Turkey’s election: A milestone in the history of Turkish politics 18 juin 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, CHP, HDP, Iran, ISIS, Kurds, MHP, parliamentary elections, Syria
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Jerusalem Post (Israel) June 18, 2015, p. 13
By Delovan Barwari
Turkish politics has entered a new era. The outcome of the Turkish elections on June 7 was a milestone in the history of Turkish politics as the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) entered the parliament for the first time, exceeding the 10 percent threshold with 13.12% of the votes. (suite…)
After the Turkish Parliamentary Elections: Big Hopes, with Remaining Worries 14 juin 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Ceyhun Çiçekçi, CHP, foreign policy, Gallia Lindenstrauss, HDP, INSS, INSS Insight, Israël, MHP, parliamentary elections
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INSS Insight (Institute for National Security Studies) No. 709, June 14, 2015
Gallia Lindenstrauss & Ceyhun Çiçekçi *
Many in Turkey and abroad were surprised (and some also quite pleased) to see the setback suffered by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey’s June 7, 2015 parliamentary elections. (suite…)
En Turquie, une refonte de la vie politique est à nouveau possible 10 juin 2015
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ahmet Insel, AKP, élections législatives, CHP, HDP, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Le Monde (France) mercredi 10 juin 2015, p. 13
Par Ahmet Insel *
L’AKP, au pouvoir depuis treize ans, a perdu la majorité absolue au Parlement. L’ère de la toute-puissance d’Erdogan est révolue. (suite…)
The ‘New Turkey’ that was not in Erdogan’s plans: the aftermath of the critical June 2015 elections 10 juin 2015
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, CHP, HDP, MHP, parliamentary elections, Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, İlke Toygür
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Expert Comment (The Elcano Royal Institute) 41/2015, 10 June 2015
Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos
Ilke Toygür *
Turkey held parliamentary elections on 7 June 2015. They could have been like any other election if Turkey’s first directly-elected President and former Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had not decided to put the current regime to the test. (suite…)
Turkey opposition vows to build new ‘mega-city’ in Anatolia 22 mai 2015
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, CHP, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, mega-city, parliamentary elections
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Agence France Presse (AFP)
Thursday, May 21, 2015, Istanbul
Turkey’s main opposition party on Thursday unveiled a plan to build a new mega-city in the centre of the country, in a bid to outflank the ambitious infrastructure projects of the ruling party ahead of elections. (suite…)
In Turkey, Erdogan’s Election Rhetoric Draws Ire 18 mai 2015
Posted by Acturca in Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, CHP, HDP, parliamentary elections, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Voice of America News (USA) Monday, May 18, 2015
Jamie Dettmer, Istanbul
As campaigning for next month’s parliamentary poll heats up, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been pictured waving a Quran at an election rally and weeping during the reciting of an Islamic prayer, prompting opposition politicians to accuse him of breaking with the secular traditions of modern Turkey’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and enflaming religious passions. (suite…)
Turkey’s Economic Woes at Center of Election Campaign 12 mai 2015
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Ali Çarkoğlu, CHP, parliamentary elections
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Voice of America News (USA) Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Dorian Jones, Istanbul
Turkey received disappointing economic news Tuesday with an unexpected rise in the country’s current account deficit, caused by a severe fall in exports. (suite…)
Turkey’s June 7, 2015, Election Campaign Brings Changes 5 mai 2015
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, CHP, elections, HDP, Ilter Turan, MHP, parliamentary elections, policy brief, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
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Policy Brief (German Marshall Fund of the United States) May 5, 2015
Ilter Turan *
The governing AKParty, which has added to its share of the vote in each succeeding election since it first achieved power in 2002, is expected to experience a decline in the June 2015 parliamentary elections. (suite…)
Turkey’s 2015 Election Prospects 21 avril 2015
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, CHP, elections, HDP, MHP, political parties, presidential system, Rethink Institute
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Rethink Paper (Rethink Institute) No. 23, April 2015
Turkey Task Force
On Sunday, June 7, 2015, Turkish citizens are headed to the polls once again. The elections will be nationwide general elections for 550 seats in the Turkish Parliament. (suite…)
Revealing Trends in Turkey’s Presidential Election 8 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: AKP, CHP, Ege Cansu Sacikara, presidential election, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Soner Cagaptay, Talya Yuzucu, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
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Research Notes (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy) No. 23, September 2014
Soner Cagaptay with Ege Cansu Sacikara and Talya Yuzucu *
On August 10, Recep Tayyip Erdogan continued his prolific electoral run by collecting almost 52 percent of the vote in Turkey’s presidential poll, easily besting his chief rival, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, who represented the left-right CHP/MHP coalition. (suite…)
