The Istanbul Policy Center-Sabanci University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative and the Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) will host an exclusive rountable meeting on ‘Post-Election Turkey’ on 15 January 2016 at Istanbul Policy Center in Istanbul, Turkey.
Keynote speakers are:
Prof Dr Fuat Keyman, Director of Istanbul Policy Center and Professor of International Relations at Sabancı University,
Lord William Wallace, Liberal Democrat Peer and Former Government Whip in the House of Lords,
Lord Peter Hain, Former Labour Cabinet Minister
Prof Dr Ersin Kalaycıoğlu, Senior Scholar at Istanbul Policy Center and Professor at Sabancı University
Associate Professor Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Senior Scholar at Istanbul Policy Center, Jean Monnet Chair in the Department of International Relations at Istanbul Bilgi University
Dilek Kurban, Marie Curie Fellow at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Co-Chair of the Dahrendorf working group ‘Europe and Turkey’
Bill Park, Senior Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department at King’s College, Visiting Scholar, TOBB-ET University.
The meeting will elaborate on Turkey’s domestic dynamics and foreign policy following the last elections. Whilst it is difficult to anticipate what the future holds for Turkey, our panelists will analyze Turkey’s political momentum by specifically looking into Turkey-EU relations and the failing Kurdish peace process, as well as Turkey’s economic and social prospects.