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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
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ORGANISATION COMMITTEE
Büşra Barın
E-mail: [email protected]
Şerif Onur Bahçecik
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuba Ünlü Bilgiç
E-mail: [email protected]
Zana Çıtak
E-mail: [email protected]
Esra Doğruer
E-mail: [email protected]
Burak Erdinç
E-mail: [email protected]
Cem Kaygun
E-mail: [email protected]
Başar Şirin
E-mail: [email protected]
Özlem Tür
E-mail: [email protected]
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ASSISTANT STAFF
Tolgahan Akdan
Burcu Babayiğit
Büşra Barın
Tekin Baykız
Muttalip Çağlayan
Murat Demirel
Aslıhan Anlar Doğanlar
Esra Doğruer
Yelda Erçandarlı
Burak Erdinç
Özlem Kaplan
Hakan Karaaslan
Cem Kaygun
Coşkun Musluk
Mehmet Onur Öncan
Çağdaş Özeniş
Abdullah Öztürk
Mehmet Can Palancı
Başar Şirin
Beishen Toktogulov
Metin Yücekaya
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DATES
Wednesday, June 12 – Friday, June 14, 2013
Venue: METU Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences (FEAS) Building B
REGISTRATION
Registration and Information Desk is located on the first floor of the Faculty of Economics and
Administrative Sciences (FEAS) Building B. The desk is open at the following times:
Wednesday, June 12
9:00 - 17:30
Thursday, June 13
9:00-17:30
Friday, June 14
9:00-17:30
BADGE
Participants should kindly wear name badges during the Conference. Name badges will be provided
in participants’ conference packs at the Registration Desk.
SESSIONS
Sessions are moderated by Chairs who monitor and administer the meetings. Each paper will be
presented for about 20 minutes, and will be followed by a brief discussion. The Chair may decide and
change the order of presentations as well as time allocated for each presentation.
CONFERENCE COCKTAIL
The Chair of the Department of International Relations invites all participants to the cocktail at the
front garden of the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Economics and Administrative
Sciences B-Building (FEAS-B). The cocktail will take place on Wednesday, June 12 between 18:0020:00.
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
Middle East Technical University / Department of International Relations
06531 Ankara Turkey
Phone: (90 312) 210 30 94 / 210 20 16 / Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83
E-mail: [email protected] / Website: http://www.ir.metu.edu.tr/conf/
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12 June
OPENING CEREMONY 9:30 – 10:00
Place: FEAS B, G110
Ahmet Acar (Rector, METU)
Hüseyin Bağcı (Chair, Department of International Relations, METU, Turkey)
Süleyman Aslan (Chief sponsor of the Conference, Türkiye Halk Bankası,
Board Member and General Manager)
Opening Speech
William Hale (Emeritus, SOAS, UK) 10:00 – 11:00
“Looking to the Future: Prospects for Turkish Foreign Policy to 2023”
SESSIONS 1, 11:15 – 12:30
Session 1-A Turkey and the Middle East
Place: G102
Chair: Ömür Atmaca (Hacettepe University)
Aslım İlksoy (Near East University, TRNC): “Turkey and the Middle East:
Failing to be a Model”
Cenk Aygül (Atılım University, Turkey): “Turkey as a Model after Arab Spring:
Remembering the Rentier State”
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Zeynep Gülşah Çapan (İstanbul Bilgi University, Turkey) and
Özge Onursal Beşgül (İstanbul Bilgi University, Turkey): “Turkey as a
Model? Renegotiating Turkish Foreign Policy Identity”
Session 1-B Turkey’s Bilateral Relations
Place: G104
Chair: Hüseyin Bağcı (METU)
Luis Tomé (Autonomous University of Lisbon, Portugal): “Why We Should
Not Say “Never” to the Integration of Turkey into the EU?”
Vügar İmanbeyli (İstanbul Şehir University, Turkey): “The Turkish-Russian
Rapprochement: How Sustainable is it?”
