Turkey’s election: A milestone in the history of Turkish politics 18 juin 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, CHP, HDP, Iran, ISIS, Kurds, MHP, parliamentary elections, Syria
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Jerusalem Post (Israel) June 18, 2015, p. 13
By Delovan Barwari
Turkish politics has entered a new era. The outcome of the Turkish elections on June 7 was a milestone in the history of Turkish politics as the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) entered the parliament for the first time, exceeding the 10 percent threshold with 13.12% of the votes. (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…)
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…)
Turkey and Iran: Preserving a lucrative partnership 29 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, bilateral relations, foreign policy, Iran, ISIS, nuclear, Syria, Ziya Meral
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Gulf Analysis (European Council on Foreign Relations) December 2014, pp. 16-19
Post-Nuclear: The future for Iran in its neighbourhood (Fatima Ayub)
Ziya Meral *
Turkey and Iran have once again found themselves facing parallel challenges in the form of the group that calls itself Islamic State (here ISIS) and its implications for both countries’ security policies as well as interests in Syria and Iraq. (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…)
ISIS has polarized Turkey domestically 5 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: ISIS, Syria
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The Daily Star (Lebanon) Monday, January 5, 2015, p. 7
Lauren Williams *
The war in Syria has not only tested Turkey’s economic and institutional ability to absorb 1.1 million refugees, but has also deepened latent tensions between secularists, leftists, Kurds and Islamists. (suite…)
Turkey, EU Seek to Reset Relationship 9 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: diplomacy, Federica Mogherini, ISIS, South Stream, Syria
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The Wall Street Journal Europe (USA) Tuesday, December 9, 2014, p. 5
By Emre Peker in Ankara, Turkey and Laurence Norman in Brussels
Top officials from Turkey and the European Union on Monday pledged to improve cooperation amid new challenges posed by Russia’s confrontation with the West and the rise of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, in part of a new push to mend a strained relationship. (suite…)
US Strategy against ISIS in Syria and Turkey’s Position 27 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: ISIS, ORSAM, Oytun Orhan, Syria
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Review of Regional Affairs (ORSAM) No.17, November 2014 Türkçe
Oytun Orhan *
It is accepted by everyone that the success of the strategy against ISIS depends on an integrated approach that includes both Iraq and Syria. However, it can be seen that the US strategy does not include a concrete plan for Syria. (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
France-Turkey: cooperation and rapprochement 5 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in France, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Beril Dedeoglu, bilateral relations, diplomacy, François Hollande, ISIL, ISIS, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria
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Today’s Zaman (Turkey) Wednesday, November 5, 2014, p. 11
Beril Dedeoğlu
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan traveled to Paris last week for an official visit, but Turkish media didn’t pay much attention to this diplomatic event. (suite…)
Turkey’s misguided Syria policy 4 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: foreign policy, ISIS, Kobane, Nathalie Tocci, PKK, Syria
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Deutsche Welle (Germany) 4 November 2014
Nathalie Tocci *
Turkey should reconsider its muddled policy vis-à-vis Syria, the Kurds and the ‘Islamic State’ writes Nathalie Tocci. Instead of trying to follow conflicting goals, Ankara must do what is in its national interest. (suite…)
Turkish Boots Will Remain on Turkish Ground. Why is Turkey Reluctant to « Do What it Takes » at Kobane? 4 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: commentary, foreign policy, GTE Commentary, ISIS, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Kobane, Kurds, Sinan Ekim, Syria
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 17, November 2014
by Sinan Ekim *
A Kurdish enclave along the Syrian-Turkish border since July 2012, Kobane now stands at the epicentre of the international struggle against the Islamic State (IS). (suite…)
Turkey’s path resembles Pakistan’s 3 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Afghanistan, Canada, Chris Kilford, ISIS, Pakistan, Syria, Taliban
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Ottawa Citizen (Canada) November 3, 2014, p. C6
Chris Kilford *
The West needs to rethink Syria. In late October 2012, while working at the Canadian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, I had occasion to chat with a Pakistani diplomat about the situation unfolding in Syria. (suite…)
Fight against Daesh raises Kurdish issue to a new level 27 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Daesh, ISIS, Kurds, Mohammad Akef Jamal, PKK, Syria
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Gulf News (UAE) Monday, October 27, 2014, p. A4
By Mohammad Akef Jamal *
This has begun to worry more than one country in the region wary of the international campaign by the US against the extremists. (suite…)
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…)
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Making (Non)Sense of Turkey’s Policy on Kobane 13 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: GTE Commentary, ISIS, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Kobane, Nathalie Tocci, PKK
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 16, November 2014, 2 p.
by Nathalie Tocci *
Turkey is pursuing three goals in Syria: eliminating Bashar al-Asad, weakening the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) and defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). (suite…)