\t12 d\u00e9cembre 2002 Le leader turc des islamiste mod\u00e9r\u00e9, et sans doute futur Premier ministre, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a annonc\u00e9 hier qu’il pourrait y avoir une consultation de la population turque sur la question de la position turque dans le cas d’une guerre am\u00e9ricaine contre l’Irak. Erdogan a annonc\u00e9 cette possibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 GW Bush, lors de sa visite \u00e0 Washington le 10 d\u00e9cembre. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\tA Ankara, Erdogan a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 : \u00ab We are a democratic country, and in democracies the onus is on parliament to make such a decision. But if necessary the people should be consulted, their opinion sought. These are means that can be used in such situations.<\/em> \u00bb La perspective du r\u00e9sultat d’un r\u00e9f\u00e9rendum est extr\u00eamement al\u00e9atoire pour les partisans de la guerre, selon les sondages courants. Un sondage r\u00e9cent de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de sondage Konsensus montre que la justification d’une action militaire US contre l’Irak est approuv\u00e9e par 6,8% des Turcs, et que 9,5% d’entre eux approuvent l’autorisation d’emploi des bases turques par les USA en cas d’attaque contre l’Irak.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tS’il y a une part de tactique et de gesticulation m\u00e9diatique dans l’attitude de Erdogan, il n’est pas \u00e9vident de dire dans quel sens vont l’une et l’autre et si, finalement, Erdogan n’\u00e9volue pas tactiquement plus par rapport aux USA que par rapport \u00e0 son \u00e9lectorat. Des rencontres entre Europ\u00e9ens et Turcs ont montr\u00e9 qu’en ce qui concerne la guerre en Irak, et le comportement US en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, les Turcs sont proches d’\u00e9pouser les appr\u00e9ciations les plus r\u00e9serv\u00e9es qu’on trouve chez les Europ\u00e9ens.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tIl s’agit doute d’un domaine de plus en plus g\u00eanant des relations turco-am\u00e9ricaines, et surtout d’un probl\u00e8me pr\u00e9occupant pour les Am\u00e9ricains qui ont un besoint vital de la turquie. Lors de sa r\u00e9cente visite, Wolfowitz n’avait pas \u00e9t\u00e9 plus encourageant que ne l’est la position d’Erdogan. L’appr\u00e9ciation de la presse US refl\u00e8te cet embarras, comme on le voit avec des extraits d’un article du Los Angeles Times<\/em> du 11 d\u00e9cembre.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00ab Bush and aides declined to say whether Erdogan had agreed in private talks to U.S. requests to allow American troops and planes to use Turkey as a staging area for an invasion of northern Iraq.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bb Turkish officials have said they will provide military assistance if the United Nations finds that Iraq has not complied with orders to disarm. But, with strong resistance among the Turkish public to a new war, Turkish officials have not committed to providing the help that U.S. officials believe would be essential to carrying out the U.S. war plan.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00ab White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer called Tuesday’s meeting \u00a0\u00bbpositive\u00a0\u00bb and said the leaders had discussed \u00a0\u00bbways we can cooperate.\u00a0\u00bb But he declined to provide details.<\/em> (…)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00ab Two Americans who spoke to Erdogan during his trip said they believed he was not yet ready to commit to giving the United States all the military assistance it has requested. These Americans, who asked to remain unidentified, noted that Erdogan’s party is only now getting organized after winning elections Nov. 3.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bb They pointed to the strong public opposition in Turkey to a war, noting that a recent Pew Research poll showed that 83% of Turks opposed allowing the U.S. to use their country’s military bases to strike Iraq. Bulent Aliriza, a specialist on Turkey at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said he did not believe that the United States and Turkey intended to strike a deal on military assistance during this visit.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bb This trip was to set the stage for a guy who’s going to be there for a long time, he said, noting that Erdogan could become the Turkish prime minister in several months.<\/em> \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Turquie d\u00e9mocratique 12 d\u00e9cembre 2002 Le leader turc des islamiste mod\u00e9r\u00e9, et sans doute futur Premier ministre, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a annonc\u00e9 hier qu’il pourrait y avoir une consultation de la population turque sur la question de la position turque dans le cas d’une guerre am\u00e9ricaine contre l’Irak. 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