After the Boom: Risks to the Turkish Economy 28 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Chatham House, economy, Fadi Hakura, growth, Turkey
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Briefing Paper (Chatham House) Europe BP 2013/02, August 2013
Fadi Hakura *
After a strong post-crisis recovery, Turkish growth slowed sharply to 2.2 per cent in 2012. The success of Prime Minister Erdoğan’s government has been rooted in economic prosperity, which will remain a central issue for his popularity. (suite…)
How Turkey went from ‘zero problems’ to zero friends 22 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: foreign policy, Middle East, Piotr Zalewski, Turkey
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The Washington Post (USA) Thursday, August 22, 2013
By Piotr Zalewski, Istanbul
Not so long ago, Turkey seemed to have found the elusive formula for foreign policy success. Its newly adopted philosophy, « zero problems with neighbors, » won praise both at home and abroad as Ankara reengaged with the Middle East following a half century of estrangement. (suite…)
C’est l’autoritarisme qui pose problème, pas l’islam! 19 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Dani Rodrik, démocratie, Islam
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La Tribune (France), no. 5257, 19 août 2013, p. 142-144 English Español
Dani Rodrik
L’islam est-il fondamentalement incompatible avec la démocratie? De nombreux événements nous amènent à nous poser la question. Mais c’est une question qui obscurcit les choses, plutôt que de les éclairer, estime Dani Rodrik, professeur d’économie politique internationale à l’université de Harvard, et auteur de « The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy ». (suite…)
Can Turkey weather the Middle East storm? 19 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: foreign policy, Kemal Dervis, Middle East, Turkey
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Times of Oman, August 19,2013, p. A13 Deutsch Español Français
Kemal Derviş *, Istanbul
A cycle of terrible violence has taken over much of the Middle East. Its centre has shifted from Iraq (where sectarian strife has recently escalated again) to Syria, but it encompasses Egypt, Yemen, Libya and Tunisia as well. (suite…)
‘Precious loneliness’ of Turkey or sublimation of a failure 19 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Cengiz Çandar, foreign policy, Nuray Mert, Turkey
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Hurriyet Daily News (Turkey) Monday, August 19, 2013, p. 4
Nuray Mert
“Loneliness” is one of the most “noble” concepts of literary genre. As such, it implies voluntary or inevitable exclusion from the banality of the ordinary life and people. As such, it is an aspiration of uniqueness, and intellectual and/or moral superiority over “the base.” (suite…)
Commentary views Turkey’s « ineffective » foreign policy in Mideast 18 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: foreign policy, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
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BBC Monitoring European (UK) August 18, 2013 Türkçe
Text of report by Turkish newspaper Radikal website on 18 August
Column by Cengiz Candar: « Turkey’s ‘Precious Loneliness’ or its ‘Ineffective Foreign Policy’… » Has the leadership of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan become a burden to the « Turkish model »?
Egypt-Turkey-Kurds 16 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Egypt, Kurds, Michael Werz, Muslim Brotherhood, Soner Cagaptay, Turkey
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Voice of America (VOA) August 16, 2013
Encounter
From Tunisia to Egypt, the “Arab Spring” uprisings ousted autocrats and catapulted several Islamist movements to positions of power. (suite…)
The Kurds: new perspectives? 14 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ben Smith, House of Commons, Iran, Iraq, Kurdish regional government, Kurds, oil, PKK, Syria
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House of Commons (UK) Standard notes SN06708, 14 August 2013
Ben Smith
The Arab uprisings and, in particular, the Syrian conflict have thrown most assumptions about the region and its borders into doubt, with relevance to the stateless Kurdish people. (suite…)
Turkish-Iranian Relations in a Changing Middle East 6 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Alireza Nader, F. Stephen Larrabee, Iran, RAND Corporation, Syria
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Research Reports (RAND Corporation) RR-258, 2013
by F. Stephen Larrabee & Alireza Nader *
Turkish-Iranian cooperation has visibly intensified in recent years, thanks in part to Turkish energy needs and Iran’s vast oil and natural gas resources. However, Turkey and Iran tend to be rivals rather than close partners. (suite…)
Gallipoli, le baptême de feu des Australiens et des Néo-Zélandais 2 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: ANZAC, Australie, Çanakkale, Dardanelles, Empire Ottoman, Gallipoli, Guerre, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nouvelle-Zélande, Winston Churchill
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Le Figaro (France) no. 21460, vendredi 2 août 2013, p. 11
L’Été du Figaro ~ Les champs de bataille ~ Série (11/12)
Adrien Jaulmes
Erdogan accused of McCarthy-style witchhunt 1 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, journalist, média, Milliyet, press freedom, Sabah, Star, Turkey, Yavuz Baydar
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The Times (UK) August 1, 2013 Thursday, p. 28
Alexander Christie-Miller
The Turkish authorities have been accused of organising a « McCarthystyle » witchhunt against dissenting journalists, with more than 60 forced from their jobs in recent weeks. (suite…)
Cinq Lyonnais à la rencontre des populations turque et syrienne 1 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, France, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: exposition, Gaziantep, Lyon, photographie, Syrie
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Le Progrès (France) jeudi 1 août 2013, p. 19
Lyon 7e
Cinq jeunes, résidant dans les 7e, 6e et 4e arrondissements de Lyon, se sont lancé un vrai défi. L’un est photographe professionnel dans le 7e, les autres sont étudiants en histoire géographie à Lyon II. (suite…)
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