Turkey’s Kurdish Path 5 mars 2015
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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…)
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…)
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…)
U.S., Kurdish fates intertwine in jihad threat 10 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Erbil, Iraq, ISIS, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurds, PKK, PYD, Syria
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The Wall Street Journal Asia (USA) September 10, 2014, p. 14 & 15
by Joe Parkinson and Adam Entous, Erbil, Iraq
The anti-Islamic State strategy the U.S. is developing first began to take shape a month ago after a series of increasingly urgent phone calls from this Kurdish city. (suite…)
Syria’s Kurds: A Struggle Within a Struggle 22 janvier 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient.Tags: International Crisis Group, Kurds, Middle East, PKK, PYD, Syria
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Middle East Report (International Crisis Group) N°136, 50 p.
Erbil/Damascus/Brussels, 22 January 2013
As Syria’s conflict has expanded, the population in majority-Kurd areas has remained relatively insulated. Keeping a lower profile, it has been spared the brunt of regime attacks; over time, security forces withdrew to concentrate elsewhere. (suite…)
Turkey’s Dual Challenge: The Kurdish Question and Syria 7 décembre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Cengiz Çandar, Democratic Progress Institute, Kurds, Middle East, PKK, PYD, Syria, Turkey
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Democratic Progress Institute (UK) 06/12/2012, 64 p.
Cengiz Çandar *
This paper, by Cengiz Çandar, considers two major issues currently faced by Turkey: that of the Kurdish Question and that of the Syrian predicament. (suite…)
Turkey, Syria and the Kurds: There Goes the Neighborhood 20 novembre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Iraq, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Kurds, Middle East, Piotr Zalewski, PKK, PYD, Syria, Turkey
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 6, 19 November 2012, 3 p
by Piotr Zalewski *
On 3 October 2012, a mortar shell fired from Syria landed in the small Turkish border town of Akçakale, killing two women and three children. It was not the first time that an errant shell had landed on Turkish soil since the beginning of Syria’s civil war, and it was not to be the last. (suite…)
Cyprus scenario least desirable for Erdogan 20 octobre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: conflicts, Cyprus, Middle East, PKK, PYD, Soner Cagaptay, Syria, Turkey
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Gulf News (UAE) October 20, 2012, p. D5
In Focus: In Search of the Right Game Plan
Soner Cagaptay *
Staging a limited invasion to contain the crisis, like it did in the 1970s, may notwork as the cost of intervention in Syria will be high now. (suite…)
Les Kurdes syriens profitent de la guerre pour faire avancer leurs revendications 26 septembre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Irak, Kurdes, PKK, PYD, Saleh Muslim, Syrie
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Le Monde (France) mercredi 26 septembre 2012, p. 4
Christophe Ayad
Rencontré à Paris, Saleh Muslim, le chef de la principale formation kurde syrienne, défend une stratégie qui lui a permis de prendre le contrôle de certaines villes des régions kurdes du pays. (suite…)
L’incontrôlable frontière turco-syrienne 27 juillet 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: PKK, PYD, Syrie
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Les Echos (France) no. 21236, vendredi 27 juillet 2012, p. 12
Dans la presse étrangère
Hürriyet
La frontière turco-syrienne est en ébullition. Il faut dire que la prise de pouvoir de l’Union démocratique du Kurdistan (PYD) dans la région a de quoi inquiéter le gouvernement turc. (suite…)
Syria’s Kurds stand alone after rejecting rebels and regime 23 juillet 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Iraq, Kurds, Middle East, PKK, PYD, Syria, Turkey
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The National (UAE) July 23, 2012, p. 16
Aymenn Al Tamimi *
Developments in Syria and Iraq have led some to speculate that the birth of an independent Kurdish state might be at hand. A closer analysis shows that a united Kurdistan is still unlikely, although a separate semiautonomous Kurdish community in Syria, with some parallels to the Kurdish Autonomous Region in Iraq, is a growing possibility. (suite…)
Entre le régime et les rebelles, la minorité kurde cherche sa voie 21 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Conflits, Conseil national kurde en Syrie, Conseil national syrien, Kurdes, minorité, PKK, PYD, Syrie, Turkey / Turquie
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Le Figaro (France) no. 21037, mercredi 21 mars 2012, p. 9
Fatma Kizilboga, Envoyée spéciale à Erbil
Damas tente de se ménager le soutien de ce groupe fort de deux millions de personnes, dont une partie réclame le départ d’el-Assad. (suite…)
Syrie : comment Bachar el-Assad joue avec la question du Kurdistan occidental 8 novembre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Bachar el-Assad, Conseil national syrien, Mohammed Saleh Mouslim, PKK, PYD, Syrie, Turkey / Turquie
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Le Figaro (France) no. 20922, mardi 8 novembre 2011, p. 6
Pierre Prier
Isolé à l’intérieur comme à l’extérieur des frontières de son pays, le dictateur encourage le plus radical des partis kurdes, au risque de provoquer la Turquie. (suite…)
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