Where is Turkey Headed? Gezi Park, Taksim Square, and the Future of the Turkish Model 31 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: bilateral relations, foreign policy, Gezi Park, James F. Jeffrey, Middle East, Turkey, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, USA
add a comment
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, July 31, 2013
Subcommittee on European Affairs
James F. Jeffrey *
When Barack Obama made his 2009 trip to Turkey, his first bilateral visit as president, he did not single out Turkey as a model per se. Rather, he made the point that Turkey « is not where East and West divide — this is where they come together. » (suite…)
Not just a bad day for journalism, but for Turkish democracy 30 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: journalist, press freedom, Turkey, Yavuz Baydar
add a comment
The Guardian (UK) July 30, 2013 Tuesday, p. 30
Yavuz Baydar *
Last week I was fired from my job as independent ombudsman for the Turkish daily newspaper Sabah, following the censoring of my column. (suite…)
Turkey’s Democratic Path 30 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, Egemen Bagis, Turkey, Turkey-EU
add a comment
The International Herald Tribune (USA) July 30, 2013 Tuesday, p. 7
Egemen Bagis *, Ankara
Just days after your editorial »Turkey undermines its bid to join the E.U. » (June 26), the E.U. decided to resume talks with Turkey by opening the Regional Policy Chapter to negotiations. (suite…)
Crise et affaiblissement de l’Europe du Sud : implications pour la Turquie 26 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, EU / UE, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Eduard Soler i Lecha, Espagne, Grèce, IFRI, Italie, Portugal
add a comment
Note franco-turque (IFRI) n°8, Juillet 2013
Eduard Soler i Lecha *
L’évolution de la crise économique et politique de l’Europe du Sud est désormais un paramètre important pour prévoir l’évolution des relations euro-turques. (suite…)
Will the Eastern Mediterranean become the next Persian Gulf? 25 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Uncategorized.Tags: American Enterprise Institute, Niklas Anzinger
add a comment
Middle Eastern Outlook (American Enterprise Institute – AEI) No. 3, July 2013
Niklas Anzinger *
For more than two decades, the United States has placed the issue of Eastern Mediterranean maritime security on the backburner. But the 2010 discovery of what may potentially be 3,450 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 1.7 billion barrels of oil in the Eastern Mediterranean’s Levant Basin brings that region’s security to the forefront (suite…)
La Turquie perd son allié égyptien 24 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, coup d'État, Egypte, Frères musulmans, Gezi Park, Mohamed Morsi, politique étrangère
add a comment
Al-Ahram Hebdo (Egypte) n° 984, 24-30 juillet 2013, p. 14 English
Hicham Mourad
La turquie est très en colère contre la destitution de Mohamad Morsi par l’armée égyptienne. Ankara est la capitale étrangère qui a exprimé la plus violente réaction contre ce qu’elle a qualifié de « coup d’Etat militaire » contre un président démocratiquement élu. (suite…)
Middle East Is Sinking Deeper Into Instability 24 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Egypt, Javier Solana, Middle East, military coup, Muslim Brotherhood, Syria, Turkey
add a comment
The Moscow Times (Russia) 24 July 2013, p. 9 Español Français
By Javier Solana *
Instability continues to spread in the Middle East, with the military coup in Egypt the latest episode to trigger political tremors throughout the region. (suite…)
New Middle East 24 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: bilateral relations, C. Raja Mohan, Egypt, foreign policy, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, political Islam, Salman Khurshid, Turkey
add a comment
The Indian Express, July 24, 2013, p. 13
C. Raja Mohan *
As the old order crumbles in the Middle East, the imperative of recalibrating India’s regional policy has been staring at Delhi for some time. (suite…)
Interviste. « Pinar Elman e la rivoluzione turca » 23 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Gezi Park, Pinar Elman, Turchia, Turkey, Unione Europea
add a comment
Fondazione San Benedetto, 22/07/2013 English
di Alessio Mariotti
Pinar Elman è una giovane ricercatrice turca che ho conosciuto durante l’Erasmus a Lione, dove era studentessa di Science Po. Oggi è analista al Polish Institute of International Affairs di Varsavia e collabora con numerose testate su temi di natura politica riguardanti la Turchia e l’Unione Europea. (suite…)
Turquie : En route vers “la fin de l’Histoire” 22 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Dorel Dumitru Chiriţescu, Francis Fukuyama, Roumanie
1 comment so far
Presseurop.eu, 22 juillet 2013 English Deutsch
