Crucial Turkish election could redefine president’s role 19 mai 2015
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Constitution, Germany, HDP, parliamentary elections, presidential system, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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The Straits Times (Singapore) 19 May, 2015, p. A17
By Thomas Seibert for The Straits Times In Istanbul
Erdogan seeks charter change giving him wide executive powers. Turkey is preparing for a parliamentary election on June 7 that will define the future role of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and could herald foreign policy shifts. (suite…)
Special Study of Islam 2015 8 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Immigration, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Bertelsmann Stiftung, Dirk Halm, Germany, Islam, Kai Hafez, Martina Sauer, Religion Monitor, Richard Traunmüller, Sabrina Schmidt
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Religion Monitor (Bertelsmann Stiftung) January 2015 Deutsch
Dirk Halm, Martina Sauer, Kai Hafez, Sabrina Schmidt, Richard Traunmüller *
Most of the four million Muslims living in Germany are part of the country’s social fabric. Their attitudes and viewpoints very much reflect the Federal Republic’s basic values, such as a belief in democracy and diversity. (suite…)
German parliament approves dual citizenship 3 juillet 2014
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Immigration, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: citizenship, dual citizenship, Germany
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Reuters World General News (UK)
Thursday, July 3, 2014, Berlin
Germany’s lower house of parliament passed new citizenship laws on Thursday, relaxing some of the strictest rules in Europe to allow young Germans of foreign origin to hold two passports – a move that benefits the large Turkish community. (suite…)
The lobby behind Turkey’s prime minister 21 mai 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Germany, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, UETD, Union of European Turkish Democrats
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Deutsche Welle (Germany) 21.05.2014
Nastasja Steudel
The controversial visit to Cologne by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was organized by the Union of European Turkish Democrats . The UETD is only one of Erdogan’s lobby groups. (suite…)
Turkey as a donor country and potential partner in triangular cooperation 12 mai 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), development cooperation, German Development Institute, Germany, Jeannine Hausmann, triangular cooperation
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Discussion Paper (DIE) 14/2014, Bonn 2014
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Jeannine Hausmann *
Turkey has developed into a significant donor country within international development cooperation over the last few years. This paper outlines the goals and principles of Turkish development cooperation and analyses their significance for the country’s foreign policy. (suite…)
Turkey-EU: ‘Lapse in interest on both sides’ 10 février 2014
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE, Uncategorized.Tags: Chatham House, EU enlargement, Fadi Hakura, Germany, interview, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s EU accession process
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Deutsche Welle (Germany) 10.02.2014
Interview by Nicole Goebel
EU accession talks started in 2005, but negotiations have stalled. The EU is unhappy with several human rights and reform issues, but Fadi Hakura from Chatham House thinks neither side is that keen on membership anyway. (suite…)
A shift ahead for German-Turkish relations? 3 février 2014
Posted by Acturca in Immigration, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: bilateral relations, EU membership, Germany, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Yaşar Aydin
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Deutsche Welle (Germany) 03.02.2014
Regina Mennig
Turkey’s crackdown on protesters and Germany’s plans for a revised dual citizenship scheme have put a strain on German-Turkish relations. But there is hope for finally turning this around, experts say. (suite…)
Turkey and Germany: Forging the next phase of strategic dialogue 3 février 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Afghanistan, Africa, Bülent Aras, bilateral relations, foreign policy, Germany, strategic dialogue
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Hürriyet Daily News (Turkey) February 3, 2014, p. 7
Bülent Aras *
The burden of the future design of EU foreign policy seems to be shifting to Germany’s shoulders – whether it likes it or not. Germany’s foreign and security policies, its assets and capability to pursue these policies are likely to be more visible on the international stage at the eve of general reluctance to become involved in external issues in the EU. (suite…)
Is it 1914 all over again? 5 janvier 2014
Posted by Acturca in Books / Livres, History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Austro-Hungarian Empire, China, conflicts, Germany, Margaret MacMillan, War, World War I
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Independent on Sunday (UK) Sunday, January 5, 2014, p. 24
Ian Johnston
We are in danger of repeating the mistakes that started the Great War, says a leading historian. Ian Johnston reports (suite…)
The 2013 German Federal Elections: Key Determinants and Implications for German-Turkish Relations 19 novembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Angela Merkel, bilateral relations, Ebru Turhan, elections, Germany, IPC-Mercator Policy Brief
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IPC-Mercator Policy Brief, November, 2013
Ebru Turhan *
The 2013 federal elections have been the most unpredictable elections in Germany’s recent political history. Although Chancellor Angela Merkel’s victory did not come as a surprise, the elections certainly had some unanticipated outcomes (suite…)
German parties say EU may not be able to let Turkey join 19 novembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: CDU, CSU, Germany, SPD, Turkey, Turkey’s EU accession process
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Reuters (UK)
Tuesday, November 19, 2013, Berlin
The European Union may not be able to accept Turkey as a member, German parties negotiating a coalition government have said, while making clear the EU’s « privileged relationship » with Ankara should be developed further. (suite…)
Allemagne, France, Turquie : la triangulation des puissances 30 septembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, France, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Allemagne, CERFA, Dorothée Schmid, Germany, IFRI, Turkey’s EU accession process
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Note franco-turque (IFRI) n°9, septembre 2013 English
Note du Cerfa n°105
Dorothée Schmid *
Les relations entre l’Allemagne, la France et la Turquie ont longtemps fonctionné sur un mode strictement bilatéral, avec une intensité, un style et des domaines de coopération différents. (suite…)
On the Eve of Judgement Day: The ECJ and the Demirkan Decision on 24 September 22 septembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: European Court of Justice, Germany, Leyla Ecem Demirkan, visa
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Berlin – Brussels – Istanbul
On 24 September 2013 at just after nine-thirty in the morning the Court of Justice of the European Union (or European Court of Justice, ECJ) will deliver a judgement in one of the most important cases it will decide this year. (suite…)
German parties wake up to growing migrant vote 15 septembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Immigration, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: elections, Germany, Migrants, Turkey, vote
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Arab Times (Kuwait) September 15, 2013, p. 16
AFP, Sept 14, Berlin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel once alienated many immigrants by declaring “multiculturalism has failed,” but as elections near her conservatives and other parties are scrambling to reach the growing migrant vote. (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…)
‘Turkey’s Youth Have Had Enough’ 3 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Germany, protests, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, youth
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Spiegel Online (Germany) 3 June 2013
Charly Wilder
With violent protests against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan continuing in Turkey, both the US and Europe have called for calm. The demonstrations — and the government’s brutal response — pose one of the greatest challenges yet to Erdogan’s decade of power, say German commentators. (suite…)
Trial forces Germans to look at role of minorities 7 mai 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Immigration, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Beate Zschäpe, Germany, neo-Nazis, NSU, trial
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International Herald Tribune (USA) Tuesday, May 7, 2013, p. 3
By Melissa Eddy, Munich
She smiled, chatted with her lawyers and repeatedly flipped her carefully styled hair back from her face. On her first day in court on Monday, the woman whom the country’s tabloids have dubbed the « Nazi bride, » or simply a « monster, » looked anything but dangerous. (suite…)
‘What Ali Wore’: Berlin’s Unlikely New Street Style Star 1 avril 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Immigration, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Berlin, Germany, Turkey, Zoe Spawton
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Spiegel Online (Germany) April 01, 2013
Interview conducted by Anna-Lena Roth
Ali, an 83-year-old tailor and father of 18 in Berlin, is now famous after a blog documenting his original street style went viral in recent days. Spiegel talks with photographer Zoe Spawton about how she discovered the senior sartorialist. (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…)
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