The ‘New Turkey’ that was not in Erdogan’s plans: the aftermath of the critical June 2015 elections 10 juin 2015
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Expert Comment (The Elcano Royal Institute) 41/2015, 10 June 2015
Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos
Ilke Toygür *
Turkey held parliamentary elections on 7 June 2015. They could have been like any other election if Turkey’s first directly-elected President and former Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had not decided to put the current regime to the test. (suite…)
Turkey’s elections: AKP loses absolute majority, thwarts Erdogan’s bid for executive presidency 8 juin 2015
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Expert Comment (The Elcano Royal Institute) 40/2015, 8 June 2015
Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos
William Chislett *
Turkey’s Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its absolute parliamentary majority for the first time since sweeping to power in 2002, and with it Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ambition for greater power by changing the constitution to become an executive president. (suite…)
Should the EU suspend Turkey’s accession negotiations? 17 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Andrew Duff, Elcano Royal Institute, Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos, Turkey’s EU accession process, William Chislett
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Expert Comment (The Elcano Royal Institute) 69/2014, 17 December 2014
Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos
William Chislett *
The arrest of Turkish journalists, media executives and even the scriptwriter of a popular television series, ostensibly for ‘forming, leading and being a member of an armed terrorist organisation’, brought a swift rebuke from the European Commission and raised the question of whether Turkey’s EU painfully slow accession negotiations should be suspended. (suite…)
Turkey’s EU accession: trying harder, but still failing 10 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: EU membership, Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos, Turkey’s EU accession process, William Chislett
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Expert Comment (Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos) 60/2014, 10/10/2014
William Chislett *
The EU’s annual report on Turkey’s accession negotiations, which have advanced at a snail’s pace since they were opened nine years ago this month, is like an end-of-term student report card. (suite…)
Turkey: Erdogan to run in first direct presidential election 2 juillet 2014
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Expert Comment (Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos) 45/2014, 2/7/2014
William Chislett *
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister for the last 11 years and an increasingly authoritarian and polarising figure, will, as expected, run in the country’s first direct election for the presidency on 10 August. (suite…)
Turkey’s Economy Slows Down: Will this Affect Spain’s Burgeoning Trade and Investment? 16 janvier 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos, William Chislett
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Analysis of the Real Instituto Elcano (ARI) 2/2013, 16/1/2013
Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos (Spain)
William Chislett *
Like Spain, the Turkish economy became overheated and growth is still high by EU standards. Spanish exports have risen by more than 30% over the last five years, making Turkey the second-largest non-EU market after the US, and in 2011 Turkey was the main destination of Spain’s direct investment abroad. (suite…)
EU‐Turkey accession negotiations: the state of play and the role of the new Turkish foreign policy (WP) 4 avril 2011
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Mahir Ilgaz, Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU, Turkish foreign policy, İlke Toygür
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Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos (Spain)
Working Paper 8/2011, 4/4/2011
Mahir Ilgaz * and İlke Toygür **
Turkey’s EU accession negotiations completed their fifth year on 3 October 2010. However, despite annual declarations on the Turkish side that each new year would be ‘the year of the EU’, negotiations seem to be progressing very slowly and the prospects for their timely completion look dim. (suite…)
Spain and Turkey: a budding relation 15 avril 2009
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: EU / UE, Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos, Spain, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU, William Chislett
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Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos (Spain), 15/4/2009
By William Chislett *
Spain and Turkey are enjoying a burgeoning economic and political relation. Two-way trade more than doubled between 2002 and 2008 –excluding the EU, Turkey is Spain’s third most important trade partner after the US and Mexico (suite…)
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