Do buffer zones deter wars? 30 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: border, buffer zone, conflicts, no-fly zone, refugees, Syria, Ukraine
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USA Today, Monday, December 29, 2014, p. 7A
By Lionel Beehner *
Use in Syria or Ukraine would simply delay and not end the conflicts. The concept of the buffer zone is making a big comeback in international politics. (suite…)
The Lost Cause 29 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Egypt, Fehim Tastekin, foreign policy, Hamas, Iran, Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar, Syria
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BBC Monitoring Europe (UK) Monday, December 29, 2014 Türkçe
by Fehim Tastekin, Text of report by Turkish newspaper Radikal website on 26 Dec.
With the basis of the partnership with Qatar beginning to wither away, it is becoming more difficult for Turkey to continue, in its current form, its Egypt policy, which it had virtually made sacred with the « Rabia » hand gesture (suite…)
For Children in Turkish Refugee Camps, School’s Out 29 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Education, refugee camp, refugees, Suruç, Syria, Syrian Kurds
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International New York Times (USA) Monday, December 29, 2014
By Aysegul Sert, Suruc, Turkey
Ahmet Basa, a quiet, wide-eyed 11-year-old refugee from Damascus, Syria, speaks Turkish fluently and has big plans for the future. « I want to be a doctor, » he said, sitting with a teacher after school in the province of Sanliurfa in Turkey’s southeast. (suite…)
Migration Resulted from the Attacks on Sinjar and Kobane, and Turkey’s Humanitarian Assistance 28 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Immigration, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Firuze Yağmur Gökler, humanitarian assistance, Kobane, ORSAM, refugees, Sinjar, Syria, Syrian Kurds
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Review of Regional Affairs (ORSAM) No.18, December 2014 العربية Türkçe
Firuze Yağmur Gökler *
ISIS’s attacks in August and September towards the regions in Sinjar where majority of the population were Yazidis and Kobane where Syrian Kurds were living led thousands of peoples to leave their homelands to save their lives. (suite…)
Native-Immigrant Gaps in Educational and School-to-Work Transitions in the Second Generation: The Role of Gender and Ethnicity 24 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Immigration.Tags: Belgium, educational attainment, Frank Heiland, gender differentials, IZA Discussion Paper, Sanders Korenman, school-to-work transitions, Second generation migrants, Stijn Baert, Turkish migrants
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IZA Discussion Paper (Institute for the Study of Labor) No. 8752, December 2014
Stijn Baert, Frank Heiland, Sanders Korenman *
We study how native-immigrant (second generation) differences in educational trajectories and school-to-work transitions vary by gender. (suite…)
The New Russo-Turkish Pipeline: A New Chance for Nabucco West? 23 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Caspian Center for Energy and Environment, CCEE Policy Brief, Nabucco, South Stream, Ugur Ertas
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CCEE Policy Brief Series, No. 11, December 2014
Caspian Center for Energy and Environment (CCEE) of ADA University
Ugur Ertas *
Over the past decade, economic and political developments in Eurasia have affected energy dynamics in both expected and unexpected ways. (suite…)
Regional Refugee & Resilience Plan 2015-16: Turkey 22 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: refugees, Syria
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The 3RP (The Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan) December 2014
UNDP & UNHCR
The overall protection and assistance response in Turkey is firmly run by the Government. Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, Turkey established an efficient emergency response and declared a temporary protection regime for Syrian refugees (suite…)
Turkey’s Visa Free Travel Process with the EU: Trap or Gift? 20 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Diba Nigar Göksel, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Visa liberalisation, visa-free travel
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, December 19, 2014
Diba Nigar Göksel *
The prospect of Turkish citizens traveling to the EU without a visa in a few years stands out as one of the only viable short-term goals to mobilize around in Turkey’s EU integration track. (suite…)
Turkey/GCC economic relations 18 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Dorothée Schmid, Foreign direct investment (FDI), Free Trade Agreements, Gulf Cooperation Council, Gulf states, IFRI, Institut français des relations internationales, Jules Subervie
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Notes franco-turques (IFRI) n° 12, December 2014
Dorothée Schmid & Jules Subervie
Over the last decade, Turkey has decisively worked on reviving and improving relations with its Arab partners. (suite…)
