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…)
‘Whichever party wins will face new Kurdish reality’ 18 mai 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, HDP, Kurds, Nihat Ali Özcan, parliamentary elections, PKK
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Hürriyet Daily News (Turkey) Monday, May 18, 2015, p. 4
Barçın Yinanç, Istanbul
The dynamics of the Kurdish issue have changed so much that whoever wins the upcoming election will have to face a new Kurdish reality, according to prominent security expert Nihat Ali Özcan. (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…)
Six Months Away Yet So Near: The Forthcoming Elections in Turkey 21 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: corruption, elections, Ilter Turan, Kurds, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, January 21, 2015
Ilter Turan *
Turkey’s upcoming elections promise to be critical on several counts, among which three stand out. First is the Kurdish problem. (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
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…)
The road to Damascus passes through Ankara 16 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: ISIS, Kurds, PKK, Rajendra Abhyankar, Syria
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Hindustan Times (India) Thursday, October 16, 2014, p. 10
Rajendra Abhyankar *
Turkey will generate a new set of regional dynamics when it commences military operations against ISIS. The Turkish parliament’s vote in favour of a cross-border military action is a force multiplier in Syria for the US and Nato. (suite…)
Turkey is never going to rescue the Syrian crisis 14 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: ISIS, Kurds, Norman Stone, PKK, refugees, Syria
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London Evening Standard (UK) Monday, October 13, 2014, p. 14
Norman Stone *
The US will now be allowed to use Turkish bases against IS. But Ankara’s choice is between war or revolt at home. (suite…)
Battle for Kobani: Turkey has good reasons for caution 9 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: foreign policy, ISIS, Kobani, Kurds, PKK, Syria
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The Guardian (UK) 9 October 2014, p. 36
Editorial
The eyes of the world have been focused for the last few days on a little Kurdish town in Syria which few had heard of until a week or so ago. The plight of Kobani, close to the Turkish border, and under siege by Islamic State forces as they try to establish control over ever-larger territory in Syria and Iraq, is being presented as a sort of morality tale. (suite…)
How ISIS Could Soon Control Close to Half of the Syrian Border with Turkey 7 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: ISIS, Kobani, Kurds, Max Hoffman, Michael Werz, PKK, Syria
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The National Interest (USA) October 7, 2014
Michael Werz and Max Hoffman *
The end appears very near in Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) in northern Syria as ISIS closes in on the city from three sides. For the past two weeks, Kurdish fighters of the People’s Protection Units, or YPG (the military arm of the Democratic Union Party), have resisted an intense offensive by ISIS militants there. (suite…)
Turkey and the PKK: How to deal with Syria’s Kurds 4 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: ISIS, Kobane, Kurds, PKK, Syria, YPG
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The Economist (UK) no. 950
Saturday, October 4, 2014
The emergence of another Kurdish entity on its borders unsettles the government. (suite…)
Turkey Wants Secure Syria Zone as Militants Strike Kurds 28 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Kobani, Kurds, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, refugees, secure zone, Syria
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Bloomberg (USA) Sep 28, 2014
By Onur Ant and Selcan Hacaoglu
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said setting up a “secure zone” inside Syria is necessary to help refugees return after they fled Islamic State’s onslaught against Kurdish areas into Turkey. (suite…)
Emergency Update on situation of Syrian refugees in Turkey 28 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Kurds, refugees, Syria, UNHCR
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
September 2014
Following the latest bouts of armed conflict in the north of the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria), since 19 September more than 140,000 Syrian refugees have fled across the border to southern Turkey. UNHCR estimates that this new influx could involve as many as 400,000 people seeking refuge in Turkey. (suite…)
Who is Joining ISID From Turkey, Why, and How? 23 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: ISIS, Kurds, Syria, Turkey
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BBC Monitoring European (UK) September 23, 2012 Türkçe
by Rusen Cakir
We know that some of the foreigners who fight in (IS)ID [Islamic State (of Syria and the Levant), ISIL] in Syria and Iraq have joined the organization from Turkey. In addition, there are those who are of Turkish origin but who live in Western countries, and who generally cross over into Syria from Turkey. (suite…)
Syria/Turkey: Displacement of Syrian Kurdish refugees into Sanliurfa province, Turkey 23 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: ACAPS, Assessment Capacities Project, Kurds, refugees, Sanliurfa, Start Network, Syria, Turkey
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ACAPS Briefing Note (The Assessment Capacities Project ) 23 September 2014
Start Network
On 16 September, Islamic State (IS) launched another offensive on the Kobane area in northeastern Syria, controlled by Kurdish forces. Kobane city, with a population of 400,000, is under siege. (suite…)
Humanitarian funding analysis: Kurdish refugees from Syria in to Turkey 23 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Development Initiatives, Global Humanitarian Assistance, humanitarian funding, Kurds, refugees, Start Network, Syria, Turkey
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Crisis Briefings (Global Humanitarian Assistance) 23 September 2014
Development Initiatives, Start Network
On 23rd September 2014 we responded to a funding alert for the Kurdish refugees from Syria into Turkey. (suite…)
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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…)