The Syria Crisis and Turkey 31 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ali Semin, Atilla Sandikli, BILGESAM, Syria
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Wise Men Board Report (BILGESAM), n° 52, October 2014
Wise Men Center for Strategic Studies (BILGESAM)
Atilla Sandıklı and Ali Semin *
While the wave of uprisings, which began in 2011, led to regime changes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen, it turned into a civil war between the Assad regime and the opposition forces in Syria. (suite…)
The US and Turkey in Search of Regional Strategy: Towards Asymptomatic Trajectories 31 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Eastern Mediterranean, Ioannis Galariotis, Israël, Kostas Ifantis, regional security, Syria, UNISCI, US-Turkish relations
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UNISCI Discussion Papers, Nº 36, October 2014
UNISCI – Research Unit on International Security and Cooperation
Kostas Ifantis & Ioannis Galariotis *
Security relations with the US have been critical f or Turkey. Cold War strategic imperatives dictated typical bandwagoning policies, although disagreements and frictions were present at times. (suite…)
Olivier Roy « Je me bats contre les préjugés sur l’islam » 30 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Books / Livres, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, France, Immigration, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: État islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL), Daech, Islam, Jean-Louis Schlegel, laïcité, Olivier Roy
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Pèlerin (France) no. 6883, jeudi 30 octobre 2014, p. 4-7
Sophie Laurant
Philosophe, sociologue, ce spécialiste de l’islam politique a débuté sa carrière en apprenant les langues orientales et en voyageant dans les montagnes afghanes. (suite…)
M. Erdogan s’offre un palais symbole de sa «nouvelle Turquie » 30 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Aksaray, Ankara, Cankaya, Palais blanc, palais présidentiel, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Le Monde (France) jeudi 30 octobre 2014, p. 3
Marie Jégo, Istanbul, correspondante
Le président, qui refuse de s’installer à Cankaya, siège historique où résida Mustafa Kemal, devait inaugurer, mercredi, son « Palais blanc » (suite…)
Turkey hits bottom in OECD gender equality 29 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: gender equality, Global Gender Gap Report, World Economic Forum
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Hürriyet Daily News (Turkey) October 29, 2014, p. 1
Istanbul
‘Turkey is still the lowest performing country from the OECD on the overall Index,’ reads the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Gender Gap 2014 report. (suite…)
A quoi pense la Turquie aujourd’hui ? 28 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Ariane Bonzon, État islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL), Bernard Guetta, Irak, Jérôme Bastion, Marc Semo, PKK, Syrie
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France Inter, mardi 28 octobre 2014
Un jour dans le monde
par Nicolas Demorand
L’image était saisissante, celle des djihadistes de l’Etat islamique hissant leur drapeau noir sur une colline de Kobané. Le contre-champ de cette image était lui aussi saisissant : les militaires et les blindés turcs, l’arme au pied, ne faisant rien pour empêcher la ville de tomber mais, plus encore, verrouillant la frontière pour que les Kurdes n’aillent pas soutenir les leurs. (suite…)
Fight against Daesh raises Kurdish issue to a new level 27 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Daesh, ISIS, Kurds, Mohammad Akef Jamal, PKK, Syria
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Gulf News (UAE) Monday, October 27, 2014, p. A4
By Mohammad Akef Jamal *
This has begun to worry more than one country in the region wary of the international campaign by the US against the extremists. (suite…)
South East Europe Builds Resilience to Natural Hazards 27 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Climate change, natural disaster, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), western balkans, World Meteorological Organization
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World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Français
News, 27 October 2014
A new cross-border multi-hazard early warning system will be developed in the Western Balkans and Turkey to increase resilience to floods, landslides, droughts and heat-waves which often hit the region and to build on the lessons learnt from the devastating floods of May 2014. (suite…)
Erdoğan’s “New Turkey” 26 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Günter Seufert, german, presidential election, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
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SWP Comments, 2014/C 44, October 2014, 7 Pages Deutsch
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
Günter Seufert *
European and American commentators warn that Turkey is drifting back into authoritarianism, citing excessive police violence against demonstrators, restrictions on freedom of the press and internet, government interference in the judiciary, purges in the bureaucracy, and an anti-European policy shift. (suite…)
Turkey and the Question of Military Intervention: Pressures and Constraints 25 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Emad Y. Kaddorah, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Kurds, Syria
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Policy Analysis (Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies) October 2014
