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To Europe and Back: The Three Decades of Kurdish Struggle in Turkey 15 mars 2013

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GTE Policy Briefs (Istituto Affari Internazionali) n. 7, 15 March 2013, 5 p.

by Dilek Kurban *

Europe has been a primary actor in Turkey’s democratization process and for the Kurdish political struggle carried out simultaneously by the PKK and civilian actors since the late 1980s. (suite…)

Greece defies ECtHR decision over using ‘Turk’ 11 mars 2012

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Today’s Zaman (Turkey) 11 March 2012, p. 5

Hasan Haci Ata, Athens

The Supreme Court of Greece (Areios Pagos) dismissed the application for the reopening of the İskeçe (Xanthi) Turkish Union (İTB), which was closed in 1986, because the name contains the word “Turk.” (suite…)

1000 Days 9 décembre 2011

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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…)

Turkey’s waning appetite for Europe 9 janvier 2009

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Jane’s Defence Weekly (UK), January 9, 2009

By Soner Cagaptay *

When the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi: AKP) government took power in Turkey and vowed to pursue EU accession in 2002, there were broad expectations that Turkey would soon join the ranks of liberal European democracies (suite…)