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…)
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