Turkey and the Dream of Ottoman Revival 20 mai 2013
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ahmet Davutoglu, foreign policy, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Turkey
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The Wall Street Journal Asia (USA) May 20, 2013, p. 11
By Hillel Fradkin & Lewis Libby *
The Middle East isn’t returning to an era of Ottoman-enforced peace and stability—no matter how badly Ankara wants it. (suite…)
Turkey oil deal signals end of post-Ottoman empire order 20 mai 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government, Middle East, oil, Ottoman Empire, Turkey
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Financial Times (UK) Monday, May 20, 2013, p. 2
By David Gardner in London
Confirmation that Turkey plans to buy into the oil and gas wealth of the self-governing Kurdish region of northern Iraq has led to warnings – most stridently from the US – that Ankara is gambling with the break-up of Iraq. (suite…)
Le printemps arabe mène-t-il à la résolution de la question kurde ? 20 mai 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Irak, Kurdes, PKK, Syrie
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Le Figaro (France) no. 21396, lundi 20 mai 2013, p. 13
Laure Marchand, Istanbul
De la Turquie à l’Irak en passant par la Syrie, les convulsions qui secouent la région font le jeu des autonomistes. (suite…)