Du rififi chez les islamistes 9 janvier 2014
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Courrier international (France) no. 1210, 9 janvier 2014, p. 26 به فارسی English
Mustafa Akyol, Al-Monitor (Washington)
Les tensions politiques – pour ne pas dire la guerre – qui opposent le Parti [islamiste modéré] de la justice et du développement (AKP), au pouvoir, à la confrérie musulmane menée par Fethullah Gülen sont le sujet le plus brûlant en Turquie. (suite…)
More Divisions, More Democracy 12 décembre 2013
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The International New York Times (USA) Thursday, December 12, 2013
By Mustafa Akyol *, Istanbul
Foreign journalists writing about Turkey like to focus on the most fundamental divide in Turkish society: the rift between religious conservatives and secularists. But these days an internal clash is raging among the conservatives themselves. And it could be a boon for Turkish democracy. (suite…)
Les dérives islamistes de la Turquie d’Erdogan 6 avril 2013
Posted by Acturca in Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Marc Pierini, Mustafa Akyol, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Samim Akgönül
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Le Figaro (France) no. 21360, samedi 6 avril 2013, p. 17
Laure Marchand, Istanbul
Au nom de la morale, le premier ministre de l’AKP, parti islamo-conservateur au pouvoir depuis une décennie, multiplie les réformes en faveur du puritanisme religieux. Un islamisme qui s’affirme sans complexe dans une République turque pourtant laïque. (suite…)
Can Islamists Be Liberals? 14 mai 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, democracy, Islam, liberalism, Middle East, Mustafa Akyol, Turkey
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The New York Times (USA) Monday, May 14, 2012, p. A 23
By Mustafa Akyol *, Istanbul
For years, foreign policy discussions have focused on the question of whether Islam is compatible with democracy. But this is becoming passe. In Tunisia and Egypt, Islamists, who were long perceived as opponents of the democratic system, are now promoting and joyfully participating in it. (suite…)
Turkey vs. Iran 22 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, Iran, Middle East, Mustafa Akyol, Syria, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Foreign Affairs (USA) March 21, 2012
Mustafa Akyol *
The regional battle for hearts and minds. In a speech last August, Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi, who was Iran’s chief justice from 1999 to 2009 and is now a member of the Guardian Council, argued that « arrogant Western powers are afraid of regional countries’ relations with [Iran]. (suite…)
A Turkish model of governance for the Arabs? Yes and no 7 février 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Arab Spring, Arabs, Middle East, Mustafa Akyol, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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The Daily Star (Lebanon) February 07, 2012, p. 7
By Mustafa Akyol *
Is Turkey indeed a model for the new Arab regimes? Yes and no. Here’s why. The negative first. No, Turkey is not a model for Arab states, for every country has its own history, culture and political structure, which cannot be replicated. (suite…)
En Turquie, la croissance est devenue le principal argument électoral de l’AKP 13 décembre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, élection, croissance, Müsiad, Mustafa Akyol, Tüsiad, Turkey / Turquie
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Le Monde (France) Le Monde Economie, mardi 13 décembre 2011, p. MDE5
Dossier: les islamistes jouent leur crédibilité sur l’enjeu économique
Guillaume Perrier, Istanbul
Lorsque le Parti de la justice et du développement (AKP) est arrivé au pouvoir à Ankara en décembre 2002, l’économie turque était mal en point. Ruiné par des gouvernements dispendieux et par une crise financière qui avait laissé l’économie exsangue en 2001, le pays réclamait du changement. (suite…)
Turkey acts as mentor for emerging Islamists in region 8 décembre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Arab Spring, Egypt, Ennahda, Libya, Muslim Brothers, Mustafa Akyol, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Soli Özel, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Reuters, Thu Dec 8, 2011 Français
By Samia Nakhoul, Istanbul
As Islamist groups emerge triumphant in Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party under Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan seems decided to act as their mentor — and to throw its weight behind the Syrian opposition seeking to oust President Bashar al-Assad, a former ally. (suite…)
What does Turkey think? 7 juin 2011
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, Atila Eralp, Ayşe Kadıoğlu, Dimitar Bechev, European Council on Foreign Relations, Hakan Altınay, Ibrahim Kalin, Ivan Krastev, Mustafa Akyol, Orhan Miroğlu, Osman Baydemir, Soli Özel, Suat Kınıklıoğlu, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU, Zerrin Torun, Şahin Alpay
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European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR/35) June 2011
Edited by Dimitar Bechev
“What does Turkey think?” is a collection of nine essays by Turkish experts and political figures from different backgrounds – Islamists, secularists, Kurds and liberals. The essays examine how questions of identity, democratisation and Ankara’s evolving foreign policy are seen from within the new Turkey. (suite…)
Pourquoi notre société est frappée de paranoïa 22 avril 2010
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Courrier International (France), 22 avril 2010, p. 35 English
Mustafa Akyol, Hürriyet (Istanbul)
Des millions de Turcs restent persuadés que des puissances conspirent contre leur pays. Une théorie du complot qui est curieusement acceptée dans toutes les familles politiques, de droite comme de gauche. (suite…)
Secular Jihad 26 mars 2008
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The Wall Street Journal Europe (USA), March 26th, 2008
By Mustafa Akyol *, Istanbul
Who would you expect to be zealous enemies of « moderate Islam »? Islamic fundamentalists? You bet. From Osama bin Laden & Co. to less violent but equally fanatic groups, Islamist militants abhor their co-religionists who reject tyranny and violence in the name of God. (suite…)