Emad Y. Kaddorah *
Turkey is facing critical choices over immediate military intervention in its own backyard.[1] It can either respond to escalating calls and demands for direct intervention; prioritize its own reading of the internal and regional developments and put its national interests first (suite…)
Turkey’s Involvement in Somalia: Assesment of a State-Building in Progress 24 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Mehmet Özkan, Somalia
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Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) October 2014
Mehmet Özkan *
Turkey’s involvement in Somalia and its success, so far, is a novelty in Turkish foreign policy. Turkey’s policy on Somalia over the past three years must be seriously evaluated and all aspects must be thoroughly analyzed. (suite…)
Turkey-EU Relations in the Light of the 2014 Progress Report: Same Old Song With A Different Meaning 22 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Nilgün Arisan Eralp, TEPAV, Turkey’s EU accession process
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Evaluation Note (TEPAV) N° 201424, October 2014
The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey
Nilgün Arısan Eralp *
The 2014 Progress Report of the European Commission for Turkey was published in an atmosphere of a new Turkish opening to the European Union (EU). (suite…)
What Turkey Wants in the War on Islamic State 21 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Ibrahim Kalin, ISIS, PKK, PYD, Syria
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The Wall Street Journal Europe (USA) October 21, 2014, p. 13
By Ibrahim Kalin *
Airstrikes alone will not be sufficient to eliminate Islamic State (also referred to as ISIS). This has been Turkey’s view from the outset of its march into Iraq and Syria, and military officials in the U.S. and elsewhere now share this view. (suite…)
Agricultural Policies and Trade Paths in Turkey 20 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: agriculture, customs union, Donald F. Larson, General Equilibrium Model, Marinos Tsigas, Sebnem Sahin, trade, Will Martin, World Bank Group
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Policy Research Working Paper (World Bank Group) No. WPS7059, October 2014
Donald F. Larson, Will Martin, Sebnem Sahin, Marino Tsigas *
In 1959, shortly after the European Economic Community was founded under the 1957 Treaty of Rome, Turkey applied for Associate Membership in the then six-member common market. (suite…)
Rapid Gender and Protection Assessment Report: Kobane Refugee Population, Suruc, Turkey 17 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: CARE, International Medical Corps, Kobane, refugees, Syria
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Report (CARE – International Medical Corps)
15 October 2014
On 16 September 2014, the northern Syrian town of Kobane came under siege. Since then, 188,000 refugees are reported to have flooded into Turkey. This is an emergency which, like so much of the Syria crisis, revolves around issues of protection and gender. (suite…)
The road to Damascus passes through Ankara 16 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: ISIS, Kurds, PKK, Rajendra Abhyankar, Syria
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Hindustan Times (India) Thursday, October 16, 2014, p. 10
Rajendra Abhyankar *
Turkey will generate a new set of regional dynamics when it commences military operations against ISIS. The Turkish parliament’s vote in favour of a cross-border military action is a force multiplier in Syria for the US and Nato. (suite…)
La Turquie au bord de l’enfer kurde 16 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: État islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL), PKK, Syrie
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Tribune de Genève (Suisse) jeudi 16 octobre 2014, p. 1 & 9
L’éditorial
Andrés Allemand
Entre la peste et le choléra, le président turc ne sait que choisir. D’un côté, Recep Tayyip Erdogan fait tout son possible pour éviter d’intervenir militairement en Syrie, ce terrain miné où personne ne veut envoyer de troupes. (suite…)
L’élargissement de l’UE: bataille perdue d’avance ou partie intégrante de l’ADN de l’Europe? 15 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: élargissement, Stefan Füle, Union européenne
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La Tribune (France) no. 5565, mercredi 15 octobre 2014, p. 28-30
Stefan Füle *
L’Union européenne a su accompagner les pays candidats à l’adhésion, en encourageant les réformes. par Stefan Füle, commissaire européen en charge de l’Élargissement. (suite…)
Turkey is never going to rescue the Syrian crisis 14 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: ISIS, Kurds, Norman Stone, PKK, refugees, Syria
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London Evening Standard (UK) Monday, October 13, 2014, p. 14
Norman Stone *
The US will now be allowed to use Turkish bases against IS. But Ankara’s choice is between war or revolt at home. (suite…)
Regional Analysis for Syria – Turkey 13 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Assessment Capacities Project, humanitarian assistance, MapAction, refugee camp, refugees, Syria, Syria Needs Analysis Project
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Regional Analysis for Syria (RAS) Report, Q3 2014, 13 October 2014, pp. 80-86
The growing number of Syrian refugees has put strains on Turkish host communities and pressure on labour and rental markets, resulting in increased social tensions between the two communities. (suite…)
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