Happy Anniversary? EU-Turkey relations at age 50. An appeal 12 septembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Ankara Agreement, EU enlargement, EU membership, European Stability Initiative, Gerald Knaus, Lucia Gobierna, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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European Stability Initiative (ESI) 12 September 2013
By Gerald Knaus and Lucia Gobierna *
On 12 September 1963 leaders of the European Economic Community and Turkey met in Ankara. They signed an Association Agreement– the Ankara Agreement – with the objective “to promote the continuous and balanced strengthening of trade and economic relations between the Parties.” (suite…)
50 years of EU-Turkey relations: talk the talk and walk the walk 12 septembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Ankara Agreement, Laura Batalla, Turkey-EU, Uluslararası Politika Akademisi
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Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) 12 September 2013
Laura Batalla
12th September 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the Ankara Agreement, signed in 1963 in Ankara, hence its name. The agreement established an association between Turkey and the then European Economic Community (EEC) signaling the start of a long-standing close relationship. (suite…)
Turkey’s Democratic Path 30 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, Egemen Bagis, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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The International Herald Tribune (USA) July 30, 2013 Tuesday, p. 7
Egemen Bagis *, Ankara
Just days after your editorial »Turkey undermines its bid to join the E.U. » (June 26), the E.U. decided to resume talks with Turkey by opening the Regional Policy Chapter to negotiations. (suite…)
Protests highlight differences between Turkey, Egypt 16 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: #occupygezi, Egypt, Gezi Park, protests, Turkey, Turkey-EU, USA
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Bangkok Post (Thailand) Tuesday, July 16, 2013, p. 9
Politics is as politics always has been, local and specific. So why, then, has Turkey not descended into chaos? (suite…)
From Model to Bystander and How to Bounce Back: Turkey, the Middle East, and the Transatlantic Alliance 10 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: AKP, foreign policy, Middle East, Nora Fisher Onar, Syria, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Turkey-EU, USA
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, July 2013, 17 p.
Foreign Policy Papers
Nora Fisher Onar *
The perception of Turkey as a model for the Middle East appears to have been fleeting. For the time being, the story has petered out because Turkey, like its allies and rivals, has proven unable to shape outcomes after the Arab revolutions, especially in Syria. (suite…)
Turkey at a Tipping Point: Why the EU Should Use Gezi to Rebalance Ankara’s Foreign Policy 5 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, foreign policy, Gezi Park, Pinar Elman, The Polish Institute of International Affairs, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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PISM Policy Papers, No. 17 (65), July 2013
The Polish Institute of International Affairs
by Pinar Elman *
Protests that began over the re-development of Gezi Park in Istanbul and spread throughout the country mark a turning point not just in Turkey’s domestic policy but in its foreign policy, too. (suite…)
Spain and Turkey: can relations further widen and deepen? 27 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: bilateral relations, Eduard Soler i Lecha, Espagne, foreign policy, IPLI, Spain, TEPAV, Turkey, Turkey Policy Brief Series, Turkey-EU
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Turkey Policy Brief Series (IPLI – TEPAV) 10th edition, 2013, 9 p. Français
by Eduard Soler i Lecha *
This policy brief evaluates Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa in the wake of recent revolutionary events in the region. (suite…)
Gezi Park one month on: what lies ahead? 27 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: #occupygezi, AKP, Amanda Paul, Demir Murat Seyrek, Gezi Park, protests, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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Commentary (European Policy Centre) 27 June 2013
by Amanda Paul & Demir Murat Seyrek *
For almost a month, Turkey has been witnessing serious challenges to its social and political stability, with protestors defying the authority of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). (suite…)
Turkey’s E.U. Bid 25 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: EU, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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The New York Times (USA) Tuesday, June 25, 2013, p. A24
Editorial
For 26 years, Turkey has been angling for membership in the European Union, only to see its bid thwarted. Now, with the union on the verge of reviving talks on Turkey’s accession, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s (suite…)
Europe and Turkey should keep talking 24 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Angela Merkel, EU membership, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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Financial Times (UK) June 24, 2013, p. 10 Deutsch Français Türkçe
Editorial
Just as France has softened its longstanding objections to reviving Turkey’s accession talks with the EU, opening the way to a resumption of negotiations after a three-year hiatus, another member state has mounted the barricades. (suite…)
