INFOS & ACTUS

« Turkey’s alignment in a changed world » – Ramazan Hakkı Öztan/Le Monde diplomatique

"On 9 March, the Israeli president Isaac Herzog met his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, after a near six-year hiatus in high-level talks between the...

Ukraine’s defence imports from Turkey jumped 30-fold in Q1 – Reuters

"Ukraine received almost 30 times as much defence industry equipment from Turkey in first quarter as it did a year earlier, while it prepared...

Egypt, Turkey consider coordination to boost tourism – Al-Monitor

"In the wake of the stagnation that hit the vital tourism sector in Egypt since the start of the Russian war on Ukraine Feb....

U.S. says potential F-16 sale to Turkey would serve U.S. interests, NATO – Reuters

"The Biden administration believes a potential sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey would be in line with U.S. national security interests and would...

La Tunisie dénonce une «ingérence» de la Turquie après des propos d’Erdogan – Le Figaro

"Les autorités tunisiennes ont annoncé mercredi 6 avril avoir convoqué l'ambassadeur de Turquie à Tunis pour protester contre ce qu'elles considèrent comme une «ingérence»...

« En Turquie, la bourde de trop d’un fidèle allié d’Erdogan » – Marie Jégo/Le Monde

"L’homme d’affaires Ethem Sancak, ancien maoïste habitué des imprécations anti-OTAN, a été poussé à la démission après avoir déclaré que l’AKP, le parti du...

Guerre en Ukraine. En Turquie, Moscou n’a pas si mauvaise presse – Courrier International

"Si les Turcs sont nombreux à soutenir les Ukrainiens, l’opinion publique et la presse locale, toutes tendances confondues, sont toutefois très critiques envers l’Otan...

Turkey, U.S. ready for attempt at fixing strained ties – Reuters

"Turkey and the United States announced the culmination of months of talks to set up a procedure for improving their strained ties, eyeing cooperation...

Orban’s big win in Hungary bears lessons for Turkey’s staid opposition – Al-Monitor

"Diplomacy has been termed “the art of deceit,” but few doubt that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was anything but sincere when he phoned...

La Turquie réclame une enquête sur les cadavres de Boutcha – Le Figaro

"La Turquie a réclamé mercredi 6 avril une enquête indépendante sur les cadavres retrouvés dans la ville ukrainienne de Boutcha, au nord-ouest de Kiev,...

Caught in the Middle: Turkey’s Position Amidst Russia’s War on Ukraine. Carnegie Endowment. (Live Online-April 11, 2022)

Caught in the Middle: Turkey’s Position Amidst Russia’s War on Ukraine April 11, 2022 12:30 PM—14:00 EST Live Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfARxXujIyg "Russia’s invasion of Ukraine poses a new and increasingly...

Roman Abramovich’s superyacht leaves Turkish port run by UK-listed firm – The Guardian

"Roman Abramovich’s $600m (£458m) superyacht Solaris has left a port in Turkey after the London-based company that operates the terminal which had been harbouring the oligarch’s yacht...

« Le drone turc qui galvanise la résistance ukrainienne » – Jean-Pierre Filiu/Le Monde

"Bayraktar signifie « porteur de drapeau » en turc, mais c’est aussi le patronyme du gendre du président Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Selçuk Bayraktar, dont l’entreprise produit, d’abord pour...

Demirtaş Co-Chair of the pro-Kurdish party faces new terrorism charges over tweet from nine years ago – Bianet English

Demirtaş faces new terrorism charges over tweet from nine years ago "A new lawsuit has been launched against former HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş over a...

« President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a man in desperate need of solutions. » – Robert Ellis/The National Interest

Turkey Is Charting Its Own Path On Economics and Foreign Policy "Ahead of Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for June next year, President Recep...

Turkey-Colombia trade doubles in 2021 – Al-Monitor

"Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed trade with his Colombian counterpart Marta Lucia Ramirez in Ankara today" reports Al-Monitor.  Cavusoglu said that bilateral trade between...

À Istanbul, Sainte-Sophie renoue avec les prières nocturnes du ramadan

"Pour la première fois depuis quatre-vingt-huit ans, l’ancienne basilique, transformée en musée en 1934 par Mustafa Kemal, le fondateur de la République turque, puis reconvertie...

Dimitar Bechev: « Turkey’s Response to the War in Ukraine » – Maple Institute

"As the war in Ukraine is raging on, Turkey is putting in extra effort to mediate between Kyiv and Moscow. On 29 March, Russian...

Turkish parliament passes law reducing required votes threshold to 7% – Reuters

"Turkey's parliament on Thursday passed a law lowering the minimum required votes for a party to enter parliament to 7% from 10%, in a...

Affaire Khashoggi : le procureur turc veut « clore le dossier » et le transférer à l’Arabie saoudite – Le Monde

"La Turquie, qui cherche à renouer avec Riyad dont elle a besoin pour soutenir son économie en difficulté, a semble-t-il décidé d’en finir avec l’affaire...

Ukraine war boosts Erdogan’s ‘new Atlanticism,’ but for how long? – Semih Idiz/Al-Monitor

"Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has swung the pendulum for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from the “Eurasianism” that ultimately lies in his heart back to...

Iraqi Kurdish businessman says not involved in gas export talks, region’s capacity low – Reuters

"A Kurdish businessman whose home was hit by Iranian ballistic missiles this month has said he is not involved in and has no knowledge...

Turkey targets Balkans and EU renewables markets – Deutsche Welle

"Due to its weather conditions and vast territory, Turkey looks set to become a renewables powerhouse sooner or later. Its proximity to energy-hungry Europe is an...

International, domestic groups ring alarms on human rights in Turkey – Al-Monitor

"Two reports, one from Amnesty International and another from Turkey’s Association of Journalists, have again drawn attention to Turkey’s deteriorating record on freedom of...

Erdogan se pose en «parrain» des pourparlers russo-ukrainiens – Le Figaro

"Il a tenu à être là, pour la photo et quelques mots. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, qui effectuait mardi une visite en Ouzbékistan, a pris le...

Possible closure of political party dampens Nowruz for Turkey’s Kurds – Al-Monitor

"As Kurds across Turkey flocked to celebrate the Nowruz spring festival, they did so under the shadow of a court case that threatens to...

Israel-Turkey gas pipeline discussed as European alternative to Russian energy – Reuters

"A Turkey-Israel gas pipeline is being discussed behind the scenes as one of Europe's alternatives to Russian energy supplies, but it will take complicated...

« La Turquie est de retour dans le jeu diplomatique » – Dorothée Schmid/Le Monde

La présidentielle de 2023 n’est pas étrangère au repositionnement géopolitique du président turc, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, qui se campe en médiateur dans le conflit...

Turkey faces risks acting as sanctions ‘safe haven’ for Russians – Reuters

"Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked a flurry of Western sanctions on Moscow, at least one oligarch and thousands of other Russians have arrived...

Turkish military planning mid-April operation into southern Iraqi Kurdistan – Ahval

"The Turkish military is planning an operation into southern Iraqi Kurdistan in mid-April, Kurdish Fırat news agency (ANF) reported on Sunday, citing sources in the region"...

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