Democracy in Crisis: Corruption, Media, and Power in Turkey 3 février 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Andrew Finkel, Carla Anne Robbins, Civil Society, corruption, David J. Kramer, democracy, Freedom House, freedom of expression, human rights, Internet Freedom, Media Freedom, Nate Schenkkan, press freedom, Rule of Law, Susan Corke
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Special Report (Freedom House) February 3, 2014 Türkçe
Susan Corke, Andrew Finkel, David J. Kramer, Carla Anne Robbins, Nate Schenkkan
Turkey’s government is improperly using its leverage over media to limit public debate about government actions and punish journalists and media owners who dispute government claims, deepening the country’s political and social polarization, Freedom House concludes in a report issued on February 3. (suite…)
Viewpoint: What now for Turkey’s ruling party? 31 octobre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Andrew Finkel, Middle East, Turkey
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BBC (UK) 31 October 2012
By Andrew Finkel *, Istanbul
It is 10 years since Turkey’s newly formed Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power after a period of economic crisis. The centrist Islamic party has overseen a decade of transformation – but can it continue to hold on to power? (suite…)
Competing interests in push for new metropolis 17 octobre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Andrew Finkel, Istanbul, Turkey
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Financial Times (UK) Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Special Report : Istanbul: Business & Finance, p. 4
By Andrew Finkel *
To some, it is less a carbuncle and more a vicious scar across the historic skyline of Istanbul. To others, the bridge, now being built across the landmark Golden Horn, is the price that has to be paid by a city whose population has doubled over the past two decades to about 15m. (suite…)
Lessons from Ottoman past risk falling on deaf ears 25 juin 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ahmet Davutoglu, Andrew Finkel, foreign policy, History, Middle East, Ottoman Empire
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Financial Times (UK) FT Report-Turkey, June 25, 2012, p. 3
By Andrew Finkel *
It was certainly a sword-and-spear spectacular – replete with cauldrons of molten pitch and computer-enhanced biceps – but was it also an allegorical tale of eurozone decline? (suite…)
Turkey’s muzzled muckrakers 6 mai 2011
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Andrew Finkel, Ergenekon, freedom of expression, press, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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International Herald Tribune, Friday, May 6, 2011, p. 8
By Andrew Finkel *, Istanbul
Imagine if back in the days of Watergate, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein had been put on trial for being part of the very conspiracy they were trying to uncover. Then suppose a large section of the Washington press corps proceeded to pat federal prosecutors on the back for a job well done. (suite…)
Polarisation et détente 1 septembre 2008
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Andrew Finkel, armée, Cour constitutionnelle, islamique, Turkey / Turquie
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Le Monde Diplomatique (France), 1 septembre 2008
Supplément Turquie
Andrew Finkel
Au-delà de ses fortes tensions politiques internes, dont a témoigné la crise qui, en juillet, a opposé la formation au pouvoir, le Parti de la justice et du développement (AKP), à la Cour constitutionnelle, la Turquie s’affiche comme un pays majeur de la zone économique européenne. (suite…)
Turkey told ‘buy a ticket’ — repeal 301 8 octobre 2007
Posted by Acturca in Academic / Académique, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Andrew Finkel, Bosphorus Conference, Carl Bildt, Centre for European Reform, TESEV, Turkey / Turquie, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation
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Today’s Zaman (Turkey), 8 October 2007by Andrew Finkel
There is the old saw about the man who prayed to God every day to win the lottery. Years went by. His patience wore thin until one day it finally it snapped. (suite…)
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