Galym Zhussipbek (Süleyman Demirel University, Kazakhstan): “The Impact
of National and Religious Identity Building Processes on the Relations between
Turkey and post-Soviet Central Asian States”
Session 1-C
Place: Blue Seminar Room
Roundtable Organized by the Foreign Policy Institute, Turkey
“International and Domestic Developments and Their Impact on Turkish Foreign
Policy”
Seyfi Taşhan (President of the Foreign Policy Institute)
Reşat Arım (Ambassador, Ret.)
Oktay Aksoy (Ambassador, Ret.)
Ali Engin Oba (Çağ University, Turkey)
12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH
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SESSIONS 2, 13:30 – 14:45
Session 2-A,
Place: G102
Asianization of the Middle East I: The Context
(Panel Organized by CASAW and the al-Sabah Programme)
Chair: Özlem Tür (METU, Turkey)
Anoush Ehteshami (Durham University, UK): “Asianisation: Strategic
Perspectives”
Tim Niblock (University of Exeter, UK): “The Gulf in Chinese Global Strategies:
Significance and Parameters of the Gulf-China Relationship”
James Piscatori (Durham University, UK): “Asian Ties: Common Links or
Worlds Apart?”
Session 2-B, Turkish Foreign Policy under the AKP
Place: G104
Chair: İlhan Uzgel (Ankara University, Turkey)
Muzaffer Şenel (İstanbul Şehir University, Turkey): “Six Sins of Turkey’s
Foreign Policy”
Yakup Şahin (Ankara University, Turkey) and Sibel Kalemdaroğlu
(Ankara University, Turkey): “From Strategic Depth to the Strategic Bottom:
Misperceptions in AKP Foreign Policy”
Laura Bastos (University of Coimbra, Portugal): “The Representation of the
“Other’ in Turkish Foreign Policy during the AKP Government”
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Session 2-C, Foreign Policy Anaysis 1
Place: G106
Chair: Müge Kınacıoğlu (Hacettepe University, Turkey)
Kohei Imai (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan):
“Comparative Studies of Turkish Omnidirectional Diplomacies”
Nurettin Alphan Tuncer (Humboldt University, Germany): “Problem of
Problem-Solving: An Alternative Approach to Turkish Foreign Policy during the
Cold War”
Alper Kaliber (İstanbul Bilgi University, Turkey): “The Post-Cold War
Regionalisms of Turkish Foreign Policy”
Clemens Hoffman (Bilkent University, Turkey) and Ali Bilgiç (Bilkent
University, Turkey): “‘We are Also African’: A Critical Assessment of Turkey’s
New Africa Policy”
Keynote Speech, 15:00 – 16:00
Place: G110
Chair: Meliha Altunışık (METU, Turkey)
Ofra Bengio (Tel Aviv University, Israel): “Ankara, Irbil, Baghdad: A Triangle
Fraught with Dilemmas”
Bill Park (King’s College, UK): “Turkey’s Multiple Kurdish Dilemmas - Syria,
Iraq and at Home; How They are Related, and Where They Might Lead”
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SESSIONS 3, 16:15 – 17.45
Session 3-A, Asianization of the Middle East 2:
GCC and Asia
(Panel Organized by CASAW and the al-Sabah Programme)
Place: G102
Chair: Anoush Ehteshami (Durham University, UK)
Beni Bona (Durham University, UK): “Theorizing Asianization: Towards a NeoGramscian Framework for Analyzing State-Society Relations in an Asianizing GCC”
Abdullah Baabood (Qatar University, Qatar): “Broader GCC-Asian relations”
Nadir Gohari (Durham University, UK): “GCC-Central Asian Relations”
Session 3-B, Turkey and the Issues of
Environment and Migration
Place: G104
Chair: Işıl Anıl (METU, Turkey)
Zerrin Savaşan (METU, Turkey): “Recent Developments on Major
Environmental Concerns in Turkey”
Zeynep Clulow (University of Nottingham, UK): “The Social Construction of
Turkey’s Identity in the Global Climate Regime”
Alexander Bürgin (İzmir University of Economics, Turkey): “Explaining
Changes in Turkey’s Irregular Migration Management: the EU Still Matters”
Emrah Şahin (University of Florida, USA) and Gregory Mason (University
of Florida, USA): “Turks across the Atlantic: A Comparison of Political Authority
and Religious Identity among Turkish Communities in Cologne and Montreal”
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Session 3-C, Turkey and International
Organizations
