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Ansaldo, Marco
5 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Battle lines harden after attack in Istanbul
A suicide bomber injured at least 32 people in a bomb attack on a police bus in Istanbul on Sunday. The attack is a sign of the new conflicts that are rocking the Islamic-conservative government in Ankara, the left-liberal daily La Repubblica writes: "While the experts are cautiously weighing up the different alternatives a new, worrying rupture between the moderate Islamic government and the military, the guardians of secularism, is emerging over the issue of women wearing veils. ... A PKK attack in the centre of Turkey's most important metropolis would destroy all hope of a compromise. ... Moreover for the first time since taking office as president the founder of the Islamic-conservative ruling AKP party, Abdullah Gül, allowed his wife Hayrünnisa to appear wearing her headscarf at a ceremony celebrating the founding of the Republic, in demonstrative breach of the rule that forbids the wearing of headscarves in government buildings. ... The generals and the social democratic party that supports them boycotted the ceremony in retaliation."
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More from the press review on the subject » Security Policy / Crises / War, » Domestic Policy, » Separatism, » Turkey
Football must pay the price for politics
Tuesday's Euro 2012 qualifying game between Italy and Serbia was suspended owing to rioting Serb hooligans. The sport has been abused for base purposes, the liberal daily La Stampa writes: "We will remember this as the umpteenth outbreak of craziness in football. But we should ask ourselves whether it is not rather the craziness of politics, nationalism and extremism, which has nothing to do with sport, that is using football to gain a place on the world stage. Apparently the hooligans … were for the most part the same people who attacked the participants of the Gay Pride parade in Belgrade. … These are not the usual blockheads blinded by their passion for football but criminals seeking action which will put them in the limelight. They travelled here with the express purpose of preventing their team [whom they accuse of lacking nationalism] from playing, and they achieved their goal. … Why were the intelligence services of both countries unable to prevent the disturbances, for example by denying these notorious rioters access to the country? Now football must pay the price."
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More from the press review on the subject » Sport, » Crime, » Serbia
Much work still needs doing
In the wake of the judgement by the Turkish constitutional court, the daily La Repubblica writes that the Turkish government has a lot of work to do. Despite the positive side of the judgement, "which dispels the climate of uncertainty, Erdoğan is clear that Turkey has lost precious time, above all concerning the attempt to enter the EU which it started in 2005. The reaction of the leaders in Brussels is positive, and the judgement will allow Ankara to maintain its course. Eight of the 35 chapters necessary for entering the EU are already on the negotiating table, and France wants to include two more before the end of its presidency. Turkey is breathing a sigh of relief."
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More from the press review on the subject » EU enlargement, » Domestic Policy, » Europe, » Turkey
Terror in Istanbul
At least fifteen people died in bomb attacks in Istanbul yesterday. For the daily La Repubblica, however, the crisis in Turkey has yet to reach the critical point. "The bombs exploded on the eve of a session of the Supreme Court in Ankara at which a decision is to be taken on banning the conservative Islamic governing party the AKP, which is accused of Islamising the country. The security forces have not ruled out the possibility of the attack having been an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan." The newspaper pointed out that one of the charges against Erdoğan was the introduction of the [wearing of] veils at universities. This "has put wind into the sails of the opposition and the military, which ... have not got over the appointment of Erdoğan's deputy Abdullah Gül as state president last year. ... Eleven judges appointed by Gül's predecessor, the form magistrate Ahmet Necdet Sezer, a member of the secular wing, will decide whether 71 members of the governing party have to go. Seven votes in favour are sufficient to ban the AKP. Turkey knows that and [therefore] fears new terrorist attacks."
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More from the press review on the subject » Security Policy / Crises / War, » Turkey
The end of stability
"Fear is returning to Turkey," the daily La Repubblica comments on the latest political crisis. "Following close on the heels of the arrests of military personnel in connection with a trial that could dissolve the government, the attack [on the US embassy could] put an end to a long period of political stability. ... In Istanbul and in Ankara there is consensus that the attack has come at an extremely sensitive moment. Turkey's ruling Islamic-conservative Justice and Development Party has given the economy considerable impetus since 2002 and implemented reforms that justify the country's hopes for EU membership, but it also has introduced controversial measures such as the return of headscarves to the country's universities and an alcohol ban in certain major urban areas."
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More from the press review on the subject » EU enlargement, » Security Policy / Crises / War, » Europe, » Turkey
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