Why the EU must reengage with Turkey 29 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Amanda Paul, European Policy Centre, Turkey’s EU accession process
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EPC Commentary (European Policy Centre) 29 September 2014
Amanda Paul *
Democratic values and basic rights in Turkey are hanging by a thread. Over the past eighteen months the rule of law, civil liberties and freedoms have been eroded which has left many Turks anxious over the direction in which their country is heading. (suite…)
La Turquie, alliée fidèle contre le terrorisme 29 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in France, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: État islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL), Hakki Akil, Irak, Syrie, terrorisme
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Le Figaro (France) no. 21817, lundi 29 septembre 2014, p. 22
Hakki Akil
Loin de soutenir l’EIIL, comme beaucoup l’en accusent, Ankara lutte contre cette organisation barbare, plaide l’ambassadeur de Turquie en France. (suite…)
Turkey’s Human Rights Rollback: Recommendations for Reform 29 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Emma Sinclair-Webb, freedom of expression, human rights, Human Rights Watch, peace process, PKK, Rule of Law
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HRW Report (Human Rights Watch) September 2014
Emma Sinclair-Webb *
This 38-page report outlines the rollback of human rights and rule of law in Turkey, linked to mass anti-government protests in 2013 and corruption allegations that go to the very heart of the government of the ruling AKP. (suite…)
Middle Eastern Youth and the Arab Spring: Cross-National Variation and Trends in Values 29 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, Julie de Jong, Mansoor Moaddel, Population Studies Center, values, youth
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PSC Research Report (Population Studies Center) No. 14-828, September 2014, 61 p.
University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research (ISR)
Mansoor Moaddel & Julie de Jong *
Although scholars and analysts widely claimed that the youth played a crucial role in the making of the revolutionary movements dubbed the Arab Spring, little empirical evidence substantiates this claim or depicts how the younger age groups may differ from the older in value orientation. (suite…)
Pipeline to deliver water from Turkey 29 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Cyprus, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, water, water pipeline
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The Washington Times (USA) Monday, September 29, 2014, p. A10
By David R. Sands
Ambitious project offers political sway to Cyprus. It won’t carry any oil, but an ambitious pipeline project linking reservoirs in Turkey to the parched, isolated Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus could prove as politically charged as any project now underway in the region. (suite…)
Turkey Wants Secure Syria Zone as Militants Strike Kurds 28 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Kobani, Kurds, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, refugees, secure zone, Syria
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Bloomberg (USA) Sep 28, 2014
By Onur Ant and Selcan Hacaoglu
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said setting up a “secure zone” inside Syria is necessary to help refugees return after they fled Islamic State’s onslaught against Kurdish areas into Turkey. (suite…)
Emergency Update on situation of Syrian refugees in Turkey 28 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Kurds, refugees, Syria, UNHCR
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
September 2014
Following the latest bouts of armed conflict in the north of the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria), since 19 September more than 140,000 Syrian refugees have fled across the border to southern Turkey. UNHCR estimates that this new influx could involve as many as 400,000 people seeking refuge in Turkey. (suite…)
L’ASC Turquoise, couleur turque 28 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in France, Immigration, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: ASC Turquoise, football, sport
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Le Parisien (France) dimanche 28 septembre 2014, p. 26
Arnaud Detout
ASC Turquoise. Le club porte le nom d’une couleur — du bleu tirant vers le vert. A priori, aucun lien direct au pays d’origine de la grande majorité de ses 250 licenciés. Sauf, peut-être, les cinq premières lettres de cette couleur… (suite…)
La clarification bienvenue d’Ankara 27 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: État islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL), PKK, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syrie
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Le Monde (France) A la Une, samedi 27 septembre 2014, p. 1
Éditorial
Après des mois de valse-hésitation, le président turc, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a mis fin aux ambiguïtés, si ce n’est au double jeu, d’Ankara. Le 23 septembre, lors de l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU, à New York, il s’est engagé à soutenir la coalition organisée par les Etats-Unis pour combattre l’Etat islamique (EI). (suite…)
France et Turquie s’engagent à mieux collaborer dans la lutte contre les jihadistes 26 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in France, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: État islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL), Syrie
