Reverting Structural Reforms in Turkey: Towards an Illiberal Economic Governance? 29 mai 2015
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: GTE Policy Brief, Isik Ozel, Istituto Affari Internazionali, policy brief
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GTE Policy Brief (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 22, May 2015
Işık Özel *
Following a major reform process that started in 2001, the Turkish economy not only recovered from a severe crisis, but also resurged more or less resilient to the global financial crisis. (suite…)
What Potential for Cooperation between the EU and Turkey on Diversification of Gas Supply? 14 mai 2015
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: energy security, Energy supply, Istituto Affari Internazionali, natural gas, pipeline, Sami Andoura
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IAI Working Papers (Istituto Affari Internazionali)15|21, May 2015, 19 p.
Sami Andoura *
The EU and Turkey are engaged in a long-standing process of negotiation over membership, facing many stumbling blocks and no prospects of successful conclusion in the near future. At the same time, the EU and Turkey have increasingly high energy ambitions, which open the door for potential cooperation in a number of energy areas. (suite…)
The Turkish Economy at a Crossroads: Unpacking Turkey’s Current Account Challenge 25 avril 2015
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: BRICS, Foreign direct investment (FDI), foreign trade, GTE Working Paper, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Mustafa Kutlay
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GTE Working Paper (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 10, April 2015, 16 p.
Mustafa Kutlay *
This paper aims to discuss Turkey’s economic challenges, their causes, and the government strategies to overcome them, with particular reference to the current account deficit. (suite…)
Turkey’s Trade in Search of an External Anchor: The Neighbourhood, the Customs Union or TTIP? 12 avril 2015
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: GTE Working Paper, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Kemal Kirişci, Sinan Ekim
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GTE Working Paper (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 9, April 2015, 13 p.
Kemal Kirişci & Sinan Ekim *
In the course of the last three decades, the Turkish economy experienced a dramatic boom: not only were Turkey’s foreign exports on high demand across the EU and in its immediate neighborhood, but Turkey also attracted high volumes of foreign direct investment. (suite…)
TTIP and EU-Turkish Economic Relations: Deepening the Customs Union 4 mars 2015
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: customs union, GTE Policy Brief, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Kamil Yılmaz, policy brief
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GTE Policy Brief (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 21, March 2015
Kamil Yılmaz *
This policy brief focuses on the future of Turkish-EU economic relations in face of the initiation of US-EU negotiations on TTIP. Even though the Turkish government declared its willingness to be part of the negotiation process, Turkey’s best policy action at the moment is to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement with the US. (suite…)
Turkey’s Unconsolidated Democracy: The Nexus between Democratisation and Majoritarianism in Turkey 21 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: democracy, E. Fuat Keyman, GTE Policy Brief, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Meltem Müftüler-Baç
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GTE Policy Brief (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 19, January 2015
by Meltem Müftüler-Baç and E. Fuat Keyman *
A new era in Turkish politics seemed to have launched in 2002 when the Justice and Development Party (AKP) first came to power and has since then steadily increased its electoral support becoming the dominant party in Turkish politics. (suite…)
Pending Challenges in Turkey’s Judiciary 21 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: elections, Ergün Özbudun, GTE Policy Brief, Istituto Affari Internazionali, judiciary
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GTE Policy Brief (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 20, January 2015
by Ergun Özbudun *
This paper deals with the status of the judiciary in Turkey, specifically the composition and powers of the Constitutional Court and of the High Council Judges and Public Prosecutors (HSYK) and the measures pursued by the AKP government in changing these since the December 2013 crisis. (suite…)
Turkey, Syria and Saving the PKK Peace Process 19 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: GTE Commentary, Hugh Pope, Istituto Affari Internazionali, peace process, PKK, Syria
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 21, December 2014, 4. p.
by Hugh Pope *
The Turkey-PKK peace process is still a rare spot of hope in the Middle East and the dangers of a Syrian spillover have underlined how many shared interests Turkey and Turkey’s Kurds have in overcoming inertia in the talks. (suite…)
The Conflict within Turkey’s Islamic Camp 30 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, corruption, GTE Commentary, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Omer Taspinar, political parties
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 20, November 2014, 3 p.