Place: G106
Chair: Işık Kuşçu Bonnenfant (METU, Turkey)
Halit Harput (METU, Turkey) and Özgür Çalışkan (Ankara University,
Turkey): “Turkey-WTO Relations”
Metin Çelik (Gazi University, Turkey): “Turkey’s Voting Behavior in
International Organizations”
Ramazan Erdağ (Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Turkey): “Turkey’s
Activism in International Organizations”
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June 13
SESSIONS 4, 09:30 – 10:45
SeSsion 4-A, Asianization of the Middle East 3 :
Public and Foreign Policy Dimensions
(Panel Organized by CASAW and the al-Sabah Programme)
Place: G102
Chair: Ceren Ergenç (METU, Turkey)
N. Janardhan (Independent Consultant, UAE): “Gulf’s Future Security
Architecture and India”
Mohammed al-Sudairi (Silk Road Associates): “The Struggle for Perceptions:
Arab and Israeli Public Relations Efforts in China”
Yuki Miyagi (University of St. Andrews, Scotland): “Japan’s Soft Power in the
Middle East”
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Session 4-B, Turkey and the Middle East 2
Place: G104
Chair: Serdar Palabıyık (TOBB ETU, Turkey)
İsa Afacan (Zirve Univesity, Turkey): “The Rise of Kurds in the midst of Syrian
Civil War: Toward Statehood or Fragmented Polities?”
Amir Lupovici (Tel Aviv University, Israel) and Gallia Lindenstrausse (Tel
Aviv University, Israel): “When the Emotional Climate Turns Sour: The Crisis in
Turkish-Israeli Relations”
Şevket Ovalı (Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey) and Çağla Lüleci (Dokuz
Eylül University, Turkey): “From Esad to Esed: Examining Turkey’s Discursive
Shift towards Syrian Regime from the Perspective of Securitization Theory”
Keynote Speech, 11:00 – 12:00
Place: G110
Chair: Dimitris Tsarouhas (Bilkent University, Turkey)
Meltem Müftüler-Baç (Sabancı University, Turkey): “Turkish Foreign Policy
Choices: The Decline of the European Anchor”
Nathalie Tocci (Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy): “Does Turkey Have a
Place in Post-Crisis Europe”
12:15 – 13:30 LUNCH
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SESSIONS 5, 13:30 – 15:15
Session 5-A, Turkey - Syria Relations: Between
Enmity and Amity
Place: G102
Chair: Özlem Tür (METU, Turkey)
Raymond Hinnebusch (University of St. Andrews, Scotland): “Turkey-Syria
Relations after the Syrian Uprising: Theoretical Perspectives on the Move from
Amity to Enmity”
Meliha Altunışık (METU, Turkey): “A Regionalist Approach to Explaining
Turkish-Syrian Relations”
Özden Zeynep Oktav (Yıldız Technical University, Turkey): “The Syrian
Uprising and the Iran-Turkey-Syria Quasi Alliance: A View from Turkey”
Ahmet K. Han (Kadir Has University, Turkey): “Paradise Lost: A Neoclassical
Neoreliast Analysis of Turkish Foreign Policy and the Case of Turkish –Syrian
Relations”
Özlem Tür (METU, Turkey): “The Political Economy of Turkish Syrian Relations:
The Rise and Fall of Trade, Investment and Integration”
Session 5-B, Turkey’s Bilateral Relations
Place: G104
Chair: Başak Alpan (METU, Turkey)
George Koukoudakis (The Hellenic Centre for European Studies, Greece):
“Greek-Turkish Rapprochement Procedure 1999-2013: an Evaluation”
Didem Buhari (Oxford Brookes University, UK): “Ritualized Europeanization:
an Alternative Approach to Turkey’s European Union Accession Process”
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Günter Seufert (SWP, Germany ): “Alternatives to present European policies
towards Turkey”
Neyyire Nilgün Öner Tangör (METU, Turkey): “Struggling for Statehood in the
Context of a Protracted Conflict: ‘The Prospects for Change and Continuum for the
Turkish Cypriot Community after 2004”
Jozsef Lajos Nemeth (National University of Public Service, Hungary):
“Strategic Communication Efforts of Turkey”
Keynote Panel, 15:30 – 16:30
Place: G 110
Chair: Atila Eralp (METU, Turkey)
Mustafa Aydın (Kadir Has University, Turkey): “Conceptualization of Turkish
Foreign Policy: Continuity and Change”
Fuat Keyman (Sabancı University, Turkey): “Transforming Turkey-EU
Relations: What Kind of Full Membership?”
