Presidential race highlights Erdogan’s reshaping of Turkish politics 30 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, CHP, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, HDP, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Selahattin Demirtaş
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Reuters World General News (UK) Monday, June 30, 2014
By Humeyra Pamuk and Jonny Hogg, Istanbul/Ankara
A quick glance at the emerging candidates for Turkey’s first direct presidential poll illustrates the dramatic change wrought in the country by Tayyip Erdogan’s 11-year premiership; an old secularist elite has yielded the stage to two men of Islamist pedigree and a third from a long-suppressed Kurdish minority. (suite…)
Iran big winner in the Iraqi debacle 30 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Bruce Riedel, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Syria
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India Today, Monday, June 30, 2014, pages 28-29
Bruce Riedel *
The rampage by Sunni ISIS insurgents in Iraq not only catches the US off guard but gives Iran the handle to influence the Arab world’s largest Shia population. The stunning success of the Islamic State of Iraq and Al Shams (ISIS), a Sunni terrorist group which began as al Qaeda in Iraq in 2003 (suite…)
The Ottoman revival that is anything but brotherly 29 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ottoman Empire, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sami Moubayed, Syria
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Gulf News (UAE) June 29, 2014, p. A5
By Sami Moubayed *, Special to Gulf News
The efforts of Turkish premier Erdogan to bring about the revival of the empire’s intellectual, political, economic and social influence is now viewed across the Arab world as nothing more than a ploy to subjugate the region in much the same way as was done 100 years ago. (suite…)
Nezaket Turan agent de médiation au service des plus fragiles 29 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in France, Immigration.Tags: association Accueil et promotion, Bourges, médiation, Nezaket Turan
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Le Berry républicain (France) dimanche 29 juin 2014, p. Berry-05
Benoît Morin
Si vous vous rendez à la Poste des Gibjoncs ou à celle de la Chancellerie, vous croiserez peut-être Nezaket Turan. Cette femme de quarante ans, discrète, est une franco-turque. Elle travaille à l’association accueil et promotion (association qui lutte contre l’exclusion et qui facilite l’intégration) depuis décembre 2012 (suite…)
Le rapprochement entre les deux Chypre peine à se concrétiser 27 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Chypre, Kudret Ozersay, négociation
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Les Echos (France) no. 21717, vendredi 27 juin 2014, p. 8
Virginie Robert
Engagées en février, les discussions en vue de créer une fédération sont heurtées. L’Union européenne et les Etats-Unis surveillent de près le processus. (suite…)
The Cyprus Peace Dividend Revisited: A Productivity and Sectoral Approach 27 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Alexander Apostolides, Cyprus, Fiona Mullen, Mustafa Besim, PRIO Cyprus Centre
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PCC Report (PRIO Cyprus Centre) 1/2014, 85 p.
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Fiona Mullen, Alexander Apostolides & Mustafa Besim *
The Cyprus Peace Dividend Revisited is a new effort to quantify the value of a solution of the Cyprus problem: to the economy as a whole, to different sectors and to individuals. In so doing, it also updates the qualitative analysis and advances earlier efforts, by exploring new approaches and linking these to the existing economic literature on the topic. (suite…)
With Kurdish oil comes the tantalising possibility of a new Middle Eastern axis 27 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Iran, Iraq, Israël, Kurdistan Regional Government, oil
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The Jewish Chronicle (Israel) June 27, 2014, p. 24
By Anshel Pfeffer
It would be premature to herald the offloading in Israel of a million barrels of oil from Kurdish Iraq last weekend as the start of a grand new alliance in the Middle East. (suite…)
Turkish energy club to discuss game changing developments 26 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Bosphorus Energy Club, Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government, Mehmet Ögütçü, oil
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Anadolu Agency (Turkey) Thursday, June 26, 2014 Türkçe
By Selen Tonkus, Istanbul
The Bosphorus Energy Club is to bring together world’s energy actors to discuss game changing developments. Turkish energy interest group, The Bosphorus Energy Club will bring together representatives from government and private sector throughout the world on Friday. (suite…)
Turkey’s December 17 Process: A Timeline of the Graft Investigation and the Government’s Response 25 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Central Asia Caucasus Institute, Fethullah Gülen, Gulen movement, Hendrik Müller, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Silk Road Paper, Silk Road Studies Program
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Silk Road Paper (CACI-SRSP) June 2014, 69 p.
