« Turkey must stop following foreign policy of the street » 5 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: AKP, bilateral relations, foreign policy, Volkan Vural
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Hürriyet Daily News (Turkey) Monday, January 5, 2015, p. 4
Barçın Yinanç, Istanbul
Conducting foreign policy is not a matter to be decided by the street, according to former Ambassador Volkan Vural. The ruling Justice and Development Party may have received 50 percent of the vote, but it has been hampered by pursuing foreign policy goals as if it also has the support of half the world, he says. (suite…)
La Russie et la Turquie face au piège de l’isolationnisme 5 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Dominique Moïsi, isolationnisme, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Vladimir Poutine
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Les Echos (France) no. 21848, lundi 5 janvier 2015, p. 12
Dominique Moïsi *
La dérive autoritaire de Poutine et d’Erdogan entraîne leurs pays respectifs dans une spirale dangereuse. S’ils rêvent de retrouver leur grandeur en s’opposant à l’Europe, ni l’un ni l’autre n’ont les moyens de leurs ambitions. (suite…)
ISIS has polarized Turkey domestically 5 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: ISIS, Syria
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The Daily Star (Lebanon) Monday, January 5, 2015, p. 7
Lauren Williams *
The war in Syria has not only tested Turkey’s economic and institutional ability to absorb 1.1 million refugees, but has also deepened latent tensions between secularists, leftists, Kurds and Islamists. (suite…)
Istanbul is slowly but surely getting on its bike 5 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: bike, cyclist, transport
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The National (UAE) Monday, January 5, 2015, p. 15
Jennifer Hattam *
Istanbul’s historic mosques and modern office towers often overlook a sea of traffic, as both population and car ownership rise rapidly in Turkey’s largest metropolis. (suite…)