Présidentielle turque : chute ou apothéose d’Erdogan? L’opposition a ses chances 1 août 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, élection présidentielle, Bayram Balci, CHP, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Irak, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syrie
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Le Monde (France) vendredi 1 août 2014, p. 16
Bayram Balci *
Les 10 et 24 août, les Turcs éliront leur président de la République, et ce pour la première fois au suffrage universel direct, marquant la croissante présidentialisation de leur système politique. (suite…)
Turquie : changement de régime ? 18 juillet 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, élection présidentielle, CHP, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, HDP, MHP, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Samim Akgönül, Selahattin Demirtaş
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Libération (France) vendredi 18 juillet 2014, p. 22
Par Samim Akgönül *
La Turquie s’apprête à voter les 10 et 24 août lors d’une élection inédite où le président de la République sera élu au suffrage universel, à travers un scrutin à deux tours, mais vidé de sa substance. (suite…)
Presidential race highlights Erdogan’s reshaping of Turkish politics 30 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, CHP, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, HDP, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Selahattin Demirtaş
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Reuters World General News (UK) Monday, June 30, 2014
By Humeyra Pamuk and Jonny Hogg, Istanbul/Ankara
A quick glance at the emerging candidates for Turkey’s first direct presidential poll illustrates the dramatic change wrought in the country by Tayyip Erdogan’s 11-year premiership; an old secularist elite has yielded the stage to two men of Islamist pedigree and a third from a long-suppressed Kurdish minority. (suite…)
Rouhani visit to Ankara was timely and important, Turkish MP says 11 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, bilateral relations, CHP, Hasan Rouhani, Iran, Iraq, Osman Faruk Loğoğlu, Syria
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Tehran Times (Iran) Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Payman Yazdani
Turkish MP Osman Faruk Logoglu says Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Ankara was « timely and important ». Logoglu, the vice chairman of the Republican People’s Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi- CHP), also said, « Iran’s new drive under President Rouhani is earning the respect of the community of nations, near and far. » (suite…)
Turkish Disaster Shines Light on State Mining Ties 22 mai 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, CHP, coal, mining, Soma
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The Wall Street Journal Asia (USA) May 22, 2014, p. 6
By Ayla Albayrak and Joe Parkinson
Istanbul – This month’s mine disaster roiling Turkey is shining a light on the ruling party’s close ties to the industry, with opposition lawmakers accusing the government of allowing companies to get away with lax safety standards and low wages. (suite…)
Turkey’s Preventable Tragedy 21 mai 2014
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, CHP, mining, Ozgur Ozel, Parliament, Soma
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The International New York Times (USA) May 21, 2014
By Özgür Özel *
Manisa, Turkey — On the morning of May 13, Turkey finally woke up from its deep slumber on workplace safety — but at the cost of 301 lives. The subterranean fire last week at the Soma coal mine in western Turkey was the worst mining disaster in the country’s history. Hundreds of hardworking men in the district I represent are dead. And sadly, their deaths could have been prevented. (suite…)
Turkey’s opposition should rediscover its strengths 2 avril 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, CHP, local elections, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Financial Times (USA Ed) April 2, 2014, p. 9
By Kemal Dervis *
Officially, Turkish voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect municipal governments. But the ballot was also an informal referendum on the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister. His Justice and Development party, or AKP, took close to 45 per cent of the vote; the three main opposition parties took 51 per cent between them. (suite…)
Les marchés saluent la victoire de l’AKP en Turquie 1 avril 2014
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, élection locale, CHP, Dorothée Schmid, interview, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Les Echos (France) no. 21659, mardi 1 avril 2014, p. 9
Yves Bourdillon
La victoire d’Erdogan rassure les investisseurs.Règlement de comptes et stabilité économique. Ces deux éléments peuvent sembler contradictoires, mais pas pour le Premier ministre turc, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (suite…)
Erdogan joue quitte ou double 30 mars 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, élection locale, CHP, Fethullah Gülen, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Le Journal du Dimanche (France) 30 mars 2014, p. 12
Alexandre Duyck, envoyé spécial, Istanbul (Turquie)
Municipales : Istanbul, bataille capitale pour Erdogan 29 mars 2014
Posted by Acturca in Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, élection locale, BDP, CHP, MHP, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Libération (France) samedi 29 mars 2014, p. 16
Ragip Duran
Une alternance à gauche, dimanche, signerait le déclin de l’AKP, secoué par les scandales. Jamais, dans l’histoire récente de la Turquie, des élections municipales n’ont eu un tel enjeu. (suite…)
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