Should the EU suspend Turkey’s accession negotiations? 17 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Andrew Duff, Elcano Royal Institute, Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos, Turkey’s EU accession process, William Chislett
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Expert Comment (The Elcano Royal Institute) 69/2014, 17 December 2014
Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos
William Chislett *
The arrest of Turkish journalists, media executives and even the scriptwriter of a popular television series, ostensibly for ‘forming, leading and being a member of an armed terrorist organisation’, brought a swift rebuke from the European Commission and raised the question of whether Turkey’s EU painfully slow accession negotiations should be suspended. (suite…)
Turkey Promotes Religious Schools, Often Defying Parents 17 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Education, imam hatip
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The New York Times (USA) Wednesday, December 17, 2014, p. A6
By Ceylan Yeginsu, Istanbul
When Semra dropped off her 13-year-old daughter for the first day of high school, she had to fight back tears as she entered the dimly lit basement classroom, brightened by the red of the girls’ head scarves and the walls emblazoned with Quranic verses written in Arabic script. (suite…)
Coup Trial Kicks Off in Turkey 17 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Besiktas, Gezi Park
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The Wall Street Journal Europe (USA) Wednesday, December 17, 2014, p. 7
By Joe Parkinson and Emre Peker
Istanbul — Turkish soccer fans who participated in antigovernment protests last year went on trial Tuesday, charged with plotting a coup, in the latest sign of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s crackdown against his political opponents. (suite…)
Le pion gazier suisse avance 17 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Russia / Russie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Bulgarie, gazoduc, Nabucco, South Stream, Suisse, TANAP, TAP, Trans Adriatic Pipeline
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Tribune de Genève (Suisse) mercredi 17 décembre 2014, p. 9
Thomas Thöni, Zurich
Le gazoduc soutenu par la Suisse reste le dernier en lice à joindre l’Europe par le sud. En visite à Ankara début décembre pour approfondir des liens toujours plus étroits avec la Turquie, le président russe Vladimir Poutine a indiqué qu’il ne pouvait pas, « en l’état » , poursuivre la construction de South Stream. (suite…)
Russo-Turkish ties grow closer as Erdogan and Putin look to national legacies 17 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, bilateral relations, George N. Tzogopoulos, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, South Stream, Vladimir Putin
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Global Times (China) December 17, 2014, p. 16
By George N. Tzogopoulos *
Relations between Russia and Turkey have seen a steady improvement in the last years. The recent visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Ankara and his meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan highlighted the possibility for closer bilateral collaboration in the future. (suite…)
Arrestation de journalistes : Erdogan défie l’Europe 16 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Dorothée Schmid, Fethullah Gülen, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Les Echos (France) no. 21836, mardi 16 décembre 2014, p. 10
Yves Bourdillon
Le régime turc dit vouloir empêcher un complot de la confrérie Gülen. Vives critiques, y compris de proches du pouvoir, après 27 arrestations. (suite…)
Erdogan crackdown targets soap opera 16 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Fethullah Gülen, press, press freedom, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, soap opera
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Financial Times (UK) 16 December 2014, p. 1 & 10
By Daniel Dombey in Istanbul and Funja Guler in Ankara
A battle between Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and former-ally-turned-foe Fethullah Gulen took a dramatic turn with the arrest of police officers, media figures and soap opera scriptwriters. (suite…)
Turkish politics: Raids and rivalry? 15 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Abdullah Bozkurt, Fadi Hakura, Fethullah Gülen, Galip Dalay, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Al Jazeera (Qatar) December 15, 2014
Inside Story
Police officers and journalists linked to influential cleric Fethullah Gulen are arrested in nationwide raids. (suite…)
ACTURCA 
Turkey, Syria and Saving the PKK Peace Process 19 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: GTE Commentary, Hugh Pope, Istituto Affari Internazionali, peace process, PKK, Syria
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 21, December 2014, 4. p.
by Hugh Pope *
The Turkey-PKK peace process is still a rare spot of hope in the Middle East and the dangers of a Syrian spillover have underlined how many shared interests Turkey and Turkey’s Kurds have in overcoming inertia in the talks. (suite…)