Turkey And EU At Crossroads – Analysis 31 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Nathalie Tocci, Turkey’s EU accession process
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Eurasia Review, Saturday, January 31, 2015
By Nathalie Tocci *
Since the turn of the century, Turkey has been accepted as a candidate for European Union membership. But after the opening of accession negotiations in 2005, the momentum in Turkey’s EU accession process was lost. (suite…)
Truculences turques 30 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, Books / Livres, France, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Altan Gökalp, Karagöz, théâtre d'ombres, Timour Muhidine
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Le Monde (France) vendredi 30 janvier 2015, p. LIV5
Monde des livres ~ Littérature Critiques
Eglal Errera
Dans l’Istanbul de l’Empire ottoman, du temps où les nuits du ramadan s’apparentaient à un carnaval en liesse, un divertissement impertinent et grivois faisait particulièrement recette. (suite…)
Turkey, Iran ties built on compromise 30 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: diplomacy, Iran, Safavid Empire
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The Daily Star (Lebanon) Friday, January 30, 2015, p. 7
Gareth Smyth *
A Turkish diplomat in Tehran once told me the ambassador’s residence had several centuries earlier been a dowry gift of a princess in a dynastic marriage linking the Ottomans and Safavids. (suite…)
Turkey and Iran: Preserving a lucrative partnership 29 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, bilateral relations, foreign policy, Iran, ISIS, nuclear, Syria, Ziya Meral
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Gulf Analysis (European Council on Foreign Relations) December 2014, pp. 16-19
Post-Nuclear: The future for Iran in its neighbourhood (Fatima Ayub)
Ziya Meral *
Turkey and Iran have once again found themselves facing parallel challenges in the form of the group that calls itself Islamic State (here ISIS) and its implications for both countries’ security policies as well as interests in Syria and Iraq. (suite…)
Time for Realism: The Need to Refocus Turkish-Western Cooperation 28 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Emiliano Alessandri, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, January 28, 2015
Emiliano Alessandri *
While failures in areas ranging from democratization to foreign policy have taken place in Turkey, over the same period the European Union nearly collapsed and the Middle East plunged into chaos. (suite…)
Turquie. Quelle est la relation d’Ankara aux pays européens ? 27 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Didier Billion, IRIS
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France Culture (Radio France) 27 janvier 2015
Les Enjeux internationaux
par Thierry Garcin
Les autorités croient-elles encore à la possibilité d’une adhésion, même à long terme ? Pourquoi les dirigeants multiplient-ils les déclarations et les décisions les plus provocatrices (sur la femme, sur la liberté de la presse, sur les réseaux sociaux, etc.) ? (suite…)
Pierini: Turkish rule of law rolled back, away from EU standards 26 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: interview, Marc Pierini, Turkey’s EU accession process
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Today’s Zaman (Turkey) Monday, January 26, 2015, p. 6
Yonca Poyraz Doğan, Istanbul
As Turkey’s rule of law has been rolling back, there is also a discrepancy between what the leaders of Turkey say about their intentions for accession to the European Union and what the reality is, said this week’s guest for Monday Talk. (suite…)
Turbulences politiques régionales : la Turquie prise au piège ? 24 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Anne Hagood, État islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL), Didier Billion, gouvernement régional du Kurdistan, Irak, IRIS, Kadri Gürsel, Observatoire de la Turquie et de son environnement géopolitique, Syrie
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Observatoire de la Turquie et de son environnement géopolitique (IRIS) Janv. 2015
Séminaire avec Kadri Gürsel et Anne Hagood , animé par Didier Billion *
La Turquie est fréquemment vilipendée par de nombreux médias occidentaux pour son « double » ou « triple jeu » à l’égard de l’organisation État islamique/Daesh, et des combats qui se poursuivent autour de Kobané depuis la mi ‐ septembre. (suite…)
EU Official Raps Russia Gas Plan 23 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: gas pipeline, Maros Sefcovic, South Stream
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The Wall Street Journal Europe (USA) Friday-Sunday, January 23-25, 2015, p. 8
By Stephen Fidler in Davos, Switzerland, and Gabriele Steinhauser in Brussels
Maros Sefcovic Says a Pipeline From Russia Through Turkey Wouldn’t Have Enough Demand. (suite…)
South Stream Alternative Seen as Paper Tiger 22 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Russia / Russie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: gas pipeline, Gazprom, South Stream
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The Moscow Times (Russia) Thursday, January 22, 2015, p. 1
By Alexander Panin
Although officials in Moscow have trumpeted the cancellation of the South Stream natural gas pipeline as a major blow to Europe, energy analysts say that Russia’s alternatives are tenuous at best. (suite…)
Russia Presses Ahead With Plan for Gas Pipeline to Turkey 22 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: gas pipeline, Gazprom, South Stream
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The New York Times (USA) Thursday, January 22, 2015, p. B1
Stanley Reed reported from London and Sebnem Arsu from Istanbul.
