Turkey and the U.S.: The Longest Two Years of the Relations 25 juin 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: bilateral relations, Egypt, Iraq, Kılıç Buğra Kanat, SETA, Syria
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Analysis (SETA) June 2015, No. 16
SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research
Kilic Bugra Kanat
This paper explores the ups and downs of Turkish-American relations since 2003 and seeks to explain why these last two years have brought serious strain on the Ankara-Washington relationship. (suite…)
What Turkey’s elections say about the Turkish people 18 juin 2015
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Egypt, Gulf Cooperation Council, Mohammad Hassan Al Harbi, Muslim Brotherhood, parliamentary elections, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria
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Gulf News (UAE) 17 June 2015, p. A3
By Mohammad Hassan Al Harbi *, Special to Gulf News
The nation’s priorities continue to be the same despite a change in the ruling party’s fortunes as it remains a state of institutions. (suite…)
Turkey and Egypt’s Great Game in the Middle East 8 mars 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Egypt, Marc Sievers, Soner Cagaptay
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Foreign Affairs (Council on Foreign Relations) March 8, 2015
By Soner Cagaptay and Marc Sievers *
The chaos in the Middle East has tested many relationships, not least the one between Egypt and Turkey. Shortly after the fall of Hosni Mubarak in 2011, Turkey became one of Egypt’s chief regional supporters. (suite…)
Turkey’s Policy towards Egypt and Its Deepening Isolation in the East Mediterranean 7 mars 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, Pinar Elman, PISM, Polish Institute of International Affairs
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Bulletin PISM, no 25 (757), 3 March 2015
The Polish Institute of International Affairs
Pinar Elman *
In denouncing the current Egyptian government, Turkey has become further isolated in the regional arena, especially after Qatar started shifting its position on Egypt towards one more favourable. (suite…)
It is Time for Turkey to Fix its Relations with Egypt 13 février 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Egypt, Mehmet Yegin, Osman Bahadır Dinçer
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, February 13, 2015
Osman Bahadır Dinçer & Mehmet Yegin *
This piece examines the negative consequences of Turkey’s present relations with Egypt and offers potential policy options that could be employed to repair the dire state of relations, which would be exceedingly difficult, if not impossible under the current circumstances. (suite…)
The Lost Cause 29 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Egypt, Fehim Tastekin, foreign policy, Hamas, Iran, Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar, Syria
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BBC Monitoring Europe (UK) Monday, December 29, 2014 Türkçe
by Fehim Tastekin, Text of report by Turkish newspaper Radikal website on 26 Dec.
With the basis of the partnership with Qatar beginning to wither away, it is becoming more difficult for Turkey to continue, in its current form, its Egypt policy, which it had virtually made sacred with the « Rabia » hand gesture (suite…)
Turkish Clout In Middle East At Low Point 3 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Egypt, foreign policy, Israël, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria
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The Wall Street Journal Europe (USA) November 3, 2014, p. 10
By Yaroslav Trofimov, Istanbul
Not so long ago, a confident Turkey behaved as a natural leader of the Middle East, with friendly Islamist regimes mushrooming amid the rubble of the Arab Spring and its leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, mobbed by adulating crowds whenever he stepped on Arab soil. (suite…)
In the eastern Mediterranean, energy alone cannot improve security relationships 2 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient.Tags: Allison Good, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, Greece, Israël, Jordan
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Jerusalem Post (Israel) Thursday, October 2, 2014, p. 16
By Allison Good *
Recent developments indicate that a new Eastern Mediterranean framework including Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Egypt is forming. (suite…)
Turkey-Egypt Relations: Incentives to Normalize 23 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: bilateral relations, diplomacy, Egypt, GPoT Center, Omar Sheira, Turkey
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GPoT Policy Brief (GPoT Center) No. 40, September 2014, 14 p.
