Turkey in the Balkans: Myths, illusions and realities 16 mai 2012
Posted by Acturca in South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Ayhan Simsek, Ö. Faruk Logoglu, Balkans, Bosnia-Herzegovina, CHP, Erhan Türbedar, foreign policy, Neo-Ottomanism, Serbia, Turkey
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Deutsche Welle (Germany) 16 May 2012
Ayhan Simsek
What is behind Turkey’s new assertiveness in the western Balkans? Is it an example of « neo-Ottoman » imperial dreams, economic interests or strategic goals? (suite…)
Greek crisis diminishes EU influence in Balkans 29 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, EU / UE, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Albania, Balkans, economy, EU, EU / UE, Greece, James Pettifer, Kosovar Liberation Army, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Deutsche Welle (Germany) 29 March 2012
Anila Shuka, Interview
The EU will see its sway wane in the Balkans as the Greek crisis persists, says an expert. Turkey looks likely to gain in influence, James Pettifer a Balkans expert from Oxford University told DW. (suite…)
The “Forgotten” Muslims of Southeastern Europe 18 janvier 2012
Posted by Acturca in Religion, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Balkans, Bulgaria, Kerem Öktem, Muslim, Serbia, Southeastern Europe, Turkey / Turquie
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Open Society Foundations (USA) January 18, 2012
by Kerem Öktem *
In May 1989, as the walls separating East and West were about to come down in Europe, tens of thousands of anxious Bulgarian Turks began to arrive on the Turkish border. (suite…)
Kosovo and Turkey : what lies ahead? 8 novembre 2011
Posted by Acturca in South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Doğa Ulaş Eralp, Kosovo, Serbia, SETA, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) Brief No:50, November, 2010, 12 pages
Doğa Ulaş Eralp
Turkey can play a complimentary and even crucial role that could actually ease the task of the European Union between Serbia and Kosovo. (suite…)
Turkey uses economic clout to gain Balkan foothold 14 mars 2011
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Balkans, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Associated Press Mon Mar 14, 2011
Dusan Stojanovic, Novi Pazar, Serbia *
The minarets and Turkish coffeehouses in this southern Serbian town are reminders of the Muslim empire that once shook Europe’s foundations by pushing armies all the way to the gates of Vienna. (suite…)
Turkey succeeds where the EU has consistently failed 17 juin 2010
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Balkans, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, diplomacy, EU / UE, médiation, Serbia, Toby Vogel, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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European Voice (Belgium) 17.06.2010
By Toby Vogel
Engagement in the western Balkans shows that Turkey is not turning towards a more Islamic agenda. Future historians of reconciliation in the western Balkans could do worse than focus their narrative on 24 April 2010, a day on which Boris Tadic, Serbia’s president, and Haris Silajdžic, the Muslim representative on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s three-member presidency, met Abdullah Gül, Turkey’s president, at Istanbul’s Çiragan Palace. (suite…)
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