Cengiz Çandar

Articles de cet auteur (21)

The national football team is Turkey itself!
24 June 2008

There are some things that are experienced only once. They occur only once and no repetition is possible, like the Turkey-Czech Republic football game at the “Stade de Geneve” that took Turkey to the quarterfinals of the Euro 2008 Football Cup.
Having the chance to watch the game at the stadium for “football beggars," as our colleague Hasan Cemal described it in a term borrowed from renowned Uruguayan novelist Eduardo Galeano, must have been a privilege. Galeano describes himself as “a beggar (...)
Turkey : nationalism, neo-nationalism, ’Laicism-Militarism’
18 April 2008

Whoever wants to “accurately diagnose” what is happening in Turkey should read the interview by Neşe Düzel of daily Taraf with Associate Professor Vedat Bilgin, chief adviser to the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli and member of the Decision Making Committee (MKYK) of the party. In the interview published Sunday, Bilgin makes striking remarks to shed a light on the “facts” about the latest developments in Turkey. He says the following about the “provoker” with a tattoo of (...)
Attempt against democracy and stability in Turkey, the Judiciary’s harakiri
28 March 2008

Since the minute the chief prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals, Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya, filed a motion seeking to shut down the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Friday evening, it was so obvious that one, even children playing in street, cannot relate this application with the law for a minute. Because of this, statements issued by either the Chief of the Appeals Court, or the top officials in the Republican People’s Party (CHP) or the Democratic Left Party (DSP) to talk (...)
From 301 to Musharraf
13 November 2007

“With regard to freedom of expression, including in the media, open debate continued in the Turkish media on a wide range of issues, including those perceived to be sensitive by Turkish society. The prosecution and conviction for the expression of non-violent opinions under certain provisions of the Turkish Criminal Code are a cause of serious concern.
“There was a further increase in the number of prosecutions in 2007. More than half of these charges were brought under the Criminal Code, (...)
The real ambush set up by the PKK…
18 October 2007

Turkey started the week with pain and rage: Thirteen soldiers were killed. We rarely had so many losses in the fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and terror in its almost a quarter of a century long history.
The number of soldiers killed at once was scarcely high even in the 1990s where low-density war hit the roof. Many families soak in pain as young people of Turkey lose their lives here and there, bit by bit in land mine attacks. The families of the 13 soldiers (...)
Cengiz Candar: I can’t rule out a military incursion into Iraq after the elections
24 August 2007

Prominent journalist and foreign policy analyst Cengiz Candar does not rule out a Turkish military incursion into northern Iraq after the elections “in the foreseeable future” but stresses such an action would have devastating consequences for everyone including Turkey.
Candar stresses that “patriotism dictates to be against an ill-fated adventure like an incursion into Iraq.” He says the dynamics and current trends in Turkey may force such a cross border operation and warns that this could (...)
Kurdish leaders see Turkey as their strategic depth
29 March 2007

Turkish Daily News - 21/03/2007
Suleimania airport, its surroundings and the roads leading to it are crowded with people in anticipation for the arrival of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani from his medical treatment that lasted over two weeks.In the absence of Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani, who was away in Saudi Arabia as an official guest of the king, the prime minister of the regional administration, Nechervan Barzani leads the reception committee.
After seeing (...)
Next step for Turkey on the EU path: Staying the course ...
5 January 2007

Source : The New Anatolian, 05-01-2007
A group of people, including myself, was with Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Mehmet Ali Talat, the day before yesterday, at the prestigious Istanbul-based Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV). He shared some of his intimate thoughts with us. He sounded more optimistic compared to his remarks given to the public a few moments before.
Nonetheless, he was bitter about the juncture reached with the European Union, (...)
2002 : l’émergence d’une nouvelle culture politique
2 septembre 2006

Source : Yeni Safak (Istanbul), Courrier International - 7 au 13 novembre 2002 - n°627
Dans le cadre de sa série estivale sur l’AKP et les évolutions de l’islam politique en Turquie, Turquie Européenne propose ici l’analyse de Cengiz Çandar, journaliste, éditorialiste et écrivain turc, sur la signification politique de l’arrivée de ce parti au pouvoir sur la scène politique turque. Le « marais » du centre AKP pourrait bien déborder sur un électorat de centre gauche avide de changement mais incapable d’en (...)
TURQUIE - “Nous avons chacun notre part du malheur”
6 octobre 2005

Une conférence sur “les massacres d’Arméniens” s’est tenue à Istanbul les 24 et 25 septembre, permettant pour la première fois depuis quatre-vingt-dix ans un vrai travail sur la mémoire. Deux journalistes turcs confrontent leurs souvenirs sur la “question arménienne”.
Quand j’étais petit, j’entendais souvent parler de Djemal Agha le Kurde, un ami de la famille. On racontait que, pendant la “déportation” [des Arméniens], c’était un bandit qui avait brûlé des Arméniens dans les grottes du mont Karnak (...)