigration, Middle East / Moyen Orient, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: album review, History / Histoire, Ian Nagoski, Marika Papagika, music, Ottoman Empire, USA
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Inner West Courier (Australia) 15 Feb 2012
By Steve Moffatt
To What Strange Place, a three-disc collection of early recordings of refugees from the Ottoman diaspora made in America from 1916-1929, makes for some fascinating listening. (suite…)
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