Turkey and the U.S.: The Longest Two Years of the Relations 25 juin 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: bilateral relations, Egypt, Iraq, Kılıç Buğra Kanat, SETA, Syria
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Analysis (SETA) June 2015, No. 16
SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research
Kilic Bugra Kanat
This paper explores the ups and downs of Turkish-American relations since 2003 and seeks to explain why these last two years have brought serious strain on the Ankara-Washington relationship. (suite…)
Inventing the ‘timeless’ Sunni-Shiite conflict 19 avril 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: conflict, Iran, Iraq, Nick Danforth, Shiite, Sunni, Syria, Yemen
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The Washington Post Sunday (USA) April 19, 2015, p. B5
By Nick Danforth *
Historian Nick Danforth says extremists have spun a self-fulfilling prophecy. (suite…)
A myth of bad borders 22 mars 2015
Posted by Acturca in France, History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: border, Iraq, ISIS, Ottoman Empire, Sean McMeekin, soft power, Sykes-Picot Agreement, Syria, World War I
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Los Angeles Times (USA) Sunday, March 22, 2015, p. 18
By Sean McMeekin *
Control of territory in the Middle East comes through force, as Islamic State reminds us. With a massive invasion by U.S. ground troops ruled out — for now — the debate in Washington over what to do about Islamic State militants has shifted into the realm of diplomacy and “soft power.” (suite…)
The U.S.-Turkey Partnership: One Step Forward, Three Steps Back 12 mars 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Center for American Progress, Iraq, Max Hoffman, Michael Werz, Syria
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Issue Brief (Center for American Progress) March 12, 2015
By Michael Werz and Max Hoffman *
President Barack Obama made a large political investment in Turkey in 2009 for a series of compelling reasons, which he laid out in a speech to the Turkish parliament during his first overseas trip as president. (suite…)
Turkey’s Kurdish Path 5 mars 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: HDP, Iraq, ISIS, Kobani, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurds, PKK, PYD, Soner Cagaptay, Syria, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
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Policy Notes (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy) No.23, March 2015
Soner Cagaptay *
Arab Spring success stories have generally not been easy to come by. One, however, may be playing out in a regional non-Arab state, Turkey, where ties between the Turks and their adversary, the Kurds, have been improving. (suite…)
The liberation of Kobani and its repercussions 4 février 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Iraq, ISIL, Kobani, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurds, PKK, Syria, YPG
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Today’s Zaman (Turkey) February 04, 2015, p. 11
Dogu Ergil
Kurdish fighters have liberated the Syrian town of Kobani, located at the border between Turkey and Syria. After an intense 134-day-long battle with Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters, they earned a hard-won victory. (suite…)
Flood of jihadi volunteers to Syria is ‘unstoppable’ 22 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Ahmet Davutoglu, border, Iraq, ISIS, Syria
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The Independent (UK) Thursday, January 22, 2015, p. 1
Patrick Cockburn
Turkish PM’s warning raises prospect that Isis will remain in control of most of its seized territory. (suite…)
Turkey, U.S. ease strains on Islamic State but differences remain 24 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: diplomacy, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Joe Biden, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria
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Reuters World General News (UK) Monday, November 24, 2014
By Nick Tattersall and Dasha Afanasieva, Istanbul
No agreement on use of Turkish bases, air space. Both sides agree Assad needs to go, differ on how. Iran negotiations seen as a complicating factor. (suite…)
Oil Fuels the War Between Kurds and Islamic State 24 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: conflict, Iraq, ISIS, Kurds, oil, Syria
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The Wall Street Journal (USA) 24 novembre 2014, p. A10-11
By Sam Dagher, Al-Yaroubiyah, Syria
Turkey and the Question of Military Intervention: Pressures and Constraints 25 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Emad Y. Kaddorah, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Kurds, Syria
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Policy Analysis (Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies) October 2014
Emad Y. Kaddorah *
Turkey is facing critical choices over immediate military intervention in its own backyard.[1] It can either respond to escalating calls and demands for direct intervention; prioritize its own reading of the internal and regional developments and put its national interests first (suite…)
Business shifts west as regional crises rage 22 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: export, foreign policy, foreign trade, Iraq, MENA, Syria
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Financial Times (UK) Monday, September 22, 2014, p. 1 & 2
FT Special Report ~ Turkey and the World
By Daniel Dombey
Instability in the Middle East and north Africa is hurting trade, says Daniel Dombey. These days Turkey’s -relations with the rest of the world start in places like the Oncupinar border crossing. (suite…)
Struggle Against ISIS, Border Crossings and Turkey 21 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Iraq, ISIS, ORSAM, Oytun Orhan, Syria
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Review of Regional Affairs (ORSAM) No.11, September 2014 العربية Türkçe
Oytun Orhan *
ISIS, which originated in Iraq, was strengthened thanks to the power vacuum and violence that Syrian civil war sparked. The group diverted this strength to Iraq, and spread its control area from Mosul to the Iranian border in a short time. (suite…)
Turkey Obtains Release of Hostages Held in Iraq 21 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Iraq, ISIS, Mosul
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The New York Times (USA) Sunday, September 21, 2014, p. A 9
By Ben Hubbard, Sebnem Arsu and Ceylan Yeginsu.
Ankara, Turkey — Turkey secured the release of 49 hostages who had been held for more than three months in Iraq by the jihadists of the Islamic State on Saturday, marking a moment of joy for Turkey while raising questions about how it had managed to set them free. (suite…)
Turkey’s strong record on Isis 21 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Abdurrahman Bilgiç, Iraq, ISIS, Syria
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The Observer (UK) 21 septembre 2014, p. 50
Comment ~ Letters and emails
Abdurrahman Bilgic *
Your article « Isis surges towards the borders of Turkey as west mulls options » (News, 24 August) implies that Turkish borders are « the only way to smuggle oil, weapons and foreign fighters into Iraq and Syria » and claims that « Turkey has a lack of will to confront the jihadis » and « Turkey has facilitated an extremist threat either through neglect or undeclared policy ». (suite…)
The EU-Turkey Energy Relations After the 2014 Ukraine Crisis. Enhancing The Partnership in a Rapidly Changing Environment 17 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: EU Energy Security, EU-Turkey Energy Relations, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Iraq, Israël, Kurdish regional government, Nota di Lavoro, Simone Tagliapietra, Southern gas corridor, TANAP, Ukraine
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Nota di Lavoro (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei) 75.2014
Simone Tagliapietra *
Over the last two decades energy has emerged as an increasingly important component of the overall EU-Turkey relations. In particular, the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) and its flagship project, Nabucco, soon became the pivotal element of the EU-Turkey energy relations. After years of strong cooperation, the failure of Nabucco and the emergence of TANAP have ultimately outlined (suite…)
From Turkey, ISIS Draws Steady Stream of Recruits 16 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Iraq, ISIS, Syria
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The New York Times (USA) Tuesday, September 16, 2014, p. A 1
By Ceylan Yeginsu, Ankara (Turkey)
Having spent most of his youth as a drug addict in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Turkey’s capital, Can did not think he had much to lose when he was smuggled into Syria with 10 of his childhood friends to join the world’s most extreme jihadist group. (suite…)
Turkish reluctance hurts U.S. plans for coalition against Islamic State 16 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Iraq, ISIS, Syria
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Reuters World General News (UK) Tuesday, September 16, 2014
By Jonny Hogg and Nick Tattersall, Ankara/Istanbul
NATO member Turkey not signed up to military coalition. Doubts in Ankara that U.S. strikes will be enough. Turkey wants to see Syria’s Assad out. (suite…)
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