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…)
U.S., Kurdish fates intertwine in jihad threat 10 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Erbil, Iraq, ISIS, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurds, PKK, PYD, Syria
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The Wall Street Journal Asia (USA) September 10, 2014, p. 14 & 15
by Joe Parkinson and Adam Entous, Erbil, Iraq
The anti-Islamic State strategy the U.S. is developing first began to take shape a month ago after a series of increasingly urgent phone calls from this Kurdish city. (suite…)
The Implications of the War on ISIS in Kurdistan 6 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Iraq, ISIS, Kurdistan Regional Government, ORSAM, Othman Ali, PKK, Syria
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Review of Regional Affairs (ORSAM) No.10, September 2014 Türkçe
Othman Ali *
The war which the Islamic state in Iraq and Sham (ISIS) has started in northern Iraq, the subsequent human tragedy in Sinjar, and threat to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have alarmed the West the United States in particular, to introduce an overall change in policy towards Iraq and the KRG. (suite…)
With Kurdish oil comes the tantalising possibility of a new Middle Eastern axis 27 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Iran, Iraq, Israël, Kurdistan Regional Government, oil
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The Jewish Chronicle (Israel) June 27, 2014, p. 24
By Anshel Pfeffer
It would be premature to herald the offloading in Israel of a million barrels of oil from Kurdish Iraq last weekend as the start of a grand new alliance in the Middle East. (suite…)
Turkish energy club to discuss game changing developments 26 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Bosphorus Energy Club, Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government, Mehmet Ögütçü, oil
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Anadolu Agency (Turkey) Thursday, June 26, 2014 Türkçe
By Selen Tonkus, Istanbul
The Bosphorus Energy Club is to bring together world’s energy actors to discuss game changing developments. Turkish energy interest group, The Bosphorus Energy Club will bring together representatives from government and private sector throughout the world on Friday. (suite…)
Turkey feels looming impact from Iraqi crisis 21 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Beril Dedeoglu, International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, Iraq, ISIL, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurds
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Xinhua – News Agency (China)
Saturday, June 21, 2014, Ankara
Turkey may face serious political and economic blowback from the escalation of crisis in Iraq where an al-Qaida splinter group mounts threats against the federal government in Baghdad, threatening the security of neighboring countries, Turkish analysts said on Saturday. (suite…)
Turkish Kurdish Energy Cooperation in the Iraqi Conundrum 19 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Craig Bonfield, Iraq, ISIS, Kurdistan Regional Government, oil
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Turkey Update (CSIS) Jun 19, 2014
Turkey Project ~ Center for Strategic and International Studies
By Craig Bonfield *
Amidst calls for unity in the face of major sectarian violence following the sudden occupation of several major cities in Iraq by the extreme radical Sunni group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil continues its efforts to transport and sell oil through Turkey independent of the central government in Baghdad led by Shia Prime Minister Nouri Maliki. (suite…)
Kurds step up as Iraqi military pulls back 12 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurds, Mosul
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The Washington Post (USA) Thursday, June 12, 2014
By Ben Van Heuvelen, Ankara, Turkey
As security forces in northern Iraq crumble under the onslaught of Islamist militants, the autonomous Kurdistan region _ a bastion of stability _ is rapidly laying the groundwork to become an independent state. Iraqi forces have continued to cede territory to an insurgency led by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (suite…)
Kurdish oil and a value vacuum 11 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Chris Cook, Iraq, J. Millard Burr, Kurdistan Regional Government, oil
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Asia Times Online (Hong Kong) June 11, 2014
By Chris Cook *
Few observers have picked up on the importance of the dispatch in late May from Ceyhan, Turkey to an unidentified European destination and buyer of a cargo of 1 million barrels of Kurdish crude oil, but one who did was J Millard Burr in a recent article « Kurdistan Oil Export: A Game Changer ». (suite…)
Turkey’s Kurdish Lifeline? 2 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government, oil, Syria
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The Majalla (UK, UAE) Monday, 2 June, 2014
Yerevan Saeed *
