L’armée s’invite dans la crise politique turque 4 janvier 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: armée, Ergenekon, Fethullah Gülen, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Le Figaro (France) no. 21590, samedi 4 janvier 2014, p. 6
Laure Marchand, Istanbul
L’état-major réclame de nouveaux procès au gouvernement islamiste de Recep Erdogan, affaibli par les scandales. (suite…)
Turkey and the army: Military meddles 28 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Ergenekon, Kenan Evren, military coup, Necmettin Erbakan, sledgehammer, Turkey
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The Economist (UK) no. 950
Saturday, April 28, 2012
The battle with the AK government continues. When the generals toppled modern Turkey’s first Islamist-led government in 1997, they said the fight against Islamic fundamentalism would last « a thousand years ». (suite…)
Shadow force grows in Turkey 18 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ahmet Şık, Ergenekon, Fethullah Gülen, freedom of expression, Hanefi Avci, Islam, journalist, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey / Turquie
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International Herald Tribune (USA) Wednesday, April 18, 2012, p. 1
By Dan Bilefsky And Sebnem Arsu, Istanbul
When Ahmet Sik was jailed last year on charges of plotting to overthrow the government, he had little doubt that a secretive movement linked to a reclusive imam living in the United States was behind his arrest. (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…)
Jailed Turkish general stays fit for court battle 27 février 2012
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Ergenekon, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkish Armed Forces, İlker Başbuğ
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Reuters (UK) Monday, February 27, 2012
By Can Sezer and Ece Toksabay, Istanbul
General Ilker Basbug, the former head of Turkey’s armed forces, said military discipline has helped him adapt to prison life, but he still cannot accept the idea that he stands accused of being the leader of a terrorist group. (suite…)
Turkey’s political in-fighting: Erdogan at bay 25 février 2012
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Ataturk, Ergenekon, Fethullah Gülen, History / Histoire, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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The Economist (UK) February 25, 2012, p. 35-36
Ankara
The Turkish prime minister faces new enemies both at home and abroad. (suite…)
1000 Days 9 décembre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ahmet Şık, conviction, détention, Derya Sazak, Ergenekon, European Court of Human Rights, freedom of expression, Isil Karakas, journalist, judge, Mustafa Balbay, Nedim Şener, press, Turkey / Turquie
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BBC Monitoring Europe (UK) December 9, 2011 Friday Türkçe
by Derya Sazak, Milliyet, 1 December 2011
ECHR [European Court of Human Rights] Judge Isil Karakas has declared that Turkey has faced more convictions than any other country for « violations » associated with long detention periods and the freedoms of expression and the press, adding that Turkey is the worst state (suite…)
Is Turkey using the courts to silence critics? 24 novembre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ahmet Şık, Ergenekon, freedom of expression, journalist, Nedim Şener, Pelin Turgut, press, Turkey / Turquie
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Time.com (USA) Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011
By Pelin Turgut, Istanbul
Nine months after they were first detained, two well-known and internationally acclaimed Turkish investigative journalists finally appeared before a judge on Tuesday in a trial that has become a rallying point for critics of Turkey’s curbs on freedom of expression. (suite…)
Manifestation pour la liberté de la presse à Istanbul 20 septembre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ahmet Şık, Ergenekon, Istanbul, journaliste, Nedim Şener, presse, Turkey / Turquie
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Le Monde (France) mardi 20 septembre 2011, p. 8
Guillaume Perrier, Istanbul Correspondance
Deux journalistes turcs emprisonnés depuis six mois seront jugés en novembre (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…)
Acturca Journal Watch April 2010 30 avril 2010
