Secret plan to deport troublesome Cypriot 18 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire.Tags: Archbishop Makarios, Britain, Cyprus, Greek Cypriot, History, History / Histoire, National Archives, UK
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The Times (UK) 18 April 2012, p. 13
Jack Malvern
Britain drew up a secret plan to deport a troublesome archbishop from Cyprus months before peace talks broke down, according to files released at the National Archives today. (suite…)
Historian out to explode our take on the Anzac legend 18 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: ANZAC, Australia, Çanakkale, Dardanelles strait, Gallipoli, History, History / Histoire, Hugh Dolan, military history, Turkey / Turquie, UK, War, World War I
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The Age (Australia) April 18, 2012, p. 3
Bridie Smith
The popular story of the Gallipoli landings – long credited as a young nation’s coming of age – is studded with factual errors, according to an Australian historian and former RAAF intelligence officer. (suite…)
Turkey’s Strategy 17 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Cold War, foreign policy, George Friedman, History, History / Histoire, Kurds, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Russia, Russia / Russie, Stratfor, Syria, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU, USA
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Stratfor (USA) April 17, 2012 Italiano
By George Friedman
Turkey is re-emerging as a significant regional power. In some sense, it is in the process of returning to its position prior to World War I when it was the seat of the Ottoman Empire. (suite…)
‘We are feeling imperial again’. Turkish hearts conquered by Ottoman epic 13 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, History / Histoire, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Faruk Aksoy, Fetih 1453, film, History / Histoire, Istanbul, nationalism, Neo-Ottomanism, Ottoman Empire, Turkey / Turquie
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The Guardian (UK) Friday, April 13, 2012, p. 27
Fiachra Gibbons
Turbans-and-testosterone blockbuster feeds new appetite for nationalism. (suite…)
Les Turcs exorcisent leurs « années de plomb » 5 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: coup d'État, Eren Erdal, History / Histoire, Kenan Evren, prison d'Ulucanlar, procès, Tahsin Sahinkaya, Turkey / Turquie
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Le Soir (Belgique) jeudi 5 avril 2012, p. 12
Delphine Nerbollier, de notre envoyée spéciale à Ankara
Le procès des putschistes de 1980 s’est ouvert ce jeudi et un musée entretient la mémoire à Ankara. (suite…)
Turkey’s trial of Evren and Sahinkaya is historic moment 4 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: History / Histoire, Kenan Evren, military coup, Tahsin Sahinkaya, trial, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkish Armed Forces
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BBC News (UK) 4 April 2012
By Jonathan Head, Istanbul
The trial of the two surviving leaders of the 1980 coup is a historic, symbolic moment for Turkey. (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…)
En Grèce, l’île d’Onassis bradée… à des Turcs ? 28 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, History / Histoire, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Athina Onassis Roussel, île de Scorpio, Dimitri Limperopoulos, Grèce, History / Histoire, Turkey / Turquie
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Le Figaro (France) no. 21043, mercredi 28 mars 2012, p. 19
Le Figaro Économie, Une-Eco, Histoire du jour
Alexia Kefalas (à Athènes)
Les Grecs n’en reviennent pas. À en croire le biographe officiel de la famille Onassis, Athina Onassis Roussel, l’unique héritière du célèbre armateur, lassée de son pays, « a décidé de vendre l’île de Scorpio (suite…)
Anzac centenary organisers walk in PC minefield 27 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: ANZAC, Anzac Day, Australia, Colmar Brunton, Gallipoli, History, History / Histoire, New Zealand, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, World War I
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The New Zealand Herald, March 27, 2012, p. A10
Greg Ansley, Canberra
Commemorating our military history in a multicultural society is something of a double-edged sword. Colmar Brunton report (suite…)
Both sides of Gallipoli 23 mars 2012
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Geelong Advertiser (Australia) 23 March 2012, p. 25
Warwick Hadfield
A Turkish boy was taken to Gallipoli when he was just 10 years old. Now, with a PHD from Deakin University, he is taking Aussies on visits to the sacred battlefield. Warwick Hadfield reports. (suite…)
An invented country, about to fall apart 22 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in France, History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: France, Geoffrey Clarfield, History / Histoire, Syria, Turkey / Turquie
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National Post (Canada) March 22, 2012, p. A17
By Geoffrey Clarfield *
Since the collapse of the Ottoman empire, Syria’s Sunnis, Alawis, Kurds and Christians have been held together by a succession of dictators. That will soon change. (suite…)