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Agence France Presse (AFP) 26 septembre 2014
Burak Akinci
Les ministres turc et français de l’Intérieur se sont promis vendredi de mieux coopérer dans la lutte contre les filières jihadistes qui traversent la Turquie, après le cafouillage diplomatico-policier qui a accompagné cette semaine le retour de trois Français. (suite…)
Turkey’s New Regional Security Role: Implications for the United States 26 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Eurasia, European Security, foreign policy, NATO, Richard Weitz, The Strategic Studies Institute (SSI), US Army War College
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The Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) September 2014, 202 pages
US Army War College Press
Richard Weitz *
Until a few years ago, the relationship between Washington and Ankara was perennially troubled and occasionally terrible. Turkey opposed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and complained that the Pentagon was allowing Iraqi Kurds too much autonomy, leading to deteriorating security along the Iraq-Turkish border. (suite…)
Double jeu : les méandres de l’attitude trouble de la Turquie face aux Califoutraques islamiques 25 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Alain Rodier, État islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL), Bachar el-Assad, Daesh, Incirlik, PKK, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syrie
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Atlantico.fr (France) Jeudi 25 septembre 2014
Alain Rodier *
Le gouvernement turc s’apprête à autoriser les avions militaires américains à utiliser la base d’Incirlik, dans un but humanitaire et logistique uniquement, mais reste réticent à l’idée de participer à une opération militaire. (suite…)
Exploring the Prospects for Russian-Turkish Cooperation in a Turbulent Neighborhood 25 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: bilateral relations, Carnegie Moscow Center, Dmitri Trenin, Global Relations Forum (GRF), Memduh Karakullukçu
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GRF–Carnegie Moscow Center Working Group Report, September 2014
Memduh Karakullukçu &, Dmitri Trenin *, editors
Even though tensions over Ukraine will inevitably cast a shadow over the bilateral relationship, Russia and Turkey—a NATO member—continue to share a range of important interests. (suite…)
Iranian Rail Links and the Geopolitics of the South Caucasus 25 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Eurasia Daily Monitor, geopolitics, Georgia, Iran, Nakhchivan, Paul Goble, railways, South Caucasus, The Jamestown Foundation, transport, Turkey
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Eurasia Daily Monitor (The Jamestown Foundation) Vol.11 Issue: 169, Sept 25, 2014
Paul Goble *
Both Armenia and Azerbaijan are seeking to link their national railways with those of Iran, something that could be an economic lifesaver for Yerevan and an additional outlet for Baku’s exports of Caspian oil and gas. (suite…)
Turkey’s Russia conundrum: To court or to curb? 24 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Black Sea, CASCADE Project, Diba Nigar Göksel, Fride
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Policy Brief (FRIDE) No. 185, September 2014
By Diba Nigar Goksel *
The Ukraine crisis has exposed Turkey’s efforts to avoid direct involvement in Russia-EU tensions. Ankara essentially hovers between gaining economic advantages from cooperation with Moscow and counterbalancing Russian assertiveness in the region. (suite…)
Les relations énergétiques UE/Turquie: La Turquie, une puissance régionale incontournable pour la Russie et l’Europe 24 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Claude Fischer, IRIS, Observatoire de la Turquie et de son environnement géopolitique, Turquie
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Observatoire de la Turquie et de son environnement géopolitique (IRIS) Sept. 2014
Claude Fischer *
Difficile de parler « énergie » avec la Turquie sans bien mesurer la situation géostratégique de ce pays et ses relations avec l’UE, mais aussi et indissociablement, avec la Russie, l’Asie centrale, le Moyen Orient, le Caucase ou la Méditerranée orientale. (suite…)
After the 2014 European Parliament Elections: What is at Stake for Europe and Turkey-EU Relations? 24 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Ebru Turhan, elections, EU enlargement, European Parliament, Euroscepticism, IPC-Mercator Policy Brief
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IPC-Mercator Policy Brief, September 2014
Ebru Turhan *
The 2014 European Parliament elections took place at a time when the European Union (EU) seemed to face serious internal challenges. The low voter turnout, particularly in new member states, raises questions about a “true reunification” between the Central and Eastern European countries and the rest of Europe a decade after the EU’s eastward enlargement. (suite…)
ACTURCA 
Can the EU Clean Politics in Enlargement Countries? Turkey in Comparison 24 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Bulgaria, commentary, corruption, Dimitar Bechev, EU enlargement, GTE Commentary, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Romania
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 14, September 2014
by Dimitar Bechev *
The fight against corruption is yet another fine example of the mismatch between EU expectations and capabilities. On the one hand, many regard the Union as capable of overhauling bad habits in member states and, to an even greater degree, in countries that have embarked on the accession journey. (suite…)