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Les Études du CERI
Les Etudes du CERI are distinguished by their ability to provide analyses that are both enlightening to non-specialists and suitable as a reference for researchers. Irrespective of the theme – whether a major global issue or a specific "local" development – each volume adheres to the standards of a peer-reviewed scientific publication, with double-blind peer review undertaken during the selection of texts. Another notable aspect of this collection is that each issue is the result of field research conducted by the author.
In addition to monographs, the series includes two annual collective publications, one devoted to Latin America and the other to Eurasia. All volumes published since 1995 are available in open access on HAL.
Editor: Judith Burko, tél. +33158717004
Latest publication
Étude 286 - April 2026
La dimension religieuse de la politique turque en Afrique de l’Ouest
By Bayram Balci and Issouf Binaté
Turkey has expanded its international ambitions well beyond its traditional areas of influence (Central Asia and the Caucasus), and most notably in Africa. There it is active through business networks, around forty diplomatic missions, and humanitarian organizations — some of which, reflecting distinctive features of Turkey’s engagement on the continent, operate within the religious sphere of Islam. This presence is the result of a carefully crafted political agenda developed by Ankara, built around the concept of win-win economic partnerships in a context marked by tensions between Africa and former colonial powers. Observations of institutional actors, religious figures, students, and socio-economic entrepreneurs drawn from field research in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, and Senegal, provide insight into the diverse dimensions and challenges of this emerging cooperation, in which Islam remains a consistent thread.
