From Turkey, ISIS Draws Steady Stream of Recruits 16 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Iraq, ISIS, Syria
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The New York Times (USA) Tuesday, September 16, 2014, p. A 1
By Ceylan Yeginsu, Ankara (Turkey)
Having spent most of his youth as a drug addict in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Turkey’s capital, Can did not think he had much to lose when he was smuggled into Syria with 10 of his childhood friends to join the world’s most extreme jihadist group. (suite…)
Turkish reluctance hurts U.S. plans for coalition against Islamic State 16 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Iraq, ISIS, Syria
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Reuters World General News (UK) Tuesday, September 16, 2014
By Jonny Hogg and Nick Tattersall, Ankara/Istanbul
NATO member Turkey not signed up to military coalition. Doubts in Ankara that U.S. strikes will be enough. Turkey wants to see Syria’s Assad out. (suite…)
‘New Turkey’ has to face the regional realities: Turkey’s Islamic identity has resulted in a bold foreign policy 16 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, FIIA, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, foreign policy, New Turkey, Toni Alaranta
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FIIA Comment (The Finnish Institute of International Affairs) 13/2014, Sept. 2014
Toni Alaranta *
The narrative of true Muslims re-conquering the Turkish state is a crucial component explaining the AKP’s policies and its continuing success. However, the reality of the Middle East doesn’t correspond to Turkey’s vision of itself as a regional leader. (suite…)
Turkey Open to Bids for Refuge by Muslim Brotherhood Exiles 16 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar
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The New York Times (USA) Tuesday, September 16, 2014, p. A 11
By Sebnem Arsu,Istanbul
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said on Monday that several exiled leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood who fled to Qatar but lately have come under pressure to leave that Persian Gulf monarchy could perhaps find a new refuge in his country. (suite…)
