EU-Turkey Relations: A Visa Breakthrough? 19 mars 2014
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: EU enlargement, Gerald Knaus, GTE Policy Briefs, Istituto Affari Internazionali, migration, Schengen area, visa-free travel
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GTE Policy Brief (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 11, March 2014, 7 p.
by Gerald Knaus *
In June 2012 the European Council authorized the European Commission to begin talks with Turkey on visa liberalisation. The Council also presented Turkey a list of official requirements for visa-free travel, known as a « visa liberalisation roadmap. » On 16 December 2013, Turkey accepted the EU’s roadmap. (suite…)
Turkey’s Local Elections: Actors, Factors, and Implications 19 mars 2014
Posted by Acturca in Istanbul, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, Ankara, Bipartisan Policy Center, local elections
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Report (BPC) March 2014, 32 p.
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)
Foreign Policy Project
On March 30, 2014, Turks will vote in municipal elections amid an ongoing political conflict within the Islamic conservative movement between two former allies turned bitter foes. (suite…)