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SESSIONS 6, 16:45 – 18:00
Session 6-A, Turkey and Issues of Foreign Aid
Place: G 102
Chair: Şerif Onur Bahçecik (METU, Turkey)
Ömer F. Örsün (Koç University, Turkey): “Aiding Peace Abroad? Foreign Aid
and Interstate Conflict”
Ulvi Keser (Atılım University, Turkey): “Warchitecture and Turkish
Humanitarian Assistance towards the Former Yugoslavia and the Balkans”
Silvia Cardascia (Italy): “The Legal Treatment of Foreign Direct Investments in
Turkey: Domestic and European Scenario”
Eyüp Ersoy (Bilkent University, Turkey): “Turkish Foreign Policy and Global
Health Diplomacy”
Session 6-B, Turkey and the Middle East 3
Place: G 104
Chair: Burak Bilgehan Özpek (TOBB ETU, Turkey)
Alper Dede (Zirve University, Turkey): “Limitations of Turkey’s Soft Power in
the Middle East after the Arab Spring”
Oğuz Dilek (Zirve University, Turkey) and Emre İşeri (Kadir Has
University, Turkey): “Enduring Iran and Israel Rivalry in the Penetrated Middle
East: A Structurational Analysis”
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June 14
SESSIONS 7, 09:15 – 11:00
Session 7-A, Issues of Change and Challenges
in Turkey’s Foreign Policy
Place: G102
Chair: Tuba Ünlü Bilgiç (METU, Turkey)
Lerna Yanık (Kadir Has University, Turkey): “Change and Continuity in
‘Turkey’s Important Geopolitics’”
Özgür Özdamar (Bilkent University, Turkey): “Turkey’s Changing Roles in
Foreign Policy: From ‘Southern Bulwark’ to ‘Pivotal Country’”
Tarık Oğuzlu (Antalya International University, Turkey): “Is the Rising
Turkey a Challenge to the West?”
Session 7-B, Issues in Turkish Foreign Policy
Place: G-104
Chair: Mustafa Türkeş (METU, Turkey)
Sezgin Mercan (Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey) and Özdemir Akbal
(Turgut Özal University Turkey): “Turkey’s Security Perceptions: A Case Study
of Missile Defense System and the Effects of Turkey’s Foreign Policy”
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Oktay Tanrısever (METU, Turkey): “Is Turkey’s Energy Policy Compatible with
its International Commitments under its Environmental Policy?”
David Skidmore (Drake University, USA): “The Obama Presidency and US
Foreign Policy: Where is the Multilateralism?”
Keynote Panel, 11:15 – 12:30
Place: G 110
Chair: Eyüp Özveren (METU, Turkey)
Kemal Kirişçi (Brookings Institute, Turkey): “TTIP-ing Turkey: Geo-strategic
Implications”
Ziya Öniş (Koç University, Turkey): “Rising Powers in a Changing Global Order:
Perspectives on the Political Economy of Turkey in the Age of BRICs”
12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH
SESSION 8, 13:30 – 14:45
Session 8, Keynote Panel: Turkey’s New Roles
Place: G 110
Chair: Hüseyin Bağcı (METU, Turkey)
Faruk Yalvaç (METU, Turkey): “Is Turkey a Regional Hegemon?”
