Turkey and Eastern Mediterranean Hydrocarbons 31 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ayla Gürel, Cyprus, GPoT Center, Greece, hydrocarbons, Israël, Laura Le Cornu
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Global Political Trends Center (GPoT Center), October 2013, 50 pages
Ayla Gürel & Laura Le Cornu *
This paper examines Turkey’s energy relations in the Eastern Mediterranean and its impact on hydrocarbon developments. (suite…)
The Feasibility and Impact of the Turkish-Israeli “Rapprochement” on the Geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean 31 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: ELIAMEP, geopolitics, Israël, Theodore Tsakiris
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ELIAMEP Briefing Notes, 22/2013, October 2013
Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
by Theodore Tsakiris *
The informal apology extended by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his Turkish counterpart in April 2013 regarding the Mavi Marmara incident tends to create the erroneous impression (suite…)
Japan, Turkey ink N-plant accord 31 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Japan, nuclear power plant
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The Japan News, 31 October 2013
By Chiaki Toyoda, Istanbul
The Turkish government and a consortium of Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and France’s Areva, SA signed an accord Tuesday under which Japan will export its nuclear power plant technology by constructing four reactors in Sinop on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. (suite…)
La Turquie défend ses pépites numériques 31 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: e-commerce, internet, start-up
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Les Echos (France) no. 21555, jeudi 31 octobre 2013, p. 21
High-Tech & Médias ~ Internet
Nicolas Rauline
De plus en plus de start-up turques attirent l’attention des investisseurs. Certaines étaient présentes au Techcrunch Disrupt. (suite…)
After 150-year wait, Istanbul tunnel joins Europe and Asia 30 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Bosphorus, Marmaray
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The Guardian (UK) Wednesday, October 30, 2013, p. 19
Constanze Letsch, Istanbul
$4bn Bosphorus project first dreamed up in 1860. Concerns over safety of tunnel in earthquake zone. (suite…)
Tunnel vision: the €3bn project that split Turkey 29 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Bosphorus, Marmaray
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The Independent (UK) Tuesday, October 29, 2013, p. 28-29
David O’Byrne in Istanbul
After long delays a 150-year plan to connect Istanbul’s twin coasts is finally ready. But could this unpopular project trigger further protests? More than 150 years since it was first dreamed up by an Ottoman sultan, Turkey will today unveil the world’s first sea tunnel linking two continents. (suite…)
La Turquie ouvre le premier tunnel sous le Bosphore pour relier l’Asie et l’Europe 29 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Bosphore, Infrastructures, Marmaray, transport urbain
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Le Monde (France) mardi 29 octobre 2013, p. SCQ4
Eco et Entreprise
Guillaume Perrier, Istanbul Correspondance
Le tronçon ferroviaire, qui devrait être inauguré mardi 29 octobre, doit soulager les transports urbains de quinze millions d’habitants. (suite…)
Turkey opens up the ‘iron Silk Road’ 29 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Marmaray
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The National (UAE) Tuesday, October 29, 2013, p. 1
Thomas Seibert, Foreign Correspondent
Bosphorus rail tunnel links Europe and Asia in Istanbul. More than a century ago, it was an Ottoman sultan’s distant dream. Now an underground rail link between Europe and Asia in Turkey’s metropolis of Istanbul – part of an “iron Silk Road” – is a reality. (suite…)
Izzet Keribar revisite les musées du monde 29 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, France, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Carcassonne, exposition, Izzet Keribar, musée des beaux-arts de Carcassonne, photographe
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L’Indépendant (France) Mardi 29 octobre 2013
Rémi Lebrère
Le musée des beaux-arts accueille jusqu’au 23 janvier, les clichés du célèbre photographe turc. Peu habitué aux productions photographiques, le musée des beaux-arts de Carcassonne accueille, pourtant, jusqu’au 23 janvier 2014, les clichés d’Izzet Keribar, photographe né en Turquie voici 77 ans. Intitulée ‘Izzet Keribar musées’, l’exposition rassemble une cinquantaine de photos numériques (suite…)
Le consulat de Turquie inauguré 29 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in France, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Bordeaux, Consulat de Turquie
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Sud Ouest (France) 29 octobre 2013, p. 19
Bordeaux
Des centaines de personnes ont assisté hier en fin d’après-midi à l’inauguration du nouveau consulat de Turquie à Bordeaux. (suite…)
Who really invented the doner kebab? 29 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: döner, food, Kadir Nurman, kebab, Turkish Doner Manufacturers