Modern masterpiece from Ottoman past 17 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, History / Histoire, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: CD, History / Histoire, Istanbul, Jordi Savall, music, Ottoman Empire, Turkey / Turquie
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The Age (Australia) March 17, 2012, p. 25
Music – Review of the week
John Shand
About 500 years ago Istanbul was reportedly a city of peerless beauty, containing a thriving, essentially harmonious multiculturalist, multi-faith society and vast artistic riches. Among these was music. (suite…)
Les Turcs à travers l’Histoire 10 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Central Asia / Asie Centrale, France, History / Histoire, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Association Sas'Dit, conférence, France, Haute Normandie, History / Histoire, Marc Soviche, Sassetot-le-Mauconduit, Turcs, Turkey / Turquie
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Le Progrès de Fécamp (France) samedi 10 mars 2012, p. 14
Sassetot-le-Mauconduit
Une nouvelle conférence était proposée par l’association Sas’Dit. Mercredi dernier, salle des Chênes, se tenait la traditionnelle conférence Sas’Dit, réunissant comme à l’habitude entre 80 et 100 personnes. (suite…)
Interview with Bernard Lewis 5 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, Bernard Lewis, History, History / Histoire, interview, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkish Policy Quarterly, women
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Turkish Policy Quarterly (TPQ), Vol. 10, No. 4 (Winter 2012) Türkçe
Bernard Lewis
In this exclusive interview with TPQ, Bernard Lewis attributes Turkey’s historical progress to the practice of self-critique and to the choice of women’s empowerment. (suite…)
The sultans and their heritage 4 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Abdel-Hamid II, Egypt, Hatt-i Humayun, History / Histoire, Islam, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt) Sunday, March 4, 2012
Samir Sobhi
The proactive role that Turkey is playing in the Middle East today recalls policies pursued by the 19th-century Ottoman Sultan Abdel-Hamid II, writes Samir Sobhi. (suite…)
Diplomatic History: The Turkey-Armenia Protocols 2 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, History / Histoire, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Armenia, Columbia University, David L. Phillips, diplomacy, History / Histoire, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, international mediation, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, USA
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Institute for the Study of Human Rights (Columbia University)March 2012,129p.
David L. Phillips *
“Diplomatic History: The Turkey-Armenia Protocols” provides an insider’s account of negotiations resulting in the 2009 Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations and the Protocol on the Development of Bilateral Relations between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Armenia. (suite…)
The razing of Istanbul’s history 2 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: architecture, Gülsen Özaydin, History / Histoire, Istanbul, Sulukule, Taksim, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, urbanism
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The Guardian (UK) Friday 2 March 2012, p. 26
Constanze Letsch, Istanbul
Activists say they are given no say as city’s communities are destroyed and conservation laws tossed aside (suite…)
Des Grecs se réfugient chez le voisin turc redouté 2 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, History / Histoire, Immigration, Istanbul, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Grèce, History / Histoire, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie
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Le Soir (Belgique) Vendredi 2 mars 2012, p. 10
Delphine Nerbollier, Istanbul
Je n’avais jamais imaginé atterrir un jour ici » . Antigone, une Athénienne de 30 ans, titulaire d’un master de grec langue étrangère, n’en revient toujours pas d’avoir posé ses valises, il y a un an et demi, à Istanbul, après plusieurs années de galère dans son pays. (suite…)
Turkey: epic movie highlights Ottoman conquest 2 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, History / Histoire, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Conquest 1453, Faruk Aksoy, film, History / Histoire, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Associated Press (AP), March 2, 2012
By Christopher Torchia, Istanbul
Turkey is on a roll these days, uplifted by economic growth and regional diplomacy. Now comes a film to boost the feel-good mood, an epic about the 15th century fall of Constantinople that fuses national pride with Hollywood-style ambition. (suite…)
The Armenian file 29 février 2012
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Today’s Zaman (Turkey) 29 February 2012, Wednesday
Suat Kınıklıoğlu
This has been a very eventful week for the Armenian file. First was the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit’s invalidation of a law designed to provide special treatment for California Armenians, in Movsesian v. Victoria Versicherung, et al. on Feb. 23, 2012. (suite…)
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