A new Turkish government has to tackle several priorities 18 juin 2015
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Armenia, Carl Bildt, Cyprus, foreign policy, parliamentary elections, PKK, Syria
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The Daily Star (Lebanon) June 18, 2015, p. 7 Deutsch Español Français
Carl Bildt *
The next administration could play a key role in a series of peace processes. Turkey is moving into unchartered political territory, following the failure of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) to retain its parliamentary majority in the country’s recent general election. (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…)
Making (Non)Sense of Turkey’s Policy on Kobane 13 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: GTE Commentary, ISIS, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Kobane, Nathalie Tocci, PKK
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 16, November 2014, 2 p.
by Nathalie Tocci *
Turkey is pursuing three goals in Syria: eliminating Bashar al-Asad, weakening the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) and defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). (suite…)
Les gagnants du nouveau Moyen-Orient 6 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Irak, Iran, Joschka Fischer, PKK, Syrie
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Le Temps (Suisse) jeudi 6 novembre 2014 Deutsch English Español
Joschka Fischer *
Alors que le Moyen-Orient se recompose, deux gagnants se dégagent, analyse Joschka Fischer, l’ancien ministre allemand des Affaires étrangères. Ce sont les Kurdes qui ont gagné une nouvelle légitimité et l’Iran devenue incontournable à toute solution des crises dans la région. (suite…)
Turkey and the PKK: Saving the Peace Process 6 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: International Crisis Group, peace process, PKK
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Europe Report (International Crisis Group) N°234 Türkçe
Istanbul/Brussels, 6 November 2014
The peace process to end the 30-year-old insurgency of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) against Turkey’s government is at a turning point. It will either collapse as the sides squander years of work, or it will accelerate as they commit to real convergences. (suite…)
Turkey’s misguided Syria policy 4 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: foreign policy, ISIS, Kobane, Nathalie Tocci, PKK, Syria
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Deutsche Welle (Germany) 4 November 2014
Nathalie Tocci *
Turkey should reconsider its muddled policy vis-à-vis Syria, the Kurds and the ‘Islamic State’ writes Nathalie Tocci. Instead of trying to follow conflicting goals, Ankara must do what is in its national interest. (suite…)
A quoi pense la Turquie aujourd’hui ? 28 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Ariane Bonzon, État islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL), Bernard Guetta, Irak, Jérôme Bastion, Marc Semo, PKK, Syrie
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France Inter, mardi 28 octobre 2014
Un jour dans le monde
par Nicolas Demorand
L’image était saisissante, celle des djihadistes de l’Etat islamique hissant leur drapeau noir sur une colline de Kobané. Le contre-champ de cette image était lui aussi saisissant : les militaires et les blindés turcs, l’arme au pied, ne faisant rien pour empêcher la ville de tomber mais, plus encore, verrouillant la frontière pour que les Kurdes n’aillent pas soutenir les leurs. (suite…)
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…)
What Turkey Wants in the War on Islamic State 21 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Ibrahim Kalin, ISIS, PKK, PYD, Syria
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The Wall Street Journal Europe (USA) October 21, 2014, p. 13
By Ibrahim Kalin *
Airstrikes alone will not be sufficient to eliminate Islamic State (also referred to as ISIS). This has been Turkey’s view from the outset of its march into Iraq and Syria, and military officials in the U.S. and elsewhere now share this view. (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…)
La Turquie au bord de l’enfer kurde 16 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: État islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL), PKK, Syrie
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Tribune de Genève (Suisse) jeudi 16 octobre 2014, p. 1 & 9
L’éditorial
Andrés Allemand
Entre la peste et le choléra, le président turc ne sait que choisir. D’un côté, Recep Tayyip Erdogan fait tout son possible pour éviter d’intervenir militairement en Syrie, ce terrain miné où personne ne veut envoyer de troupes. (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…)
Pourquoi la Turquie est ambiguë face à l’EI 10 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: État islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL), Bayram Balci, PKK, Syrie
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Libération (France) vendredi 10 octobre 2014, p. 22
Bayram Balci *
Taxée de double jeu vis-à-vis de l’organisation «Etat islamique» (EI) dont elle aurait indirectement contribué à la montée en puissance en soutenant l’opposition syrienne contre Bachar al-Assad et contre l’émergence d’un puissant facteur kurde en Syrie, la Turquie a enfin clarifié sa position en déclarant, officiellement, qu’elle rejoignait la coalition internationale. (suite…)
Enemy at the gates: why Syria’s disaster threatens war in Turkey 10 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Hugh Pope, PKK, Syria, War
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The Guardian (UK) Friday, October 10, 2014, p. 37
Hugh Pope *
The advance of Isis on Syria’s Kurds is undermining the peace process between Turkey and the PKK. Turkey feels as if it’s reliving an old nightmare. (suite…)
Turkey’s Dangerous Bet on Syria 10 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: ISIS, PKK, Sinan Ülgen, Syria
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International New York Times (USA) Friday, October 10, 2014
By Sinan Ulgen *
Wahington – With the Islamic State just miles from its border, Turkey is now facing its most severe security challenge in decades. In response, the Turkish government is seeking to accomplish the impossible; Ankara wants to fight the Islamic State, carry out regime change in Syria and roll back Kurdish autonomy all at the same time. (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…)
Turkey, ISIL and the PKK: It’s complicated 7 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Free Syrian Army, ISIL, ISIS, Murat Yetkin, PKK, PYD, Syria
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Hürriyet Daily News (Turkey) October 7, 2014, p. 3
Murat Yetkin
It’s a complicated equation, but it’s not too difficult to solve. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was founded in 2013, based on the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), which previously called itself al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia (AQM). ISI was founded in 2004 in reaction to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. (suite…)
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Turkey, Syria and Saving the PKK Peace Process 19 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: GTE Commentary, Hugh Pope, Istituto Affari Internazionali, peace process, PKK, Syria
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 21, December 2014, 4. p.
by Hugh Pope *
The Turkey-PKK peace process is still a rare spot of hope in the Middle East and the dangers of a Syrian spillover have underlined how many shared interests Turkey and Turkey’s Kurds have in overcoming inertia in the talks. (suite…)