Turkey and the EU, a critical turn in relations 3 février 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, CIDOB, EU membership, Kivanç Ulusoy
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Opinión CIDOB, nº 219, February 3, 2014
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)
Kivanç Ulusoy *
On the 21st of January the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid his first visit to Brussels in five years when the then French president Nicolas Sarkozy invited him. After this long interval and a growing estrangement between Turkey and the EU, it was again a French President, François Hollande, who invited Erdogan (suite…)
A shift ahead for German-Turkish relations? 3 février 2014
Posted by Acturca in Immigration, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: bilateral relations, EU membership, Germany, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Yaşar Aydin
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Deutsche Welle (Germany) 03.02.2014
Regina Mennig
Turkey’s crackdown on protesters and Germany’s plans for a revised dual citizenship scheme have put a strain on German-Turkish relations. But there is hope for finally turning this around, experts say. (suite…)
Turkey and Germany: Forging the next phase of strategic dialogue 3 février 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Afghanistan, Africa, Bülent Aras, bilateral relations, foreign policy, Germany, strategic dialogue
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Hürriyet Daily News (Turkey) February 3, 2014, p. 7
Bülent Aras *
The burden of the future design of EU foreign policy seems to be shifting to Germany’s shoulders – whether it likes it or not. Germany’s foreign and security policies, its assets and capability to pursue these policies are likely to be more visible on the international stage at the eve of general reluctance to become involved in external issues in the EU. (suite…)
Democracy in Crisis: Corruption, Media, and Power in Turkey 3 février 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Andrew Finkel, Carla Anne Robbins, Civil Society, corruption, David J. Kramer, democracy, Freedom House, freedom of expression, human rights, Internet Freedom, Media Freedom, Nate Schenkkan, press freedom, Rule of Law, Susan Corke
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Special Report (Freedom House) February 3, 2014 Türkçe
Susan Corke, Andrew Finkel, David J. Kramer, Carla Anne Robbins, Nate Schenkkan
Turkey’s government is improperly using its leverage over media to limit public debate about government actions and punish journalists and media owners who dispute government claims, deepening the country’s political and social polarization, Freedom House concludes in a report issued on February 3. (suite…)
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