Turkey’s December 17 Process: A Timeline of the Graft Investigation and the Government’s Response 25 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Central Asia Caucasus Institute, Fethullah Gülen, Gulen movement, Hendrik Müller, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Silk Road Paper, Silk Road Studies Program
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Silk Road Paper (CACI-SRSP) June 2014, 69 p.
Central Asia – Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program
Compiled by Hendrik Müller *
On December 17, 2013, an arrest wave targeted high officials in the Turkish government and their families. Fifty-two people were detained on accusations of accepting and facilitating bribes for state projects and receiving construction permits for protected areas in exchange for money. (suite…)
Turkey’s War on the Judiciary: Is Ankara Really Flouting International Concerns? 8 février 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, Gulen movement, judiciary, Pinar Elman, PISM, Rule of Law, The Polish Institute of International Affairs
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Bulletin PISM, no 16 (611), 6 February 2014
The Polish Institute of International Affairs
Pinar Elman *
The Turkish government has reacted to recent corruption probes by attacking the rule of law and the judiciary. This has confirmed international concerns about the state of democracy in Turkey and has drawn censure from the Euro-Atlantic community. (suite…)
The Structural Roots of Turkey’s Power Struggle 4 février 2014
Posted by Acturca in Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Fethullah Gülen, Galip Dalay, Gulen movement, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, February 4, 2014
Galip Dalay *
A fierce power struggle between the governing AK Party and the Gülen Movement has dominated Turkey’s political scene, generating wide interest both domestically and internationally. Thus far, conjectural factors have been largely blamed for the crisis. (suite…)
Is the Fethullah Gülen Movement Overstretching Itself? 27 janvier 2014
Posted by Acturca in Religion, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Fethullah Gülen, Günter Seufert, Gulen movement, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, SWP Research Paper
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SWP Research Paper (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik) 2014/RP 02, Jan. 2014, 31 p.
German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Günter Seufert *
The movement led by the preacher Fethullah Gülen is regarded as the fastest-growing religious trend within Turkish Islam. This accounts also for citizens and denizens with Turkish backgrounds in Western European countries (suite…)
Gulen Blasts Turkey Leader 21 janvier 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: AKP, Fethullah Gülen, Gulen movement, interview, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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The Wall Street Journal Europe (USA) January 21, 2014, p. 1
By Joe Parkinson & Ayla Albayrak
Closing Turkey’s Erdogan-Gulen divide 20 janvier 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Fethullah Gülen, Gulen movement, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Straits Times (Singapore) January 20, 2014, p. A 19
Jonathan Eyal, Europe Correspondent
A clash between two Turkish leaders over the role of Islam in the life of the nation has far-reaching implications. (suite…)
Washington’s Turkey Conundrum 13 janvier 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: AKP, Bayram Balci, Egypt, Fethullah Gülen, Gulen movement, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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The National Interest (USA) January 13, 2014
Bayram Balci *
Turkey’s authoritarian drift is undoubtedly complicating relations with the United States. However, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan remains one of the most tolerable heads of state in the region and Washington should not allow this to undermine an invaluable alliance. (suite…)
Turkish leader’s turmoil may stem from a former ally 29 décembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: AKP, Fethullah Gülen, Gulen movement, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Rumi Forum
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The Washington Post (USA) Sunday, December 29, 2013, p. 6
By Holly Yeager and Lyndsey Layton
Faced with a deepening political crisis, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his allies have been squaring off with courts, police and prosecutors. But behind it all, Erdogan’s government largely sees the hand of Fethullah Gulen, a charismatic religious leader and former ally (suite…)
Imam wields power from self-imposed exile in west 20 décembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: AKP, Fethullah Gülen, Gulen movement, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Financial Times (UK) December 20, 2013, p. 4
By Daniel Dombey in Ankara
Fethullah Gulen, whose movement is clashing with the premier, is no ordinary cleric, says Daniel Dombey. (suite…)
More Divisions, More Democracy 12 décembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, democracy, Fethullah Gülen, Gulen movement, Mustafa Akyol, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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The International New York Times (USA) Thursday, December 12, 2013
By Mustafa Akyol *, Istanbul
Foreign journalists writing about Turkey like to focus on the most fundamental divide in Turkish society: the rift between religious conservatives and secularists. But these days an internal clash is raging among the conservatives themselves. And it could be a boon for Turkish democracy. (suite…)
Erdogan Pays for His Foreign Policy 12 novembre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, foreign policy, Gulen movement, Halil Karaveli, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria, Turkey
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The National Interest (USA) November 12, 2012
Halil Karaveli *
Turkey’s prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is used to prevailing over his foes. The once all-powerful Turkish generals who defied him now linger in prison. (suite…)
Audits for 3 Georgia Schools Tied to Turkish Movement 6 juin 2012
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Education, Fethullah Gülen, Georgia (USA), Gulen movement, school, Texas, Turkey, USA
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The New York Times (USA) June 6, 2012, p. A11
By Stephanie Saul
A group of three publicly financed charter schools in Georgia run by followers of Fethullah Gulen, a prominent Turkish imam, have come under scrutiny after they defaulted on bonds and an audit found that the schools improperly granted hundreds of thousands of dollars in contracts to businesses and groups, many of them with ties to the Gulen movement. (suite…)
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