Narrative power in Turkey 14 avril 2015
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Army, Dani Rodrik, democracy, Fethullah Gülen, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, sledgehammer
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The Jakarta Post (Indonesia) April 14, 2015, p. 6 Español Français Italiano
Dani Rodrik *
Until recently, the military was widely regarded as Turkish society’s most powerful and cohesive institution. (suite…)
Issues in Russia-Turkey Relations After Crimea 15 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Army, Black Sea, Crimea, Eurasia Daily Monitor, Maksym Bugriy, militar, military balance, The Jamestown Foundation, Ukraine
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Eurasia Daily Monitor (The Jamestown Foundation) Vol.11 Issue: 223, Dec 15, 2014
By Maksym Bugriy
On December 4, Major-General Oleksandr Rozmazninov, of Ukraine’s General Staff, reported a Russian deployment of the Iskander-M tactical missile system to Crimea. (suite…)
Turkey and its army: Erdogan and his generals 2 février 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Army, Fethullah Gülen, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
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The Economist (UK) no. 950
Saturday, February 2, 2013
The once all-powerful Turkish armed forces are cowed, if not quite impotent. Imagine a country with NATO’s second-largest army that counts Iraq, Iran and Syria as neighbours and is encircled by the Aegean, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean–but has nobody to command its navy. (suite…)
Turkish politics: A historic trial 29 septembre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Army, Cetin Dogan, Fethullah Gülen, sledgehammer
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The Economist (UK) no. 950, Saturday, September 29, 2012
Istanbul
The army condemned. Was justice served? The question has been raging ever since a special Istanbul security court on September 21st handed down sentences ranging from six to 20 years against 325 officers accused of seeking to overthrow Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s mildly Islamist Justice and Development (AK) party in 2003. (suite…)
The Turkish hammer of injustice 22 septembre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Army, Dani Rodrik, sledgehammer, Turkey
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The Washington Post (USA) September 22, 2012, p A17
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After a patently sham trial, a Turkish court on Friday handed down lengthy jail sentences to more than 300 military officers convicted of planning a coup, code-named Sledgehammer, in 2003. (suite…)
Top general’s court battle for honour divides Turks 28 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Army, Ergenekon, military coup, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkish Armed Forces, İlker Başbuğ
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Reuters (UK) Wed Mar 28, 2012
By Daren Butler and Ece Toksabay, Istanbul
Raising a clenched fist to supporters and storming at one point from the courtroom, former military chief Ilker Basbug has cut a defiant figure defending the army’s prestige at his trial for terrorism. But the extraordinary scenes have stirred mixed emotions among Turks and raised questions about the way a sprawling coup plot investigation is being handled. (suite…)
Will Israel soon be a client of Turkey’s army? 19 janvier 2011
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Army, Israël, Oyak, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Haaretz (Israel), 19.01.11
By Zvi Bar’el
The Turkish army is not just an army. Via its pension fund, Oyak, it also controls civilian businesses worth billions of dollars. Now, the government is trying to curtail its economic might. (suite…)
How a Turk became ‘spokesman’ for South Lebanon 6 janvier 2009
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Army, Beirut, Israël, Lebanon, Timor Goksel, Turkey / Turquie, UNIFIL
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The Daily Star (Lebanon), Tuesday, January 06, 2009
By Ilona Viczian, Beirut
Former Unifil stalwart Timor Goksel explains how he got here – and why he stays (suite…)
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