Pınar Bilgin (Bilkent University, Turkey): “Civilization, Dialogue, Security:
The Limits of Civilizational Dialogue/Alliance”
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SESSIONS 9, 15:00 – 16:30
Session 9-A, Turkey and the Middle East 4
Place: G 102
Chair: Bayram Sinkaya (Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Turkey)
Buğra Sarı (Gazi University, Turkey) and İsmail Erkam Sula (Bilkent
University, Turkey): “Turkey as a ‘Smart Power’: Arab Spring and the Recent
Syrian Crisis”
Moritz Pieper (University of Kent, UK): “Turkish Foreign Policy toward the
Iranian Nuclear Programme - Examining Strategic Convergence with the ‘Rising
Powers’ China and Russia”
Mehtap Kara (Eastern Mediterranean University, TRNC) and Hamidreza
Monibi (Eastern Mediterranean University, TRNC): “Turkish Foreign Policy
towards the Syrian Conflict and its Possible Implications for Turkish-Iranian
Relations”
Suat Tayfun Topak (Turgut Özal University, Turkey): “Turkey as a Moderator
in International Conflicts: the Case of Iran Nuclear Crisis”
Session 9B, Foreign Policy Analysis 2
Place: G 104
Chair: Bestami Sadi Bilgiç (İpek University, Turkey)
Okhan Erciyas (Bilkent University, Turkey): “Turkey’s Decision not to
Intervene in Cyprus during 1964 Crisis: A Poliheuristic Perspective”
Büşra Süpürgeci (Bilkent University, Turkey): “Turkish Foreign Policy
Decision to Deploy Turkish Troops to Korean War and Modeling Foreign Policy
with Systemism Approach”
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Nigarhan Gürpınar (Bilkent University, Turkey): “The Operational Code of
Joseph Stalin and Soviet Relations with Turkey”
Eralp Semerci (Bilkent University, Turkey): “President Özal, Prospect Theory
and Turkey’s Reaction to Gulf Crisis (1990-1991)”
Session 9C, Turkey and the Middle East 5
Place: G 106
Chair: Zana Çitak (METU, Turkey)
Betül Özyılmaz (Gazi University, Turkey): “Turkey as a Model or as an
Example?”
Zenonas Tziarras (University of Warwick, UK): “Turkish Model: the Case of
post-Arab Spring Egypt”
J. Paul Barker (Independent Researcher): “Reconsidering the Secular Republic
of Turkey: The Place of Religion in a Democratic, Secular and Muslim Majority
State”
Minenur Küçük (Bilkent University, Turkey): “Nilüfer Göle and Islamic
Modernities: the Case of Turkey”
16:45 Closing
Place: G-102
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PARTICIPANT LIST
Abdullah Baabood
Qatar University, Qatar
Ahmet Acar
Rector, METU, Turkey
Ahmet K. Han
Kadir Has University, Turkey
Alexander Bürgin
İzmir University of Economics, Turkey
Ali Bilgiç
Bilkent University, Turkey
Alper Dede
Zirve University, Turkey
Alper Kaliber
İstanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
Amir Lupovici
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Anoush Ehteshami
Durham University, UK
Aslım İlksoy
Near East University, TRNC
Atilla Eralp
METU, Turkey
Başak Alpan
METU, Turkey
Bayram Sinkaya
Yıldırım Beyazid University, Turkey
Beni Bona
Durham University, UK
Bestami Sadi Bilgiç
İpek University, Turkey
Betül Özyılmaz
Gazi University, Turkey
Bill Park
King’s College, UK
Buğra Sarı
Gazi University, Turkey
Burak Bilgehan Özpek
TOBB ETU, Turkey
Büşra Süpürgeci
Bilkent University, Turkey
Cenk Aygül
Atılım University, Turkey
Ceren Ergenç
METU, Turkey
Clemens Hoffman
Bilkent University, Turkey
Çağla Lüleci
Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey
David Skidmore
Drake University, USA
Didem Buhari
Oxford Brookes University, UK
Dimitris Tsarouhas
Bilkent University, Turkey
Emrah Şahin
University of Florida, USA
Emre İşeri
Kadir Has University, Turkey
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Eralp Semerci
Bilkent Univeristy, Turkey
Eyüp Ersoy
Bilkent University, Turkey
Eyüp Özveren
METU, Turkey
Faruk Yalvaç
METU, Turkey
Fuat Keyman
Sabancı University, Turkey