Dorel Dumitru Chiriţescu, Dilema Veche (Roumanie)
Le politologue Francis Fukuyama estime qu’une société atteint son plus haut degré de développement quand les aspirations démocratiques de ses membres sont satisfaites dans une économie libérale. Avec les manifestations contre le gouvernement Erdoğan, les Turcs semblent s’être engagés sur cette voie. Extraits. (suite…)
How media bosses undermine democracy 21 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: democracy, Gezi Park, journalist, press freedom, Turkey, Yavuz Baydar
add a comment
The New York Times (USA) July 21, 2013, p. S24 Türkçe
By Yavuz Baydar *, Istanbul
The protests that convulsed Istanbul and other Turkish cities last month exposed, among many other things, the shameful role of Turkey’s media conglomerates in subverting press freedom. (suite…)
Ankara n’exportera plus son modèle 18 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, coup d'État, Egypte, Frères musulmans, Kadri Gürsel, Mohamed Morsi
add a comment
Courrier International (France) 18 juillet 2013, p. 13 English Türkçe
Kadri Gursel, Al-Monitor (Washington)
Les références à un islam modéré pour diriger des sociétés complexes ont échoué aussi bien en Turquie qu’en Egypte. (suite…)
Turkey and the Southern Corridor after TAP’s Selection as the Main Export Route for Caspian Gas 18 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Energy / Energie, EU / UE, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Azerbaijan, Caspian Sea, energy, Greece, Italy, Southern gas corridor, Trans Adriatic Pipeline, Turkey, Şaban Kardaş
add a comment
German Marshall Fund of the United States, July 18, 2013
Saban Kardas *
In late June, the consortium developing Azerbaijan’s offshore Shah Deniz natural gas reserves in the Caspian Sea chose the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline project (TAP) to transport Azerbaijani gas to European markets from the Turkish border onwards. (suite…)
Media Coverage of Climate Change in Turkey: The world versus Turkey 18 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ömer Lütfi Şen, Climate change, IPC-Mercator Policy Brief, Turkey
add a comment
IPC-Mercator Policy Brief, June, 2013
Ömer Lütfi Şen *
It is sensible to expect the climate change issue to heat up in the international agenda during the second half of 2013 as the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will start to release the fifth assessment report (AR5) on climate change late this year. (suite…)
Morsi’s lesson for Erdogan 17 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Egypt, Ennahda, James E. Baldwin, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, protests, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Tunisia, Turkey
add a comment
The Guardian (UK) Wednesday, July 17, 2013, p. 26
James E Baldwin *
The democratic Islamist parties can avoid alienating opponents – Tunisia’s gets this, Turkey’s does not. (suite…)
Turkey fourth biggest donor country 17 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: aid, Global Humanitarian Assistance, humanitarian assistance, refugees, Somalia, Syria, Turkey
add a comment
BBC News (UK)
16 july 2013
Turkey was the fourth-largest donor of humanitarian assistance last year, according to an annual report by Global Humanitarian Assistance. The report says that Turkey contributed more than $1bn (£665m) – 0.13% of its national income. (suite…)
Autour de l’œuvre d’Ali Kazma 17 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, France, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ali Kazma, Bibracte, exposition, Morvan, vidéo
add a comment
Le Journal du Centre (France) mercredi 17 juillet 2013, p. JDC-28
Bibracte (Morvan- Bourgogne)
A l’occasion de l’exposition temporaire Le Tour du temps, présentée jusqu’au 11 novembre (en partenariat avec Analix Forever), le musée propose, ce mercredi 17 juillet, à 17 h, une soirée exceptionnelle autour de l’œuvre de l’artiste Ali Kazma (suite…)
Ankara dénonce la reprise en main au Caire 16 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Cengiz Çandar, coup d'État, Egypte, Mohamed Morsi, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
add a comment
Le Monde (France) mardi 16 juillet 2013, p. 3
Guillaume Perrier, Istanbul Correspondance
A Tagamu Al-Khamis, les voisins de Mohamed Morsi se félicitent de sa destitution. Tandis qu’autour de la place Taksim, la fronde citoyenne se poursuivait, samedi 13 juillet, les médias turcs, eux, sont braqués sur Le Caire. (suite…)
Protests highlight differences between Turkey, Egypt 16 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: #occupygezi, Egypt, Gezi Park, protests, Turkey, Turkey-EU, USA
add a comment
Bangkok Post (Thailand) Tuesday, July 16, 2013, p. 9
Politics is as politics always has been, local and specific. So why, then, has Turkey not descended into chaos? (suite…)
ACTURCA 