London – President Vladimir V. Putin surprised the world in December when he aborted long-laid plans for a natural gas pipeline under the Black Sea to Europe, saying Russia would run pipes to Turkey instead. (suite…)
Is Turkey’s Energy Leadership Over Before It Began? 22 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: IPC-Mercator Policy Brief, Jörn Richert
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IPC-Mercator Policy Brief, January 2015
Jörn Richert *
A strategy is a tool for successful policy-making. It systematically connects means to political ends. A strategic vision integrates individual ends under an overarching ambition. (suite…)
Flood of jihadi volunteers to Syria is ‘unstoppable’ 22 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Ahmet Davutoglu, border, Iraq, ISIS, Syria
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The Independent (UK) Thursday, January 22, 2015, p. 1
Patrick Cockburn
Turkish PM’s warning raises prospect that Isis will remain in control of most of its seized territory. (suite…)
Does the cancellation of South Stream signal a fundamental reorientation of Russian gas export policy? 22 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: gas, gas pipeline, Jonathan Stern, Katja Yafimava, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Simon Pirani, South Stream
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Oxford Energy Comment (Oxford Institute for Energy Studies) January 2015
By Jonathan Stern, Simon Pirani, Katja Yafimava *
The cancellation of the South Stream gas pipeline across the Black Sea may signal a fundamental reorientation of Russian gas export policy. (suite…)
Six Months Away Yet So Near: The Forthcoming Elections in Turkey 21 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: corruption, elections, Ilter Turan, Kurds, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, January 21, 2015
Ilter Turan *
Turkey’s upcoming elections promise to be critical on several counts, among which three stand out. First is the Kurdish problem. (suite…)
Turkey’s Unconsolidated Democracy: The Nexus between Democratisation and Majoritarianism in Turkey 21 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: democracy, E. Fuat Keyman, GTE Policy Brief, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Meltem Müftüler-Baç
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GTE Policy Brief (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 19, January 2015
by Meltem Müftüler-Baç and E. Fuat Keyman *
A new era in Turkish politics seemed to have launched in 2002 when the Justice and Development Party (AKP) first came to power and has since then steadily increased its electoral support becoming the dominant party in Turkish politics. (suite…)
Pending Challenges in Turkey’s Judiciary 21 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: elections, Ergün Özbudun, GTE Policy Brief, Istituto Affari Internazionali, judiciary
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GTE Policy Brief (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 20, January 2015
by Ergun Özbudun *
This paper deals with the status of the judiciary in Turkey, specifically the composition and powers of the Constitutional Court and of the High Council Judges and Public Prosecutors (HSYK) and the measures pursued by the AKP government in changing these since the December 2013 crisis. (suite…)
The case for the Turkish-Israeli alliance 20 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: bilateral relations, Israël, Maxime Gauin, Serap Merve Dogan
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Jerusalem Post (Israel) Tuesday, January 20, 2015, p. 16
Serap Merve Dogan & Maxime Gauin *
As everybody knows, the once-flourishing Turkish-Israeli alliance has encountered serious problems during the past few years. To attempt to solve the issue, misunderstandings on both sides should be avoided. (suite…)
Aux élites musulmanes de créer une alternative libérale crédible 20 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Islam, Zafer Şenocak
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Le Monde (France) mardi 20 janvier 2015, p. 12
Débats ~ Un islam à réformer?
Par Zafer Şenocak *
Le débat intellectuel sur l’islam brille par son indigence. Il faut renouveler l’étude des textes traditionnels de la foi islamique en les confrontant au monde contemporain. (suite…)
France and Turkey in 100 percent cooperation: Envoy 19 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in France, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: bilateral relations, Charlie Hebdo, diplomacy, Laurent Bili
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Hürriyet Daily News (Turkey) January 19, 2015 p. 4
Barçın Yinanç, Istanbul
Paris is entirely happy with the level of cooperation it is receiving from Ankara on intelligence-sharing regarding extremist plots, according to France’s envoy to Turkey. (suite…)
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