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Erdogan réitère ses accusations contre Kavala après sa condamnation à la perpétuité – Le Figaro

"Le président turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan a réitéré mercredi 27 avril ses accusations contre le mécène turc Osman Kavala, condamné lundi à la perpétuité, malgré...

Lights go out on Erdogan rival who refused to pay soaring power bills – Reuters

"The leader of Turkey's main opposition party said on Thursday that he will sit in the dark for a week after power had been...

Turkish, Israeli leaders speak on Al-Aqsa Mosque tensions – Al-Monitor

"Blaming Israeli radicals and security forces for the attacks against the Palestinians, Erdogan expressed concern over the spreading of unrest to Gaza" reports Nazlan...

« Turkey’s Neutrality on Ukraine Is Coming at a High Price » – Bobby Ghosh/Bloomberg

"Last summer, after years of open hostility, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Emmanuel Macron called a “verbal ceasefire.”  Now, the Turkish and French presidents are in direct communication as...

« Thinking Turkey wishfully » – Cengiz Aktar/Maple Institute

"A perceptible excitation to see Turkey’s strongman Erdogan leave office is gathering pace among Western as well as Turkish wishful thinkers. The critical reason...

« How Erdogan Became the Middle East’s Favorite Human Rights Abuser » – Zvi Bar-el/Haaretz

"The U.S. State Department’s annual report on human rights in Turkey, which was issued this week, mentioned nothing surprising. Its 93 pages contained more...

Le grand tournant africain de la Turquie – Courrier International

"Depuis l’accession au pouvoir de Recep Tayyip Erdogan, l’Afrique est devenue un enjeu majeur de la politique étrangère turque. Échanges économiques, culturels et diplomatiques...

Turkey’s war with inflation: ‘Prices change daily and everyone is scared’ – The Guardian

"From behind the counter in a bakery in Kasımpaşa, a working-class Istanbul neighbourhood, Mustafa Kafadar can see the orange, white and blue banners of...

Ramadan becomes political battleground in Turkey – Al-Monitor

"Lavish Ramadan gatherings by Turkey's ruling party have fueled public outrage amid staggering inflation and skyrocketing prices" says Pinar Tremblay in Al-Monitor. Turkish President Recep...

Erdogan’s statements shake Tunisian-Turkish ties – Al-Monitor

"Diplomatic and economic relations between Tunisia and Turkey are at stake in the wake of statements by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following President...

« Turkish women’s group targeted as Erdoğan fans flames of ‘culture war’ » – The Guardian

"Turkish public prosecutors have sparked outrage among feminists by demanding the closure of the country’s largest women’s rights group accusing it of being “against...

« Erdogan plays to base with criticism of Tunisia » – Fehim Taştekin/Al-Monitor

"By slamming the dissolution of Tunisia’s parliament, Erdogan may have emboldened his ideological allies from the Ennahda party, but his criticism might backfire to...

Plus de 60 % des Turcs ne consomment plus de viande – Courrier International

"Une enquête statistique révèle que 61,8 % des Turcs ont cessé de consommer de la viande rouge, désormais hors de portée des ménages les plus...

Erdogan hopes that its recent reconciliation with the UAE could help him turn a new page with Syria – Fehim Taştekin/Al-Monitor

Can Erdogan coax Assad into dialogue? "Hopeful that the Ukraine war will tip the scales to its favor in Syria, Turkey is taking escalatory steps...

Vers un début de normalisation entre Ankara et Damas ? – Courrier International

"Ankara envisagerait de reprendre langue avec Damas pour discuter des Kurdes présents sur le sol syrien et des réfugiés syriens présents en Turquie. Mais...

« 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...

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...

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...

« 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...

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...

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...

Entre OTAN, Russie et Ukraine, Erdogan se positionne en faiseur de paix – Marie Jégo/Le Monde

"Champion des tours de passe-passe diplomatiques, le président turc a su tirer parti de l’invasion russe de l’Ukraine pour redorer son blason auprès de...

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...

« 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...

Fehim Taştekin : « Will Ukraine crisis help Turkey dodge Western arms embargoes? » – Al-Monitor

"Drawing on the role of Turkish drones in bolstering Ukraine’s defense, Erdogan has urged NATO partners to lift restrictions on military sales to Turkey....

Selahattin Demirtas : « La Turquie est entrée dans une sorte de régime autoritaire électif » – Le Monde

"Avocat de formation et ancien coprésident du HDP, Selahattin Demirtas est incarcéré depuis le 4 novembre 2016, accusé notamment de « terrorisme ». Leader du mouvement kurde légal,...

Turkey’s dilemma: whose side is Erdogan on? – The Spectator

"Vladimir Putin’s ill-conceived blitzkrieg in Ukraine has failed thanks, first and foremost, to the guts of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians. British and US-supplied anti-tank...

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