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The Guardian (UK) Tuesday, October 29, G2, p. 3
James Ramsden
Kadir Nurman died this week in Berlin at the age of 80, leaving in his wake the kind of legacy many of us can only dream of. For Nurman was the inventor of that king of midnight feasts, the doner kebab. Or so they say. (suite…)
Istanbul : le « très cher » tunnel du Bosphore inauguré demain 28 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Bosphore, Marmaray, transport
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Le Figaro (France) no. 21533, lundi 28 octobre 2013, p. 21
Carole Bellemare
Un métro sous le Bosphore reliant rives européenne et asiatique d’Istanbul, c’était « un rêve de 150 ans » . Celui-ci deviendra réalité ce mardi, jour anniversaire de la fondation de la République turque (suite…)
« Une musulmane d’origine turque a sa place à la CDU » 28 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Immigration.Tags: Allemagne, Bundestag, Cemile Giousouf
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L’Opinion (France) 28 octobre 2013, p. 5
Interview Luc André (à Berlin)
Première musulmane à siéger pour les chrétiens-démocrates, Cemile Giousouf symbolise la politique d’ouverture du parti. (suite…)
Cross-border Electricity Exchanges: Bolstering Economic Growth in the South Caucasus and Turkey 28 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Atlantic Council, Azerbaijan, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, electricity energy, Georgia, Laura Linderman, Nino Ghvinadze
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Issue Brief (Atlantic Council-Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center) October 2013
By Nino Ghvinadze and Laura Linderman *
This brief examines the planned South Caucasus energy transit corridor meant to carry Azerbaijani oil and natural gas to Europe bypassing Russia and Iran. (suite…)
Turkey’s infrastructure: The sultan’s dream 26 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Marmaray
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The Economist (UK) no. 950
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Next week marks the opening of a grand new tunnel under the Bosphorus. Abdul Mejid I, the Ottoman’s 31st sultan, had a dream. Reigning between 1839 and 1861, the determinedly Western-leaning sultan envisaged the construction of a submerged tunnel under the Bosphorus Straits connecting Asia to Europe. (suite…)
From Rhetoric to Reality: Reframing U.S. Turkey Policy 24 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: AKP, bilateral relations, Bipartisan Policy Center, diplomacy, domestic policy, Eric Edelman, foreign policy, Morton Abramowitz
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The Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) Turkey Initiative,October 2013, 66 p.
National Security Program ~ Foreign Policy Project
Ambassadors Morton I. Abramowitz and Eric S. Edelman, Co-Chairs
The Middle East remains a major foreign policy challenge for the United States, despite attempts to pivot away from it. A cooperative and strong Turkey could be an important partner in helping rebuild the Middle East. (suite…)
Missiles chinois en Turquie : le ton monte entre Ankara et l’OTAN 24 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: armement, Chine, CPMIEC, missiles, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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La Tribune (France), no. 5295, jeudi 24 octobre 2013, p. 58
Michel Cabirol
L’OTAN demande à la Turquie de tenir compte de son appartenance à l’Alliance dans le cadre d’un achat d’un système de missiles antimissiles chinois. Le Premier ministre turc a rappelé que « personne n’a le droit d’intervenir dans les décisions indépendantes » de la Turquie. (suite…)
Turkey’s Air and Missile Defense Acquisition Journey Continues 24 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: China, EDAM, NATO, Nilsu Goren, The Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM)
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EDAM Discussion Paper Series 2013/13, October 2013, 17 p.
Nilsu Goren *
Nilsu Gören examines Turkey’s efforts to strengthen its balistic missile defenses. Nilsu argues that given the high costs, technical limitations, and political repercussions of air and missile defense systems, Turkey should choose to remain integrated into the NATO structure (suite…)
Le projet d’adhésion de la Turquie à l’UE relancé 23 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in France, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: adhésion, élargissement
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Tribune de Genève (Suisse) mercredi 23 octobre 2013, p. 9
Olivier Bot
Les Vingt-Huit ont décidé de reprendre les négociations avec Ankara. Un processus ajourné après la répression de Taksim. (suite…)
EU to reopen talks with Turkey on membership 22 octobre 2013
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The Guardian (UK) October 22, 2013, p. 21
Ian Traynor in Brussels and Constanze Letsch in Istanbul
Ministers hope decision will encourage reforms: Proposals from Erdogan help to persuade Merkel. (suite…)
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