Posted by Acturca in Academic / Académique, Acturca Journal Watch, Art-Culture, Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, EU / UE, France, History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Religion, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: A. Akpinar, A. Sözen, Adel Abusara, AKP, Alper Kaliber, Arzu Ispalar Cahantimur, Arzu Tektas, Asli Deniz Helvacioglu Kuyucu, Ayşen Celen Öztürk, bilateral relations, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Bulgarie, Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, Contemporary Arab Affairs, Critical Studies on Terrorism, Critique internationale, Dario D'Urso, Defence and Peace Economics, Didier Billion, Diogo Noivo, Dorothée Schmid, Emmanuel Auber, Energy Sources, Environment and Urbanization, Ergenekon, Eskisehir, EU, EU / UE, EU enlargement, EU membership, Euro-scepticism, foreign policy, France, geopolitics, H. S. Yücesu, Hamit Bozarslan, History / Histoire, India, International Migration, Iran, Israël, Journal of Agrarian Change, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, K. Kaygusuz, Khair El-Din Haseeb, La Revue internationale et stratégique, Lex Localis, M. Atak, M. T. Çakir, M. Yilmaz, M. İ. Kömürcü, Mete Feridun, Muhammad Shahbaz, Nadège Ragaru, Nathalie Tocci, Nicolas Sarkozy, nuclear policy, Nur Bolat, Pierre Razoux, Political Psychology, politique étrangère, Portuguese Journal of International Affairs, Quaderni di Relazioni Internazionali, Rengin Beceren Öztürk, Revue politique et parlementaire, Rezarta Bilali, S. Gülden Ayman, Sabri Sayari, Sebnem Köser Akçapar, Security Dialogue, Sevtap Demirci, Sezer Ozcan, Srirupa Roy, Stephen F. Larrabee, Survival, T. Uslu, Terrorism and Political Violence, Tim Jacoby, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU, USA, Western Balkans Security Observer, Zana Çıtak, Zülküf Aydin
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Acturca Journal and Periodical Review, April 2010
Compiled by Ozan Yigitkeskin
Acturca Journal Watch monitors leading scholarly journals for articles of particular interest to scholars of diplomacy, foreign relations, and international history on Turkey. It is updated monthly. (suite…)
L’armée turque accusée de putsch 17 juin 2009
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, armée, Ergenekon, Fethullah Gülen, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey / Turquie
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Le Temps (Suisse), 17 juin 2009
Delphine Nerbollier, Istanbul
Les médias dénoncent une tentative de déstabilisation politique. L’armée turque a-t-elle projeté de faire tomber le gouvernement ? (suite…)
Turkey’s secret power brokers 21 mars 2009
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Deep State, Ergenekon, Soner Cagaptay, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Newsweek International Edition, Mar 30, 2009
Soner Cagaptay *
The Islamists aren’t getting rid of Turkey’s shady Deep State, but replacing it with one of their own. Conspiracy theories have been popular in the former Ottoman Empire ever since the 19th century, when Turkey became a pawn in Great Power games. (suite…)
La fête du Nevrouz 20 mars 2009
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ergenekon, History / Histoire, Nevrouz, Turkey / Turquie
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Anadolu Agency (Turquie)
20 mars 2009, Ankara
La Turquie, tous les pays turcophones et l’Iran sont entrés dans la période de la fête du Nevrouz, mot provenant du persan, « Nev » (Nouveau) et « Ruz » (Jour) signifiant « jour nouveau » et qui est célébré comme le nouvel an chez les Turcs d’Asie Centrale et les Iraniens. (suite…)
Turchia: il peso delle elezioni amministrative 12 mars 2009
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, CHP, DTP, elezioni amministrative, Ergenekon, Stefano Torelli, Turchia, Turkey / Turquie
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Equilibri.net (Italia), 12 marzo 2009
Stefano Torelli
Situazione. Il prossimo 29 marzo si terranno le elezioni per il rinnovo delle amministrazioni locali turche, in carica per 5 anni. Negli ultimi due anni la popolarità del Primo Ministro Recep Tayyip Erdogan e del suo Partito per la Giustizia e lo Sviluppo (AKP) è sembrata essere in calo, per effetto congiunto delle controversie di carattere interno e della crisi economica internazionale. (suite…)
L’affaire Ergenekon continue de secouer la Turquie 27 janvier 2009
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Ergenekon, Ibrahim Sahin, Turkey / Turquie, Zekeriya Öz
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Le Monde (France), 27 janvier 2009, p. 7
Guillaume Perrier
La justice a lancé un nouveau coup de filet contre des policiers et des militaires soupçonnés d’avoir voulu déstabiliser l’Etat (suite…)
En Turquie, le procès du réseau » Ergenekon » s’ouvre dans une atmosphère électrique 22 octobre 2008
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: coup d'État, Ergenekon, Turkey / Turquie, Zekeriya Öz
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Le Monde (France), 22 octobre 2008, p. 9
Guillaume Perrier
Accusés d’avoir préparé un coup d’Etat contre le gouvernement, 86 ex-militaires et civils comparaissent devant la cour transférée dans la prison de Silivri, près d’Istanbul (suite…)
Ergenekon, le procès qui passionne les Turcs 22 octobre 2008
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: coup d'État, Ergenekon, Susurluk, Turkey / Turquie
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L’Humanité (France), 22 octobre 2008, p. 15
Françoise Germain-Robin
Des militaires, journalistes, universitaires, ultranationalistes et mafieux membres d’un réseau clandestin sont accusés d’assassinats et de tentatives de coup d’État. (suite…)
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