Archivo etiqueta «Turquía»
By Soner Cagaptay, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (THE WASHINGTON POST, 15/08/11):
As the Ottoman Empire vanished after World War I, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk created a new Turkey in the mold of Europe. Controlling all levers of power, including the military, Ataturk implemented his vision by mandating a separation between religion, public policy and government, and by telling his compatriots to consider themselves intuitively Western.
It took a century and a democratic revolution invoked by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) — a coalition of conservatives, reformed Islamists and Islamists that came to … Seguir leyendo
By Danny Danon, deputy speaker of the Israeli Knesset and chairman of World Likud (THE WASHINGTON TIMES, 12/08/11):
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, once considered a friend to Israel, has had the audacity to demand that Israel apologize for last year’s incident involving the Gaza-bound ship Mavi Marmara. In fact, the Turkish government owes Israelan apology for this attack, along with other recent actions that have threatened the lives of Israeli citizens.
First, Turkey should apologize for encouraging the sending, under false pretenses, of anti-Israel activists into the country’s sovereign territory. These supposedly peaceful activists, … Seguir leyendo
Por Shlomo Ben Ami, ex ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Israel y hoy se desempeña como vicepresidente del Centro Internacional Toledo para la Paz. Es el autor de Scars of War, Wounds of Peace: The Israeli-Arab Tragedy (Project Syndicate, 02/08/11):
Aún no se sabe a ciencia cierta si la Primavera Árabe será o no el preludio de democracias creíbles en el mundo árabe. Pero, si bien el polvo todavía no se asentó tras meses de agitación en Túnez, El Cairo y otras partes, las revueltas árabes ya tuvieron un impacto masivo en la estructura estratégica de Oriente Medio.
Hasta … Seguir leyendo
By Dani Rodrik, professor at Harvard University and the son-in-law of the lead defendant in the Sledgehammer case (Project Syndicate, 21/07/11):
In a Hollywood courtroom drama, you know that the hero, set up by the bad guys, will eventually be cleared – but not before the noose tightens around his neck. Just when it looks like the accumulating evidence has condemned him, a sudden turn of events will prove his innocence and expose those who framed him.
If Turkey’s ongoing political-military trials ever find their way to the screen, there will be no shortage of such denouements. In a … Seguir leyendo
Por Ian Buruma, profesor de Democracia y Derechos Humanos en el Bard College y autor de Taming the Gods: Religion and Democracy on Three Continents. Traducido del inglés por Carlos Manzano (Project Syndicate, 08/07/11):
La mayoría de los ciudadanos europeos (por ejemplo, más del 60 por ciento en Francia y Alemania) creen que Turquía no debe pasar a formar parte de la Unión Europea. Hay varías razones para esa oposición, algunas válidas, otras basadas en prejuicios: Turquía es demasiado grande; los emigrantes turcos podrían inundar a los otros Estados miembros; Turquía no tiene una brillante ejecutoria en materia … Seguir leyendo
Por Carmen Rodríguez López, investigadora del Taller de Estudios Internacionales Mediterráneos, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO, 08/07/11):
Tema: Las recientes turbulencias políticas en el norte de África y Oriente Próximo han dado lugar a preguntas y reflexiones acerca de la posibilidad de que Turquía pueda ser un referente para los procesos de transición de la zona.
Resumen: Las demandas democratizadoras que se están produciendo en la región mediterránea y de Oriente Próximo han planteado numerosos interrogantes para el futuro, entre ellos, si Turquía puede ser un modelo a seguir por estos países. Si bien las experiencias propias … Seguir leyendo
Par Jérôme Cahuzac, Jérôme Fourquet et Joachim Poß (LE MONDE, 22/06/11):
Dans un contexte toujours marqué par une crise dont l’issue peine à se faire sentir, la Fondation Jean-Jaurès et la Fondation Friedrich Ebert, en examinant les réponses économiques susceptibles d’y être apportées et les propositions politiques de part et d’autre du Rhin, font émerger des pistes de réflexion fortes et initient un débat nécessaire.
