Turkey’s battle to join the EU 24 avril 2012
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The Times (Malta) Tuesday, April 24, 2012, p. 1-7
by Kurt Sansone
Turkey’s attempt to join the EU has stalled at the negotiation stage. Kurt Sansone tries to understand the difficulties between the country ‘where the sun sets’ and Europe. (suite…)
Une riche expérience d’intégration 24 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, France, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: EU / UE, France, Ozgür Yildiz, Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Service volontaire européen, Turkey / Turquie
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Sud Ouest (France) 24 avril 2012, p. Saintes ~ Saint-Jean-d’Angély-C2_11
Saint-Jean-d’Angély
Service Volontaire Européen. En résidence au Centre de culture européenne, le Turc Ozgür Yildiz a évoqué son parcours devant les élèves du lycée Audouin-Dubreuil. (suite…)
La bataille des gazoducs de la Caspienne 19 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Azerbaïdjan, EU / UE, gaz, gazoduc, Gulmira Rzayeva, Irak, Iran, ITGI, mer Caspienne, Nabucco, SEEP, TANAP, Turkey / Turquie
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Le Figaro (France) no. 21062, jeudi 19 avril 2012, p. 21
Fabrice Nodé-Langlois
Plusieurs projets de tubes sont en compétition pour acheminer vers l’Europe le gaz d’Azerbaïdjan, alternative aux ressources russes. Bakou veut garder le contrôle des réseaux, au détriment de Nabucco poussé par Bruxelles. (suite…)
Des Grecs tentent leur chance en Turquie 19 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, EU / UE, Immigration, Istanbul, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: EU / UE, Grèce, grec, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie
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La Croix (France) no. 39256, jeudi 19 avril 2012, p. 8
Delphine Nerbollier, Istanbul, de notre correspondante
L’essor économique du grand voisin turc commence à attirer des Grecs fuyant la crise. Malgré leurs pommes de discorde historiques, les deux pays entretiennent aujourd’hui des relations apaisées. (suite…)
Turkey’s economic contribution overlooked by the EU 18 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in Books / Livres, Economy / Economie, EU / UE, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Book Review, economy, EU, EU / UE, EU membership, Selen Sarisoy Guerin, Selim Kuneralp, Turkey-EU, Yannis Stivachtis
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EUobserver.com (Belgium) 18 April 2012
Selim Kuneralp *
On the Road to EU Membership: The Economic Transformation of Turkey. By Selen Sarisoy Guerin and Yannis Stivachtis (eds.). VUBPress; 302 pages; €37.74 (excl. VAT and shipping) at EUbookshop.com. (suite…)
La Turquie: puissance régionale ou modèle ? 16 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: conservatisme religieux, démocratie, Dominique Moïsi, EU / UE, Iran, Syrie, Turkey / Turquie
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Les Echos (France) no. 21166, lundi 16 avril 2012, p. 15
Dominique Moïsi *
Le sommet des Amis du peuple syrien, qui s’est tenu il y a deux semaines à Istanbul, celui sur l’Iran qui a eu lieu ce week-end, n’ont pu que confirmer la Turquie dans ses ambitions et ses interrogations. (suite…)
Syria’s Fate Will Be Determined By Turkey 16 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: EU / UE, foreign policy, Middle East, Neo-Ottomanism, Syria, Timothy Garton Ash, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, UK
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Spiegel-Online (Germany) April 14, 2012
By Maximilian Popp
Europe and the United States are delaying action in the Syria conflict — yielding the field to Turkey. Prime Minister Erdogan is presenting himself as a crisis manager, organizing aid for refugees and threatening to invoke NATO’s mutual defense clause. By doing so, Ankara is cementing its status as a major regional power in the Middle East. (suite…)
Turkey’s European Union membership or benefiting losers 16 avril 2012
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Newtimes.az (Azerbaijan)
April 16, 2012
This year April 14 marks 25 years of Turkey’s official application for the European Union membership. Over this period 15 new members joined the organization, 4 countries became candidates and candidacy of 4 more countries came up on agenda. (suite…)
Immigration : un mur aux portes de l’Europe 16 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, France, Immigration, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: EU / UE, France, Frontex, frontières, Grèce, immigration clandestine, Turkey / Turquie
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Le Monde (France) lundi 16 avril 2012, p. PEH3
Géo & Politique
Guillaume Perrier, Région d’Evros (frontière turco-grecque), envoyé spécial
26-27 avril | Réunion des ministres européens de l’intérieur à Luxembourg sur l’immigration clandestine. La Grèce tente d’endiguer l’afflux d’immigrés venant de Turquie, première porte d’entrée des clandestins dans la zone Schengen. (suite…)