As Turkey clamps down, Europe recoils 13 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in France, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: EU, Germany, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Taksim, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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The International Herald Tribune (USA) Thursday, June 13, 2013, p. 4
Dan Bilefsky, Paris
New membership talks take a step backward even before they start. (suite…)
How Europe can save Turkey’s democracy 9 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, democracy, EU membership, Steven A. Cook, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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The Washington Post Sunday (USA) June 09, 2013, p. B3
by Steven A. Cook *
Middle East scholar Steven A. Cook says Turkey needs a real shot at joining the E.U. (suite…)
Soft Power in Turkish Foreign Policy: New Instruments and Challenges 27 mai 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, Euxeinos, foreign policy, Middle East, Selcen Öner, soft power, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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Euxeinos (GCE-HSG) 10/2013, pp. 7-15
Issue: Strategic Depth through Soft Power: The Domestic Production and International Projection of Turkish Culture
by Selcen Öner *
During the Cold War era and in the 1990s as well, Turkey was considered mostly as a “hard power” because of the high influence of its military in politics and deficiencies in its democracy and human rights. In the first decade of the 21st century several internal and external developments have positively contributed to Turkey’s “soft power”. (suite…)
Global Turkey in Europe. Political, Economic, and Foreign Policy Dimensions of Turkey’s Evolving Relationship with the EU 24 mai 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Anne Duncker, Arab Spring, Daniela Huber, E. Fuat Keyman, EU enlargement, EU Neighbourhood Policy, foreign policy, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Middle East, Nathalie Tocci, Senem Aydın Düzgit, Syria, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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IAI Research Papers (IAI) No. 9, May 2013, 303 p.
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
edited by Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Anne Duncker, Daniela Huber, E. Fuat Keyman and Nathalie Tocci *
The EU is changing, Turkey too, and – above all – there is systemic change and crisis all round, ranging from economics, the spread of democratic norms and foreign policy. (suite…)
Cutting the Visa Knot. How Turks can travel freely to Europe 21 mai 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: European Stability Initiative, Turkey, Turkey-EU, visa, Visa liberalisation, visa-free travel
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ESI Report (European Stability Initiative) 21 May 2013, 28 p.
Berlin – Brussels – Istanbul
Visa liberalisation has been a crucial element in the EU’s relations with Romania, Serbia and Albania. Yet until recently it had not even appeared on the agenda of talks between Brussels and Ankara. (suite…)
A Partnership between Poland and Turkey: Filling the EU Gap? 21 mai 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: bilateral relations, foreign policy, Pinar Elman, Poland, The Polish Institute of International Affairs, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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Bulletin PISM, No. 54 (507) 21 May 2013
The Polish Institute of International Affairs
Pinar Elman *
In 2014, on the 600th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, Poland and Turkey are preparing to translate their good mutual relations into a deeper strategic partnership in areas of common long-term interest such as energy, defence and space. (suite…)
Turkey as a regional foreign policy actor 13 mai 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Marc Pierini, Middle East, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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Hurriyet Daily News (Turkey) Monday, May 13, 2013, p. 7
Marc Pierini *
In a few days, Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, will visit Washington, a significant step for the country which has NATO’s second largest conventional army. (suite…)
Turkey’s Kurdish Gamble 16 avril 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: energy, EU, Iraq, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Kurdish regional government, Middle East, Nathalie Tocci, Syria, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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IAI Working Papers (Istituto Affari Internazionali) 13/10, April 2013, 8 p.
by Nathalie Tocci *
Turkish policies are currently bolstering the Kurdish Regional Government’s drift towards independence, a prospect thought unthinkable in Ankara only a few years ago. (suite…)
Turkey’s Foreign Policy: Shifting Back to the West after a Drift to the East? 7 avril 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: foreign policy, IPLI, Jean Marcou, TEPAV, Turkey, Turkey Policy Brief Series, Turkey-EU
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Turkey Policy Brief Series (IPLI – TEPAV) 8th edition, 2013, 9 p. Français
Jean Marcou *
In this brief, the author discusses how the AKP’s rise to power in Turkey brought about a significant shift in foreign policy, but this shift has most likely been wrongly appraised. (suite…)
Turkey Takes Steps Toward Europe 3 avril 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Turkey, Turkey-EU
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The Wall Street Journal (USA) April 3, 2013, p. 5
By Emre Peker, Istanbul
Ankara has taken steps to reaffirm ties with Brussels, despite angry rhetoric over a customs agreement with the European Union, in an effort to find shelter against troubling political and economic developments in its region. (suite…)
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