Erdogan envisions Turkish power center at his palace 26 février 2015
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The Washington Times (USA) Thursday, February 26, 2015, p. A1
By Jacob Resneck, Istanbul, Special to The Washington Times
Domestic strife hinders help for U.S. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a vision for a “new Turkey” where he would preside over the country and build a regional military, political and cultural powerhouse from his sprawling new $600 million presidential palace in the capital of Ankara. (suite…)
Turkey Hesitates to Revise External Priorities 12 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: foreign policy, Ilter Turan, Syria, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Turkish domestic policy
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, November 12, 2014
Ilter Turan *
Is Turkey parting ways with its traditional allies? Is it trying to reconstitute former territories of the Ottoman Empire as a Turkish zone of influence? (suite…)
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The Challenge of à la Turca Presidentialism in Turkey 5 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, commentary, Ersin Kalaycıoğlu, GTE Commentary, Istituto Affari Internazionali, presidential election, presidentialism, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish domestic policy
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 18, November 2014
by Ersin Kalaycioğlu *
What confronts Turkey is not a choice between presidential versus parliamentary democracy, but an electoral authoritarianism of à la Turca presidentialism versus some form of parliamentary democracy. (suite…)