Turkey: 25 years in EU’s waiting room 13 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Cengiz Aktar, Egemen Bagis, EU / UE, EU membership, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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Deutsche Welle (Germany) 13 April 2012 Deutsch Türkçe
Ayhan Simsek
A majority of Turks have lost confidence in the EU membership process. For the government it is still a worthwhile goal, but no longer indispensable. (suite…)
Sur le perron de l’Europe 12 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, EU / UE, Jean-Maurice Ripert, Serhat Güvenç, Turkey / Turquie
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Le Jeudi (Luxembourg) 12 avril 2012, p. 1
Olivier Tasch, à Istanbul et Ankara
La Turquie n’attend pas l’adhésion à l’UE pour avancer. (suite…)
Europe has left Syria to a distinctly Ottoman fate 12 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: EU / UE, Middle East, Syria, Timothy Garton Ash, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU
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The Guardian (UK) Thursday, April 12, 2012, p. 33
Timothy Garton Ash, Istanbul
There’s a moral case for intervention, but with the west reluctant, Turkey and other powers will be the ones to decide. (suite…)
Turks have right to free movement in EU – Turkish FM 2 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Ahmet Davutoglu, Cyprus, EU / UE, foreign policy, interview, Iran, Middle East, Turkey, Turkey-EU, visa
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Euronews, April 2, 2011 Français Türkçe
Interview
Bora Bayraktar
Ahmet Davutoglu is seen as the architect of the new Turkish foreign policy over the last decade. Political scientist and historian, he is often dubbed “the Turkish Kissinger”. (suite…)
Aphrodite’s Gift: Can Cypriot Gas Power a New Dialogue? 2 avril 2012
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Europe Report (International Crisis Group) N° 216, 26 p.
Nicosia/Istanbul/Brussels, 2 April 2012
Eastern Mediterranean tensions have risen since late 2011, when Greek Cypriots unilaterally began drilling in their rich offshore hydrocarbon reserves and Turkey responded with tough criticism and threatening naval manoeuvres. (suite…)
We are all Levantines now 1 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, France, History / Histoire, Immigration, Istanbul, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: EU / UE, France, History / Histoire, Istanbul, Levant, Levantine, Ottoman Empire, Philip Mansel, Turkey / Turquie
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Le Monde diplomatique – English edition (France) April 2012
by Philip Mansel *
The Levant, with its eastern Mediterranean trading cities that flourished thanks to the Franco-Ottoman alliance, was an economic and diplomatic experiment that pioneered a way of life all the world now understands. (suite…)
Rising Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean: Implications for Turkish Foreign Policy 31 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: bilateral relations, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Ebru Oğurlu, energy, EU, EU / UE, foreign policy, gas, Greece, IAI Working Papers, Israël, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, USA
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IAI Working Papers (Istituto Affari Internazionali) 12/4, March 2012, 14 p.
Ebru Oğurlu *
Over the last few years, the Eastern Mediterranean has been increasingly fraught with growing competition between regional players, most notably Turkey, Cyprus, and Israel, signalling an apparent return of power politics in regional relations. (suite…)
UE/Turquie: Les députés soulignent la nécessité d’un engagement mutuel 30 mars 2012
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Europolitique (Belgique) 30 mars 2012
Par Lénaïc Vaudin d’Imécourt
Les députés européens soulignent l’importance des relations UE-Turquie mais demandent aussi à Ankara d’appliquer un train de réformes pour améliorer les résultats positifs de l’interdépendance des deux régions. (suite…)
Greek crisis diminishes EU influence in Balkans 29 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, EU / UE, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Albania, Balkans, economy, EU, EU / UE, Greece, James Pettifer, Kosovar Liberation Army, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Deutsche Welle (Germany) 29 March 2012
Anila Shuka, Interview
The EU will see its sway wane in the Balkans as the Greek crisis persists, says an expert. Turkey looks likely to gain in influence, James Pettifer a Balkans expert from Oxford University told DW. (suite…)
Suisse/Turquie: deux pays indépendants en délicatesse avec l’UE 23 mars 2012
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AWP Swiss News
23 mars 2012, Istanbul
La Turquie doit remplir les standards européens, mais n’a plus forcément besoin d’adhérer à l’Union européenne (UE). A l’issue d’une mission économique dans la république, le conseiller fédéral Johann Schneider-Ammann a évoqué vendredi un certain parallélisme avec la Suisse. (suite…)
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