What Turkey’s elections say about the Turkish people 18 juin 2015
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Egypt, Gulf Cooperation Council, Mohammad Hassan Al Harbi, Muslim Brotherhood, parliamentary elections, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria
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Gulf News (UAE) 17 June 2015, p. A3
By Mohammad Hassan Al Harbi *, Special to Gulf News
The nation’s priorities continue to be the same despite a change in the ruling party’s fortunes as it remains a state of institutions. (suite…)
The Lost Cause 29 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Egypt, Fehim Tastekin, foreign policy, Hamas, Iran, Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar, Syria
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BBC Monitoring Europe (UK) Monday, December 29, 2014 Türkçe
by Fehim Tastekin, Text of report by Turkish newspaper Radikal website on 26 Dec.
With the basis of the partnership with Qatar beginning to wither away, it is becoming more difficult for Turkey to continue, in its current form, its Egypt policy, which it had virtually made sacred with the « Rabia » hand gesture (suite…)
Turkey Open to Bids for Refuge by Muslim Brotherhood Exiles 16 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar
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The New York Times (USA) Tuesday, September 16, 2014, p. A 11
By Sebnem Arsu,Istanbul
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said on Monday that several exiled leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood who fled to Qatar but lately have come under pressure to leave that Persian Gulf monarchy could perhaps find a new refuge in his country. (suite…)
Turkey’s Middle-East Dream Becomes a Nightmare 4 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Ahmet Davutoglu, AKP, Egypt, foreign policy, Iran, Iraq, Muslim Brotherhood, Soner Cagaptay, Syria
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The Wall Street Journal Europe (USA) September 4, 2014, p. 13
By Soner Cagaptay *
Ankara’s efforts to become a regional power player have backfired. It’s time to renew old partnerships instead. (suite…)
Turkey after the Arab Uprisings: Difficulties of Hanging on in There 25 décembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Arab uprisings, foreign policy, ISPI, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, Meliha Benli Altunışık, Muslim Brotherhood, Tunisia
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Analysis (ISPI) No. 223, December 2013
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI)
Meliha Benli Altunışık *
In the early days of the Arab uprisings, Turkey was seen as the “winner.” Yet after more than two years Turkey has lost most of its lucrative economic relations with the region, begun to experience crisis in its relations with several regional countries, and more significantly so far has failed to achieve its foreign policy goals. How has this happened? (suite…)
Deceived by Democracy 19 septembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, democracy, Egypt, Gezi Park, Muslim Brotherhood, political Islam, Sinan Ülgen
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Today’s Zaman (Turkey) 19 September 2013, p. 14
Sinan Ülgen *, Istanbul
Popular protests in Turkey last May, together with the recent ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, have reinvigorated debate about political Islam’s compatibility with democracy. (suite…)
Analysis: Turkey’s ‘worthy solitude’ sidelines Erdogan in Middle East 18 septembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: diplomacy, Egypt, foreign policy, Ibrahim Kalin, Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sinan Ülgen, Soner Cagaptay, Turkey
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Reuters (UK) September 18, 2013
By Nick Tattersall, Istanbul
Clinging to calls for military action in Syria and wedded to his backing for Egypt’s ousted Islamist president, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan cuts an increasingly lonely figure in a region whose future he still hopes to help shape. (suite…)
Egypt-Turkey-Kurds 16 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Egypt, Kurds, Michael Werz, Muslim Brotherhood, Soner Cagaptay, Turkey
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Voice of America (VOA) August 16, 2013
Encounter
From Tunisia to Egypt, the “Arab Spring” uprisings ousted autocrats and catapulted several Islamist movements to positions of power. (suite…)
Middle East Is Sinking Deeper Into Instability 24 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Egypt, Javier Solana, Middle East, military coup, Muslim Brotherhood, Syria, Turkey
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The Moscow Times (Russia) 24 July 2013, p. 9 Español Français
By Javier Solana *
Instability continues to spread in the Middle East, with the military coup in Egypt the latest episode to trigger political tremors throughout the region. (suite…)
Morsi’s lesson for Erdogan 17 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Egypt, Ennahda, James E. Baldwin, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, protests, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Tunisia, Turkey
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The Guardian (UK) Wednesday, July 17, 2013, p. 26
James E Baldwin *
The democratic Islamist parties can avoid alienating opponents – Tunisia’s gets this, Turkey’s does not. (suite…)
Turkey was not and will never be a model 14 octobre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Egypt, Magdy Aziz Tobia, Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
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Jerusalem Post (Israel) October 14, 2012, p. 14
Magdy Aziz Tobia *
A question worth scrutiny is who promoted the idea of a Turkish model to be followed by Arab Spring countries? Was it Western diplomats yearning to see coexistence between Islam and democracy in the Middle East and wishing that Arab Islamists could learn lessons from the Turkish experience and spare themselves the time and effort wasted in searching for another alternative? (suite…)
Turkey’s Relations with the Syrian Opposition 13 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Bayram Balci, Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood, PKK, Syria, Syrian National Council, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (USA) April 13, 2012
Bayram Balci *
A few years ago, when Turkey truly believed that it could pursue a policy of “zero problems with neighbors,” Syria was one of its success stories. How quickly times can change. (suite…)
Turkey faces awkward situation 13 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, conflicts, foreign policy, Marwan Kabalan, Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood, Syria, trade, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Gulf News (UAE) April 13, 2012, p. 9
Marwan Kabalan *
It has to tackle the Syrian crisis on its border with the possibility of getting involved in the conflict (suite…)
Egypt can’t replicate the Turkish model: but it can learn from it 12 janvier 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, democracy, Egypt, Freedom and Justice Party, Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood, political Islam, Sebnem Gumuscu, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Sada (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) January 12, 2012
By Şebnem Gümüşçü *
In Egypt, a number of younger and more moderate Islamists have pointed to Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) as a source of inspiration, citing legal reform, successful economic management, and electoral victories as models to be emulated. (suite…)
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