Turkey, Europe and the Syrian Crisis: What Went Wrong? 13 septembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: conflicts, EU, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Middle East, Nathalie Tocci, Russia, Syria, Turkey, UN, UN Security Council, USA
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No.8, 13 September 2013, 3 p.
by Nathalie Tocci *
Syria should have united, not torn, Turkey and Europe apart. It should have led both sides to work together, and through closer foreign policy coordination, possibly rebuild part of that long-lost trust that is badly needed to re-launch the broader EU-Turkey agenda. (suite…)
Turkey’s E.U. Bid 25 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: EU, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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The New York Times (USA) Tuesday, June 25, 2013, p. A24
Editorial
For 26 years, Turkey has been angling for membership in the European Union, only to see its bid thwarted. Now, with the union on the verge of reviving talks on Turkey’s accession, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s (suite…)
Turkey’s growing security role: Where does NATO fit in? 20 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Bülent Meriç, Elmar Brok, EU, Giles Merritt, Jamie Shea, Middle East, NATO, NATO-EU, Security & Defence Agenda, Shada Islam, Syria, Transatlantic Cooperation, Turkey
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Security & Defence Agenda Report (SDA)
Thursday, 20 June 2013
At the SDA debate on Monday 3 June, speakers insisted that the turbulent regional scenario makes Turkey an essential global political actor, with Ankara looking to NATO and the EU for greater support in facing the multiple crises at its borders. (suite…)
Turkey and Georgia: Zero-Problems? 19 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Caucasus, Diba Nigar Göksel, EU, foreign policy, Georgia, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Turkey
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, June 19, 2013, 8 p.
Diba Nigar Göksel *
Over the past decade, relations between Turkey and Georgia have flourished on the political, economic, and geostrategic fronts. Nevertheless, underlying frictions have surfaced in the past year when Georgian parliamentary election campaigns highlighted Turko-skepticism among segments of the Georgian society. (suite…)
As Turkey clamps down, Europe recoils 13 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in France, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: EU, Germany, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Taksim, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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The International Herald Tribune (USA) Thursday, June 13, 2013, p. 4
Dan Bilefsky, Paris
New membership talks take a step backward even before they start. (suite…)
An Uncertain Road to Peace: Domestic and Regional Challenges in the Turkish-Kurdish Process 10 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Emanuela Pergolizzi, EU, Iraq, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurds, Syria, Turkey
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IAI Working Papers (Istituto Affari Internazionali) 13/18, 10 June 2013, 11 p.
by Emanuela Pergolizzi
After almost three decades of armed struggle, negotiations between the Turkish government and the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, offer a glimmer of hope to end Turkey’s most deadly conflict (suite…)
Turkey’s National Library to digitize cultural heritage 2 mai 2013
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, Books / Livres, EU / UE, History / Histoire, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: cultural heritage, EU, European Library, Europeana Newspapers Project, National Library of Turkey, Turkey
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Hurriyet Daily News (Turkey) Thursday, May 2 2013, p. 8
Ankara
Turkey will be sharing a total of 400,000 pages of its newspaper archive, including in both the Ottoman and Latin scripts, on the digital platform with a European Union program titled the ‘Europeana Newspapers Project.’ (suite…)
Western Balkans and Turkey Media and Freedom of Expression Fact-finding and Scoping Study 28 avril 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: EU, European Commission, freedom of expression, press freedom, Turkey, western balkans
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Framework Contract EuropeAid (European Commission) Nr. 2012/288659/1
September 2012 – April 2013, Final Report
Prepared by Particip
This report provides four sets of recommendations with close to forty detailed action proposals aiming at improving institutional capacities in the Western Balkans and Turkey to ensure media freedom and freedom of expression. (suite…)
Turkey’s Kurdish Gamble 16 avril 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: energy, EU, Iraq, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Kurdish regional government, Middle East, Nathalie Tocci, Syria, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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IAI Working Papers (Istituto Affari Internazionali) 13/10, April 2013, 8 p.
by Nathalie Tocci *
Turkish policies are currently bolstering the Kurdish Regional Government’s drift towards independence, a prospect thought unthinkable in Ankara only a few years ago. (suite…)
Verheugen: Europe cannot do it without Turkey 28 mars 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: EU, Guenter Verheugen, interview, Turkey-EU
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EurActiv.com, 28 March 2013 Türkçe
Interview by Samuel Doveri Vesterbye
The European Union needs Turkey if it is to succeed as a global player, former Commission vice-president Günter Verheugen tells EurActiv. (suite…)
Making Sense of Turkish-EU Relations in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring 28 mars 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Arab Spring, Bülent Aras, EU, foreign policy, GTE Policy Briefs, Istituto Affari Internazionali, MENA, Middle East, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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GTE Policy Briefs (Istituto Affari Internazionali) n. 8, 28 March 2013, 5 p.
