Turkey’s choice: EU or Putin norms 7 avril 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, democracy, local elections, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Şahin Alpay
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Today’s Zaman (Turkey) Monday, April 7, 2014, p. 15
Şahin Alpay
Turkey, during the first two terms of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in power, managed to leave behind the military-bureaucratic tutelage over democracy, if not constitutionally then in practice. The main struggle for Turkey in the third term of AKP power is to prevent democracy from turning into the tyranny of the majority. (suite…)
Is it the same game in Turkey and Brazil? 1 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, protests, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Şahin Alpay
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Today’s Zaman (Turkey) July 1, 2013, p. 15
Şahin Alpay
In a rally of his party on June 22, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said: “The same game is now being played over Brazil. (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…)
Does Arab Spring mean Turkish Fall? 15 mai 2011
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab uprisings, Arabs, foreign policy, Middle East, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Şahin Alpay
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Today’s Zaman (Turkey) 15 May 2011, Sunday Türkçe
Şahin Alpay
If you look at what is written about Turkish foreign policy by Western, and especially American, observers nowadays, you will find that in many of the commentaries the thesis that the Arab Spring — referring to the global wave of democratization after the end of the Cold War finally reaching the Arab world — is leading to the failure of Turkey’s foreign policy, which is based on the principle of “zero problems with neighbors,” pursued by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) since it came to power in 2002. (suite…)
La Turquie dans l’Union européenne 17 avril 2007
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, Books / Livres, EU / UE, Religion, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Adriana Vozzi, Afkar/Idées, Alain Servantie, Antonio Ávalos, Burhan Şenatalar, Carlos de Cueto, Carmen Rodríguez, citoyenneté, dialogue des civilisations, Eduard Soler, enseignement supérieur, Espagne, EU / UE, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), Francisco Veiga, Helena Oliván, Ian O. Lesser, interview, Isaías Barreñada, Islam, Marc Pierini, Marién Durán, Méditerranée, MEdobs, Mehmet Aydin, Orhan Pamuk, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Semih Vaner, Turkey / Turquie, Ulrick Beck, Şahin Alpay
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Afkar/Idées (Espagne) num. 13 (printemps 2007), p. 3 Español
La Turquie est méditerranéenne, elle se sent européenne et elle aspire à faire partie de la construction européenne. Nous signalons ici six arguments qui vont dans ce sens. Nous ne prétendons pas qu’ils soient les seuls. Mais ce sont des considérations pour avancer vers le consensus nécessaire. (suite…)
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