Cet essai rassemble les interventions de Jérôme Fourquet, Jérôme Cahuzac et Joachim Poß lors d’un séminaire organisé conjointement par la Fondation Jean-Jaurès et la Fondation Friedrich Ebert sur le thème “Crise de l’euro, crise … Seguir leyendo
By Sebahat Tuncel, a Kurdish member of Turkey’s Parliament. This article was translated by Elif Kalaycioglu from the Turkish (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 18/06/11):
Turkey often presents itself to the world as a model Muslim democracy, but it is in fact denying basic democratic rights to almost 20 percent of its population. The Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was re-elected on Sunday by a large margin, and he now faces a major domestic challenge. Despite Turkey’s impressive economic growth and increasing international profile during Mr. Erdogan’s eight years in power, his government has ignored the country’s most important … Seguir leyendo
By İbrahim Öztürk, professor of Economics at Marmara University in İstanbul (Project Syndicate, 14/06/11):
Since 2002, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been governing Turkey with remarkable success in economic terms. Indeed, its record is almost unique in Turkey’s modern history, comparable only with the rule of the Democratic Party (DP), which came to power in the 1950’s, at the start of multi-party parliamentary democracy in Turkey, and ran the country for a decade.
The era of DP rule is ingrained in Turkey’s public consciousness as one of phenomenal growth and expanding freedoms. With the mandate it received … Seguir leyendo
Por Sinan Ülgen, presidente del Centro de Estudios Económicos y de Política Exterior (EDAM, por sus siglas en inglés), con sede en Estambul, es académico visitante en el Centro Carnegie Europa. Traducido del inglés por David Meléndez Tormen (Project Syndicate/Europe’s World, 13/06/11):
Turquía se unió a la OTAN a principios de la Guerra Fría para obtener la protección de Estados Unidos en caso de un ataque soviético. En aquel entonces, Turquía se puso claramente en la primera línea; hoy, sin embargo, sus dirigentes están impulsando activamente una política exterior y de seguridad independiente, y su creciente confianza está poniendo … Seguir leyendo
Par Alican Tayla, chercheur à l’IRIS (LE MONDE, 13/06/11):
Les élections législatives qui se déroulent ce dimanche 12 juin en Turquie ont donné lieu à la campagne la plus tendue et violente depuis des années : affrontements lors de meetings, débats à la limite de l’échange d’insultes entre les dirigeants des principaux partis politiques, démissions suite à des scandales sexuels… Le jeudi 2 juin à Hopa, une personne a trouvé la mort durant un meeting du Premier ministre Recep Tayyip Erdogan qui a viré à la catastrophe lorsque les forces de l’ordre ont ouvert le feu et lancé des … Seguir leyendo
Javier Solana, ex Alto Representante de la Unión Europea para la Política Exterior y de Seguridad Común y ex Secretario General de la OTAN, es profesor distinguido de Política Exterior en la Brookings Institution y Presidente del Centro ESADE para la Economía y la Geopolítica Mundiales. Traducido del inglés por Carlos Manzano (Project Syndicate, 13/06/11):
Hace tan sólo cinco meses, Osama ben Laden estaba vivo, Hosni Mubarak tenía un dominio firme de Egipto y Zine El Abidine Ben Ali gobernaba Túnez con mano de hierro. Hoy, la rebelión popular y el cambio político se han extendido por toda la … Seguir leyendo
By Katinka Barysch, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform in London (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 03/06/11):
Turkey’s election in 2007 was preceded by threats of a military coup. The 2002 one was overshadowed by an economic meltdown. This year’s poll, scheduled for June 12, could have signaled a move toward political normality. However, a nasty sex-tape scandal and a flare-up of violence in the Kurdish southeast have not only poisoned the political atmosphere but also fueled allegations that the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) wants to grab ever more power.
Polls have left little doubt that … Seguir leyendo
By Ibrahim Kalin, senior adviser to the prime minister of Turkey (Project Syndicate, 23/05/11):
As the Arab Spring enters its fourth month, it faces challenges but also presents opportunities. Despite setbacks in Libya, Yemen, and Syria, the democratic wave has already begun to change the Middle East’s political landscape.
The national reconciliation agreement in Palestine between Fatah and Hamas, signed in Egypt on May 3, is one of the major results of this sea change. Other substantial developments are certain to follow – and Turkey stands to gain from them. Indeed, the Arab Spring strengthens rather than weakens Turkey’s … Seguir leyendo
By Andrew Finkel, a journalist who has been based in Istanbul since 1989 and author of the forthcoming Turkey: What Everyone Needs to Know (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 06/05/11):
Imagine if back in the days of Watergate, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein had been put on trial for being part of the very conspiracy they were trying to uncover. Then suppose a large section of the Washington press corps proceeded to pat federal prosecutors on the back for a job well done.
Such is the life of a journalist in today’s Turkey — a world in which the justice … Seguir leyendo