by Bülent Aras *
Both the EU’s recognition of the importance of its value system and Turkey’s rediscovery of its European component in its foreign policy identity have occurred during a period of radical transformation in the Mediterranean region. (suite…)
To Cash In on Gas, Cyprus May Need to Sell to Turkey 28 mars 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, energy, EU, gas, Israël, Middle East, Turkey
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The New York Times (USA) March 28, 2013, p. B4
By James Kanter, Brussels
With its economy in tatters, Cyprus urgently needs to tap its natural gas deposits. But opening the spigot will force the easternmost member of the European Union to make the tough choices it has long been loath to confront. (suite…)
A New Business Model for Cyprus 27 mars 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Russia / Russie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Cyprus, EU, Greece, Javier Solana, Russia, Turkey
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Today’s Zaman (Turkey) 27 March 2013, p. 17 Español Français
Javier Solana *
Madrid – Once again, Europe has peered into the abyss. But the tentative agreement between Cyprus and the troika (the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Central Bank) probably means that the worst has been avoided. (suite…)
The Pivotal Relationship. German Doubts and the Turkish-EU Accession Process 14 mars 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: bilateral relations, Christian Altfuldisch, EU, EU enlargement, Gerald Knaus, Germany, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 7, 14 March 2013, 3 pages
by Gerald Knaus and Christian Altfuldisch *
Germany and Turkey have seen economic, cultural, and social ties grow ever closer throughout the 20th century. Given Germany’s position within the EU, and in particular on all issues related with EU enlargement, as well as its large Turkish diaspora (the largest in the world), it is the central actor when it comes to Turkey-EU relations. (suite…)
Turkey’s New Drive to Reenergize EU Accession: Moving Beyond the Suboptimal Equilibrium? 13 mars 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, EU, Turkey-EU, Şaban Kardaş
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, March 13, 2013
Saban Kardas *
Turkey-EU relations under the Justice and Development (AK Party) have provided a good opportunity to observe the trends in Turkish domestic and foreign policies. (suite…)
Avoiding a Shrinking EU in an Expanding Planet: A Turkish Contribution to the Debate on Europe’s Future 1 mars 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, EU / UE, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Bahadir Kaleagasi, economy, EU, euro, eurozone, investment, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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Policy Brief (German Marshall Fund of the United States) February 28, 2013
Bahadır Kaleağası *
Global challenges are pushing the EU toward an unavoidable dilemma. The EU ought to expand to include new countries and reach a critical size that will let it weather the 21st century. (suite…)
Turkey and the EU 14 février 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, France, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: EU, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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Financial Times (UK) Thursday, February 14, 2013, p. 8 Türkçe
Editorial
Both sides would benefit from reviving accession talks. If France’s decision to start dismantling roadblocks to Turkey’s membership of the EU, erected by Nicolas Sarkozy before he lost the presidency to François Hollande, is genuine, it is an overdue step towards sanity in managing a vital European relationship. (suite…)
Turkey should look to an ancient king for tips on energy 12 février 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: energy, EU, Middle East, Robin Mills, Turkey
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The National (UAE) February 12, 2013, p. 3
Robin Mills *
The giant stone heads scattered around Mount Nemrut in south-eastern Turkey combine several cultures. Raised in 62 BC, these statues of Greek, Armenian and Iranian gods have Hellenic faces but wear Persian hats, testament to their builder, King Antiochus. (suite…)
L’UE réduit le budget d’aide alors que la Turquie et la Corée l’intensifient 6 février 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Corée du Sud, développement, Development aid, EU, OCDE, OECD, South Korea, TIKA, Turkey
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EurActiv.com, 6 février 2013 English
Timothy Spence
La Corée du Sud et la Turquie, candidate à l’adhésion à l’UE, ont vu leur propre fortune grimper en flèche en une génération. Ces deux pays augmentent les programmes d’aide pour les nations pauvres alors que de telles dépenses sont menacées en Europe, révèle une analyse d’EurActiv des statistiques d’aide. (suite…)
At last EU has Cyprus leverage, but will it use it? 4 février 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Cyprus, EU, Greece, Turkey-EU
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Reuters (UK) Monday, February 4, 2013
By Paul Taylor, Paris
For the first time since Cyprus joined the European Union nearly a decade ago, its partners have financial leverage to press for a settlement of the island’s almost 40-year division. (suite…)
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