Gallia Lindenstrausse
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Galym Zhussipbek
Süleyman Demirel University, Kazakhstan
George Koukoudakis
The Hellenic Centre for European Studies, Greece
Gregory Mason
University of Florida, USA
Günter Seufert
SWP, Germany
Halit Harput
METU, Turkey
Hamidreza Monibi
Eastern Mediterranean University, TRNC
Hüseyin Bağcı
Chair, Department of International Relations, METU, Turkey
Işık Kuşçu Bonnenfant
METU, Turkey
Işıl Anıl
METU, Turkey
İlhan Uzgel
Ankara University, Turkey
İsa Afacan
Zirve Univesity, Turkey
İsmail Erkam Sula
Bilkent University, Turkey
J. Paul Barker
Independent Researcher
James Piscatori
Durham University, UK
Jozsef Lajos Nemeth
National University of Public Service, Hungary
Kemal Kirişçi
Brookings Institute, Turkey
Kohei Imai
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan
Laura Bastos
University of Coimbra, Portugal
Lerna Yanık
Kadir Has University, Turkey
Luis Tomé
Autonomous University of Lisbon, Portugal
Mark Meirowitz
Attorney at Law, USA
Mehtap Kara
Eastern Mediterranean University, TRNC
Meliha Altunışık
METU, Turkey
Meltem Müftüler-Baç
Sabancı University, Turkey
Metin Çelik
Gazi University, Turkey
Minenur Küçük
Bilkent University, Turkey
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Mohammed al-Sudairi
Silk Road Associates
Moritz Pieper
University of Kent, UK
Mustafa Aydın
Kadir Has University, Turkey
Mustafa Türkeş
METU, Turkey
Muzaffer Şenel
İstanbul Şehir University, Turkey
Müge Kınacıoğlu
Hacettepe University, Turkey
N. Janardhan
Independent Consultant, UAE
Nadir Gohari
Durham University, UK
Nathalie Tocci
Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy
Neyyire Nilgün Öner Tangör
METU, Turkey
Nigarhan Gürpınar
Bilkent University, Turkey
Nurettin Alphan Tuncer
Humboldt University, Germany
Ofra Bengio
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Oğuz Dilek
Zirve University, Turkey
Okhan Erciyas
Bilkent University, Turkey
Oktay Aksoy
Ambassador, Ret.
Oktay Tanrısever
METU, Turkey
Ömer Engin Lütem
Ambassador, Ret.
Ömer F. Örsün
Koç University, Turkey
Ömür Atmaca
Hacettepe University, Turkey
Özdemir Akbal
Turgut Özal University Turkey
Özden Zeynep Oktav
Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Özge Onursal Beşgül
İstanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
Özgür Çalışkan
Ankara University, Turkey
Özgür Özdamar
Bilkent University, Turkey
Özlem Tür
METU, Turkey
Pınar Bilgin
Bilkent University, Turkey
Ramazan Erdağ
Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Turkey
Raymond Hinnebusch
University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Reşat Arım
Ambassador, Ret.
Serdar Palabıyık
TOBB ETU, Turkey
Seyfi Taşhan
President of the Foreign Policy Institute
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Sezgin Mercan
Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey
Sibel Kalemdaroğlu
Ankara University, Turkey
Silvia Cardascia
Italy
Suat Tayfun Topak
Turgut Özal University, Turkey
Süleyman Aslan
Chief sponsor of the Conference, Türkiye Halk Bankası,
Board Member and General Manager
Şerif Onur Bahçecik
METU, Turkey
Şevket Ovalı
Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey
Tarık Oğuzlu
Antalya International University, Turkey
Tim Niblock
University of Exeter, UK
Tuba Ünlü Bilgiç
METU, Turkey
Ulvi Keser
Atılım University, Turkey
Vügar İmanbeyli
İstanbul Şehir University, Turkey
William Hale
Emeritus, SOAS, UK
Yakup Şahin
Ankara University, Turkey
Yuki Miyagi
University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Zana Çitak
METU, Turkey
Zenonas Tziarras
University of Warwick, UK
Zerrin Savaşan
METU, Turkey
Zeynep Clulow
University of Nottingham, UK
Zeynep Gülşah Çapan
İstanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
Ziya Öniş
Koç University, Turkey
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