In its quest to break its dependence on Iranian and Russian hydrocarbons, Turkey gambles on Kurdistan. Ankara’s growing energy ties with Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Region may well secure its energy future, but comes with two challenges: resolving the longstanding conflict with Turkey’s own Kurdish population, as well as minimizing the disruption of regional and international ties. (suite…)
The Kurdish Peace Process: Ideology, Interest, and the Regional Dynamics 29 avril 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Galip Dalay, Iraq, Kurdish, Kurdistan Regional Government, Syria, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, April 29, 2014
Galip Dalay *
The initiation of the ongoing Kurdish peace process has largely been attributed to domestic factors. Largely neglected, but no less important, is the regional context of the process. In this regard, the desecuritization of the Kurdish issue (suite…)
The Kurds in the spotlight: local and regional challenges 29 avril 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ana Villellas, Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government, NOREF, Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre, PKK, Syria
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NOREF Report (Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre) April 2014
Ana Villellas *
The Kurds in Syria, Turkey and Iraq face complex challenges. Among the current Kurdish realities, the emergence of Kurdish self-governing areas in northern Syria controlled by what is considered to be the Syrian branch of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) generates considerable uncertainty. (suite…)
Untangling the Turkey-KRG Energy Partnership: Looking Beyond Economic Drivers 26 mars 2014
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Gonul Tol, GTE Policy Briefs, Iraq, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Kurdistan Regional Government, natural gas, oil
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GTE Policy Brief (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No.14, March 2014, 6 p.
by Gönül Tol *
For decades, Turkey viewed Iraq primarily through the lens of its own Kurdish problem. In the aftermath of the first Gulf War, Ankara shunned direct contact with Iraqi Kurds and opposed the incorporation of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk into a Kurdish federal state, fearing that it would strengthen Iraqi Kurds’ drive for independence (suite…)
Turkey-Kurdish Regional Government Relations After the U.S. Withdrawal From Iraq: Putting the Kurds on the Map? 17 mars 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Bill Park, Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government, The Strategic Studies Institute (SSI), US Army War College
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The Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) March 2014
US Army War College Press
Bill Park *
The withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq at the end of 2011 left behind a set of unresolved problems in the relationship between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), and the Federal Government in Baghdad—notably relating to the disputed boundaries of the KRG, and the extent of its autonomy. (suite…)
Erbil Sends Oil, Ankara Gets Trouble 28 février 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: IAI Working Papers, Iraq, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Kurdistan Regional Government, natural gas, oil, Olgu Okumuş
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IAI Working Papers (Istituto Affari Internazionali) 14|02, 28 February 2014, 9 p.
by Olgu Okumuş *
Since the international media reported crude oil flowing from the KRG to Turkey, doubts about the act’s legality, political acceptability and opacity have surfaced. This oil trade is commercially enticing for energy-hungry Turkey, but is also politically risky. (suite…)
Energy Crossroads: Shifting Dynamics in the Troubled Triangle between Ankara, Erbil and Baghdad 30 janvier 2014
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Emanuela Pergolizzi, GPoT Center, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government
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Policy Update (GPoT Center) no. 8, January 2014
Emanuela Pergolizzi *
Iraq, Turkey, and the Kurdistan Regional Government are in tense political relations over recent energy politics and regional dynamics. (suite…)
An Uncertain Road to Peace: Domestic and Regional Challenges in the Turkish-Kurdish Process 10 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Emanuela Pergolizzi, EU, Iraq, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurds, Syria, Turkey
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IAI Working Papers (Istituto Affari Internazionali) 13/18, 10 June 2013, 11 p.
by Emanuela Pergolizzi
After almost three decades of armed struggle, negotiations between the Turkish government and the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, offer a glimmer of hope to end Turkey’s most deadly conflict (suite…)
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