The Sultan’s Raiders: The Military Role of the Crimean Tatars in the Ottoman Empire 19 mai 2013
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire.Tags: Brian Glyn Williams, Crimean Tatar, History, military, military history, Ottoman Empire
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The Jamestown Foundation (USA) May 2013, 53 p.
Brian Glyn Williams *
From the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries, the Christian nations of Europe and the Shiites of Persia were forced to defend their lands against the inroads of an ever expanding Ottoman Empire, an empire whose awesome war machine at times appeared strong enough to absorb its immediate neighbors. (suite…)
Military in Greece Is Spared Cuts 8 janvier 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, EU / UE, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: défense, economy, Greece, Judy Dempsey, military, Military expenditure, NATO, Turkey
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International Herald Tribune (USA) Tuesday, January 8, 2013, p. 2
Letter from Europe
By Judy Dempsey *, Berlin
The euro crisis has not been good for NATO’s secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Mr. Rasmussen has used every occasion to cajole alliance members into investing and collaborating more in defense. (suite…)
Why no one should feel safe in Turkey 29 octobre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: A. Yasin Türker, military, sledgehammer
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Financial Times (UK) Monday, October 29, 2012, p. 6
Letters to the Editor
From Dr A. Yasin Türker *
Sir, I am one of the 328 victims who have been sentenced to 16 years in prison in the « sledgehammer » case, after a year-long detention, on charges of attempting to overthrow the government of Turkey through force and violence in 2003. (suite…)
Dealing with a Rising Power: Turkey’s Transformation and its Implications for the EU 28 octobre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, CES, EU enlargement, foreign policy, Gerald Knaus, Manfred Scheich, military, soft power, Svante Cornell, The Centre for European Studies, Turkey, Turkey-EU, Turkey’s EU accession process
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The Centre for European Studies (CES) October 2012, 124 p.
S. Cornell, G. Knaus, M. Scheich
Turkey’s growing assertiveness on the international stage, difficulties with EU accession, rapidly rising economy, and the long and controversial reign of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) are all necessitating a need for analysis. (suite…)
The Turkey-Syria military balance 20 mai 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Coşkun Ünal, Middle East, military, Soner Cagaptay, Syria, Turkey
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Jane’s Islamic Affairs Analyst, May 2012, p. 9-11
Soner Çağaptay and Coşkun Ünal
The influx of Syrian refugees into Turkey has led Ankara to consider military action. Soner Çağaptay and Coşkun Ünal assess the military capabilities of Turkey and Syria, and whether a conflict is likely. (suite…)
Turkey’s Military versus the Government: From Military Tutelage to Civilian Authoritarianism? 23 janvier 2012
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ahmet Taşgetiren, AKP, democracy, Mehmet Altan, military, Nuray Mert, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, İlker Başbuğ
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Qantara.de (Germany) 23.01.2012 Deutsch
Fatma Kayabal
Opinion in Turkey remains divided over whether the recent remand of a former chief of General Staff on charges of coup plotting represents a further blow against an older, less democratic order, or a move by the incumbent government to further consolidate its power. Fatma Kayabal investigates (suite…)
From Ataturk to Erdogan, reshaping Turkey 15 août 2011
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Kemalism, military, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Soner Cagaptay, Turkey / Turquie
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The Washington Post (USA) August 15,2011
By Soner Cagaptay *
As the Ottoman Empire vanished after World War I, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk created a new Turkey in the mold of Europe. (suite…)
‘A Good Anchor’ 19 février 2008
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Ali Y. Koç, Constitution, EU membership, Ferit Sahenk, headscarves, Mehmet Ali Yalcindag, military, Suzan Sabanci Dincer, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU
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Newsweek (USA) Feb 18, 2008, pages 44-45
Christopher Dickey and Rana Foroohar
Turkey’s top tycoons speak out on ties to Europe, headscarves, the military and other controversies. (suite…)
Governance and the military: perspectives for change in Turkey 5 juin 2006
Posted by Acturca in Academic / Académique, Books / Livres, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Armagan Kuloglu, Bastiaan Konijnenbelt, Centre for European Security Studies, David Greenwood, Harmonie Paper, Jos Boonstra, Margriet Drent, military, Mustafa Sahin, Nilüfer Narli, Sami Faltas, Sander Jansen, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU
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Harmonie Paper (Centre for European Security Studies) No 19, May 2006
Sami Faltas and Sander Jansen, editors
Civil-military relations in Turkey are changing as the country prepares for EU membership, and they will continue to change as accession draws closer. (suite…)
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