France-Turkey: cooperation and rapprochement 5 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in France, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Beril Dedeoglu, bilateral relations, diplomacy, François Hollande, ISIL, ISIS, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria
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Today’s Zaman (Turkey) Wednesday, November 5, 2014, p. 11
Beril Dedeoğlu
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan traveled to Paris last week for an official visit, but Turkish media didn’t pay much attention to this diplomatic event. (suite…)
Roza sings the blues 5 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, History / Histoire, Istanbul, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Akisato Suzuki, documentary, Greece, Israël, London, music, rembetika, Roy Sher, Roza Eskenazi
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The Guardian – G2 (UK) Wednesday, November 5, 2014, p. 18
Laura Barton
She danced, she sang, she hid resistance fighters – and her music ended up in Pulp Fiction. Laura Barton celebrates the rediscovery of Roza Eskenazi, the Greek firebrand who united an underclass. (suite…)
The Challenge of à la Turca Presidentialism in Turkey 5 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, commentary, Ersin Kalaycıoğlu, GTE Commentary, Istituto Affari Internazionali, presidential election, presidentialism, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish domestic policy
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 18, November 2014
by Ersin Kalaycioğlu *
What confronts Turkey is not a choice between presidential versus parliamentary democracy, but an electoral authoritarianism of à la Turca presidentialism versus some form of parliamentary democracy. (suite…)