Central Asia – Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program
Compiled by Hendrik Müller *
On December 17, 2013, an arrest wave targeted high officials in the Turkish government and their families. Fifty-two people were detained on accusations of accepting and facilitating bribes for state projects and receiving construction permits for protected areas in exchange for money. (suite…)
En dix ans, le turc Beko s’est fait un nom en Europe 23 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, France, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arçelik, électroménager, Beko, Koç
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Les Echos (France) no. 21713, lundi 23 juin 2014, p. 23
Dominique Chapuis, à Istanbul
La marque turque s’est hissée au second rang en Europe en volume. C’est en France que sa croissance a été la plus rapide. (suite…)
« Frontex entre Grèce et Turquie : la frontière du déni » – Le déploiement de Frontex nuit au droit d’asile 22 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: FIDH, Frontex, FRONTEXIT, Grèce, Migreurop, REMDH
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Rapport (FIDH – Migreurop – REMDH) English
21 juin 2014
A la frontière gréco-turque, l’agence européenne de surveillance des frontières extérieures, Frontex, participe à un dispositif qui empêche les réfugiés de bénéficier de la protection internationale. (suite…)
Turkey feels looming impact from Iraqi crisis 21 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Beril Dedeoglu, International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, Iraq, ISIL, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurds
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Xinhua – News Agency (China)
Saturday, June 21, 2014, Ankara
Turkey may face serious political and economic blowback from the escalation of crisis in Iraq where an al-Qaida splinter group mounts threats against the federal government in Baghdad, threatening the security of neighboring countries, Turkish analysts said on Saturday. (suite…)
Flâneries stambouliotes 20 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, Books / Livres, France, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ayfer Tunç, écrivain, Enis Batur, Hakan Günday, littérature, Marathon des mots, Mario Levi, Toulouse, Yigit Bener
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Le Monde (France) vendredi 20 juin 2014, p. LIV1
Monde des livres ~ Spécial Marathon des Mots, à Toulouse
Catherine Simon, Envoyée spéciale en Turquie
Rencontres, entre Corne d’Or et Bosphore, avec les écrivains turcs à l’honneur à Toulouse. (suite…)
Kirkouk, cité de toutes les convoitises, résiste à l’EIIL 20 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: État islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL), Conflits, gouvernement régional du Kurdistan, Irak, Kirkouk, Kurdes, Turkmènes
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Le Figaro (France) no. 21732, vendredi 20 juin 2014, p. 8
Samuel Forey, Kirkouk
Les Kurdes ont aménagé une zone tampon, dans cette ville mosaïque du nord de l’Irak. (suite…)
‘I represent Switzerland – we don’t have any problems with the Swiss guys or immigrants’ 20 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Immigration, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: football, Gökhan İnler, national team, sport, Switzerland, World Cup 2014
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The Guardian (UK) Friday, June 20, 2014, p. 11
Sport ~ World Cup 2014
James Riach
Gokhan Inler explains to James Riach how the national team has combined a diverse group of players. (suite…)
Erdogan en première ligne 19 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in France, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, François Hollande, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Paris Match (France) 19 juin 2014, pp. 52-53 (extrait) Türkçe
Gilles Martin-Chauffier, De notre envoyé spécial à Ankara
Paris Match. Vous venez cette semaine à Paris discuter avec François Hollande, puis vous vous rendez à Lyon pour rencontrer les membres de la communauté turque. La France est-elle à nouveau une nation amie de la Turquie après le passage à vide des années Sarkozy ? (suite…)
Turkish Kurdish Energy Cooperation in the Iraqi Conundrum 19 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Craig Bonfield, Iraq, ISIS, Kurdistan Regional Government, oil
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Turkey Update (CSIS) Jun 19, 2014
Turkey Project ~ Center for Strategic and International Studies
By Craig Bonfield *
Amidst calls for unity in the face of major sectarian violence following the sudden occupation of several major cities in Iraq by the extreme radical Sunni group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil continues its efforts to transport and sell oil through Turkey independent of the central government in Baghdad led by Shia Prime Minister Nouri Maliki. (suite…)
The Kurdish moment in the Middle East 19 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Iran, Iraq, Kirkuk, Kurds, Ofra Bengio, oil
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Jerusalem Post (Israel) Thursday, June 19, 2014, p. 14
Ofra Bengio *
In an interview with Rudaw Huseyin Celik, a spokesman for Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) stated that « the Kurds of Iraq can decide for themselves the name and type of the entity they are living in. » (suite…)
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Crimean Tatars after Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula 30 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Russia / Russie.Tags: Centre for Eastern Studies, Crimea, Crimean Tatars, OSW Commentary, Tadeusz A. Olszański
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OSW Commentary (Centre for Eastern Studies) No. 141, 30 June 2014
Tadeusz A. Olszański *
After Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Crimean Tatars face the necessity of working out a modus vivendi to cope with the difficult situation which now confronts them. (suite…)