Struggle Against ISIS, Border Crossings and Turkey 21 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Iraq, ISIS, ORSAM, Oytun Orhan, Syria
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Review of Regional Affairs (ORSAM) No.11, September 2014 العربية Türkçe
Oytun Orhan *
ISIS, which originated in Iraq, was strengthened thanks to the power vacuum and violence that Syrian civil war sparked. The group diverted this strength to Iraq, and spread its control area from Mosul to the Iranian border in a short time. (suite…)
Turkey Obtains Release of Hostages Held in Iraq 21 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Iraq, ISIS, Mosul
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The New York Times (USA) Sunday, September 21, 2014, p. A 9
By Ben Hubbard, Sebnem Arsu and Ceylan Yeginsu.
Ankara, Turkey — Turkey secured the release of 49 hostages who had been held for more than three months in Iraq by the jihadists of the Islamic State on Saturday, marking a moment of joy for Turkey while raising questions about how it had managed to set them free. (suite…)
Turkey’s strong record on Isis 21 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Abdurrahman Bilgiç, Iraq, ISIS, Syria
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The Observer (UK) 21 septembre 2014, p. 50
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Abdurrahman Bilgic *
Your article « Isis surges towards the borders of Turkey as west mulls options » (News, 24 August) implies that Turkish borders are « the only way to smuggle oil, weapons and foreign fighters into Iraq and Syria » and claims that « Turkey has a lack of will to confront the jihadis » and « Turkey has facilitated an extremist threat either through neglect or undeclared policy ». (suite…)
Rise of Islamic schools causes alarm in secular Turkey 21 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Education, Education Reform Initiative, imam-hatip schools, religious education
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Agence France Presse, Sunday, September 21, 2014
by Dilay Gundogan and Emmanuelle Baillon, Istanbul
When Turkish pupils received their school entry exam results after the end of last term, textile worker and father Halil Ibrahim Beyhan received an unpleasant surprise. (suite…)
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