Turkey escalates pressure, says Gadhafi must go
Why Europe Needs Turkey
The Henry Jackson Society (UK) 28th April 2011
By Ivelina Fedulova
Executive Summary: 1. The European Union is facing a number of challenges to its role in global politics with the emergence of new economic and political players as well as changes on the international political stage. In order to fortify its future position, Europe will have to embrace Turkey as a member and thus benefit from the geo-strategic advantages such as energy security and reinforced security and foreign policy positions.
La Turquie est fortement affectée par les révoltes touchant ses partenaires économiques du monde arabe
Le Monde (France)samedi 30 avril 2011, p. 16
Guillaume Perrier,Istanbul
La Libye représente le deuxième débouché mondial pour les entreprises de construction du pays. Depuis le mois de février, début du mouvement insurrectionnel en Libye, l?activité économique est suspendue en Turquie. C?est un sérieux coup dur pour les entreprises de construction du pays : après la Russie, la Libye était leur deuxième débouché mondial.
At Europe?s doorstep, Turkey?s role in Middle East changes and evolves
International Business Times Sunday (USA) April 24, 2011
By Palash R. Ghosh
Turkey has become a major regional and economic player in the Near East. As a leading vibrant Muslim society, the Turks offer a solid blueprint for Arab nations seeking to modernize, while still maintaining Islamic roots. However, Turks are not Arabs and their relationship with its Middle Eastern neighbors has been fraught with tensions, crises and conflicting objectives.
Patterns in the Arab revolution
Empowering Egypt’s workers revolution
Syria’s unrest: Between myth and reality
No safe haven for reporters in Libya
The Syrian revolution on campus
Turkey: Inspiring or insidious
Financial Times
US consular officials were unsettled by the reluctance of visa applicants visiting Mr Gulen to explain their motives, according to a 2006 cable published by Wikileaks. The movement’s boundaries are vague: it attracts both committed and casual followers
La mer Noire de port en port
Le Monde diplomatique (france) Août 2010, p. 14-15
Jean-Arnault Dérens et Laurent Geslin *
Sinop (Turquie)
Le 1er mai 2010, alors que les syndicats rassemblaient leurs troupes sur la place Atatürk, les chalutiers du port de pêche de Sinop pavoisaient aux couleurs de la mobilisation antinucléaire : « Sinop nükleer istemiyor ! » (« Sinop ne veut pas de centrale nucléaire ! »).
Turkey: inspiring or insidious
The Financial Times (UK) April 28 2011
By Delphine Strauss
In one corner of the courtyard, green-painted railings enclose the tomb of a saint. In another, a pair of 12-year-old boys in spotless white shirts and neatly pressed trousers politely answer visitors? questions. In Diyarbakir, a city in Turkey?s Kurdish south-east where many children work on the streets or land in jail for throwing stones at security forces, these two have come to prepare for high school entrance exams. Asked what they want to do later, one says ?doctor? and the other, grinning, declares ?police?.
President Gül: Turkish people ‘may say no’ to EU membership
The Turkish people might say ‘no’ to EU membership, just as the Norwegian public did, President Gül told Austrian media ahead of a visit to the European country.
La Turquie veut une libéralisation de la politique de visas de l?UE (Gül)
Agence France Presse
Lundi 2 mai 2011, Vienne
Le président turc Abdullah Gül a appelé lundi l?Union européenne à libéraliser son régime de visas envers les citoyens turcs, au premier jour d?une visite d?Etat en Autriche.
Lors d?une conférence de presse conjointe avec son homologue autrichien Heinz Fischer, M. Gül s?est plaint que l?UE avait évoqué une abrogation des visas avec la Russie et l?Ukraine mais pas avec la Turquie. Une feuille de route a été signée par exemple avec Kiev en novembre.