By Omar Sheira *
The 2011 Arab uprisings marked a turning point for Turkey’s foreign policy toward the Middle East. When the protests erupted in Egypt, former Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan became the first leader to voice support for former President Hosni Mubarak’s immediate resignation. (suite…)
Turkey Open to Bids for Refuge by Muslim Brotherhood Exiles 16 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar
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The New York Times (USA) Tuesday, September 16, 2014, p. A 11
By Sebnem Arsu,Istanbul
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said on Monday that several exiled leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood who fled to Qatar but lately have come under pressure to leave that Persian Gulf monarchy could perhaps find a new refuge in his country. (suite…)
Turkey’s Middle-East Dream Becomes a Nightmare 4 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Ahmet Davutoglu, AKP, Egypt, foreign policy, Iran, Iraq, Muslim Brotherhood, Soner Cagaptay, Syria
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The Wall Street Journal Europe (USA) September 4, 2014, p. 13
By Soner Cagaptay *
Ankara’s efforts to become a regional power player have backfired. It’s time to renew old partnerships instead. (suite…)
Washington’s Turkey Conundrum 13 janvier 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: AKP, Bayram Balci, Egypt, Fethullah Gülen, Gulen movement, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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The National Interest (USA) January 13, 2014
Bayram Balci *
Turkey’s authoritarian drift is undoubtedly complicating relations with the United States. However, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan remains one of the most tolerable heads of state in the region and Washington should not allow this to undermine an invaluable alliance. (suite…)
The Roots of Turkish Conduct: Understanding the Evolution of Turkish Policy in the Middle East 18 décembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Aaron Lobel, AKP, Bipartisan Policy Center, Egypt, Eric S. Edelman, foreign policy, Iran, Michael Makovsky, Svante E. Cornell, Syria
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Report (BPC) December 2013, 90 p.
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)
Eric S. Edelman, Svante E. Cornell, Aaron Lobel, Michael Makovsky *
Amid recent upheaval in the Middle East, American policymakers have often turned to Turkey as an important partner that shared many U.S. interests. This perception of Turkey is based primarily on history. For the half-century of the Cold War, and for a decade afterward, Turkey was a stalwart U.S. ally. (suite…)
Islamism, Electoral Hegemony, and Democracy: Lessons from Turkey, Egypt, and Tunisia 16 décembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, democracy, E. Fuat Keyman, Egypt, elections, Islamism, Sebnem Gumuscu, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Tunisia
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, December 16, 2013
Sebnem Gumuscu & E. Fuat Keyman *
Widespread popular protests and the military coup in Egypt in the summer of 2013 and the sustained political turmoil in Tunisia have not only exemplified the tumultuous course of the Arab Spring but they have also reignited the debate on the compatibility of Islam and democracy. (suite…)
Turkey, Its Allies Struggling, Tempers Ambitions to Lead Region 22 novembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Egypt, foreign policy, Iran, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria
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The New York Times (USA) Friday, November 22, 2013, p. A 10
By Tim Arango, Ankara (Turkey)
As Egypt’s Islamist demonstrators faced an imminent confrontation with security forces in Cairo last summer, the advice they received from Turkish officials was adamant: Stand your ground. (suite…)
In Turkey, an Inevitable Shift in Foreign Policy 15 octobre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Egypt, foreign policy, Iran
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Stratfor (USA)
October 14, 2013
Summary. Turkey’s Middle East policy under the ruling Justice and Development Party has broadly focused on two ambitious objectives: deepening influence in the Arab world through the empowerment of moderate Sunni Islamist forces and a visibly antagonistic relationship with Israel, and using political and economic appeasement to contain Kurdish separatism. (suite…)
Turkey ploughs own furrow as Mideast and EU ties worsen 27 septembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Egypt, foreign policy, Syria
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Financial Times (UK) 27 September 2013, p. 4
By Daniel Dombey in Istanbul
For years, the overarching question about Turkey was whether the country would become more at home in the Middle East or instead continue its decades-long journey towards European standards. (suite…)
Deceived by Democracy 19 septembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, democracy, Egypt, Gezi Park, Muslim Brotherhood, political Islam, Sinan Ülgen
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Today’s Zaman (Turkey) 19 September 2013, p. 14
Sinan Ülgen *, Istanbul
Popular protests in Turkey last May, together with the recent ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, have reinvigorated debate about political Islam’s compatibility with democracy. (suite…)
Analysis: Turkey’s ‘worthy solitude’ sidelines Erdogan in Middle East 18 septembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: diplomacy, Egypt, foreign policy, Ibrahim Kalin, Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sinan Ülgen, Soner Cagaptay, Turkey
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Reuters (UK) September 18, 2013
By Nick Tattersall, Istanbul
Clinging to calls for military action in Syria and wedded to his backing for Egypt’s ousted Islamist president, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan cuts an increasingly lonely figure in a region whose future he still hopes to help shape. (suite…)
Egypt-Turkey-Kurds 16 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Egypt, Kurds, Michael Werz, Muslim Brotherhood, Soner Cagaptay, Turkey
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Voice of America (VOA) August 16, 2013
Encounter
From Tunisia to Egypt, the “Arab Spring” uprisings ousted autocrats and catapulted several Islamist movements to positions of power. (suite…)
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