by Ömer Taşpınar *
Over the last 10 years Erdoğan’s chief accomplishment has been to establish the supremacy of civilian rule in Turkey. After 40 years in which the military ousted four governments, Turkish democracy no longer operates at gunpoint. (suite…)
Can South-Eastern Mediterranean Gas be a Supply for the EU? 26 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Cyprus, Elif Burcu Günaydin, IAI Working Papers, Israël, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Mediterranean, natural gas, South-Eastern Mediterranean
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IAI Working Papers (Istituto Affari Internazionali)14|17, November 2014, 26 p.
by Elif Burcu Günaydın *
South-Eastern Mediterranean gas fields are still under exploration and development. Meanwhile, the question of which route or routes such gas would take into the global markets remains unanswered. (suite…)
Turkey’s Fight Against Corruption: A Critical Assessment 25 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: corruption, EU enlargement, GTE Commentary, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Kivanç Ulusoy
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 19, November 2014, 5 p.
by Kıvanç Ulusoy *
This paper analyses the deficiencies in Turkey’s fight against corruption, dramatically revealed by the major corruption scandal which erupted in December 2013. (suite…)
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…)
EU-Turkey Energy Cooperation: Challenges and Opportunities 11 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: EU enlargement, IAI Working Papers, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Sohbet Karbuz, working paper
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IAI Working Papers (Istituto Affari Internazionali) 14|12, November 2014
by Sohbet Karbuz *
The aim of this paper is to analyze EU-Turkey relations from an energy perspective. Energy is of mutual strategic interest to Turkey and the EU, insofar as both face serious and multiple energy challenges. (suite…)
The Challenge of à la Turca Presidentialism in Turkey 5 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, commentary, Ersin Kalaycıoğlu, GTE Commentary, Istituto Affari Internazionali, presidential election, presidentialism, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish domestic policy
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 18, November 2014
by Ersin Kalaycioğlu *
What confronts Turkey is not a choice between presidential versus parliamentary democracy, but an electoral authoritarianism of à la Turca presidentialism versus some form of parliamentary democracy. (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…)
Dealing with Turkey After Ukraine: Why the EU Should Let the Enlargement Approach Go 8 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Russia / Russie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Antoaneta Dimitrova, commentary, EU enlargement, GTE Commentary, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Ukraine
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 15, October 2014
by Antoaneta L. Dimitrova *
The events in Ukraine at the end of 2013 might be a sign that we have reached the end of the EU’s monopoly on transformative power. President Putin, but also other leaders of important EU neighbours are playing a different geopolitical game than the EU. (suite…)
Can the EU Clean Politics in Enlargement Countries? Turkey in Comparison 24 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Bulgaria, commentary, corruption, Dimitar Bechev, EU enlargement, GTE Commentary, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Romania
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 14, September 2014
by Dimitar Bechev *
The fight against corruption is yet another fine example of the mismatch between EU expectations and capabilities. On the one hand, many regard the Union as capable of overhauling bad habits in member states and, to an even greater degree, in countries that have embarked on the accession journey. (suite…)
The 2014 Presidential Elections in Turkey: A Post-election Analysis 11 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ergün Özbudun, GTE Policy Brief, Istituto Affari Internazionali, policy brief, political parties, presidential election, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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GTE Policy Brief (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 18, September 2014
by Ergun Özbudun *
On 10 August 2014, in the first popular election of the Turkish President in the history of the Republic, Prime Minister and Justice and Development Party (AKP) candidate Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was elected in the first round with 51.79 percent of the vote. (suite…)
Erdoğan, the Kurds, and Turkey’s Presidential Elections 31 juillet 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: commentary, GTE Commentary, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Kurds, Piotr Zalewski, presidential election, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No.13, July 2014, 3 p.
by Piotr Zalewski *
To judge by the year he has had, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s prime minister, has the kind of staying power other politicians can only dream of. (suite…)
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Democracy and Civil Society in Turkey: Contesting Tutelage! 30 juin 2015
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ayhan Kaya, Civil Society, GTE Commentary, Istituto Affari Internazionali, parliamentary elections
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 23, June 2015
Ayhan Kaya *
In the general elections held in Turkey on 7 June 2015, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) won 258 out of 550 seats in the Parliament, 18 seats less than the simple majority required to establish single-party rule. (suite…)