CONFERENCE SERIES - II: INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN TURKEY AND THE EU
EU Turkey Agenda for the 21st century: Justice, Security and Democracy
6th March 2008
Kayseri
İstanbul Bilgi University’s European Institute is organizing a conference series on the EU with the support of Turkey’s EU Communication Group Initiative (ABİG)-Ankara. The first conference of this series was held in collaboration with BİLGİ’s European Institute and Akdeniz University’s EU Centre on “Turkey’s EU Accession –Contribution and role of Euro Turks and of EU Citizens in Turkey to the Accession Process” which aims to discuss the role, the possible contributions of both communities to Turkey’s EU accession. The Conference took place in Antalya, Turkey on 14-15th February 2008. The second conference of this series was held in Kayseri in collaboration with BİLGİ’s European Institute and Erciyes University Economic and Administrative Sciences Faculty International Relations Department on “EU Turkey Agenda for the 21st century: Justice, Security and Democracy” whcih aims to discuss EU-Turkey relations from a broad perspective. The Conference took place in Kayseri, Turkey on 6th March 2008.
The Programme
6 March 2008
Erciyes University Sabancı Cultural Centre Conference Hall
9.00-9.30 Registration
• 9.30 Opening of the conference
“EU Turkey Agenda for the 21st century: Justice, Security and Democracy”
-Welcome speech by Prof. Dr. Cengiz Utaş, Rector, Erciyes University
- Welcome Speech by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayhan Kaya, Director, Bilgi European Institute
-“Kayseri’s economic role in Turkey’s EU integration process-‘the Anatolian Tigers’”, Mustafa Boydak, President of Kayseri Chamber of Industry
• 10.00-11.30
Panel Session 1: “EU -Turkey Relations from a Historical Perspective”
The questions to be addressed in this session are:
• What are we talking about when we discuss the EU?
• What is in for Turkey?
• What happens to state sovereignty in the context of the EU Membership? Does that mean that Member States are ruled by Brussels?
• The emergence and development of the EU: security, economic and democratic concerns
• Why Turkey has been engaged with the EU?
• The politics of EU and Turkey
• The cost-benefit analysis of the EU Membership.
Participants:
Moderator: Assoc. Dr. Ayhan Kaya, İstanbul Bilgi University European Institute, Director
Soli Özel, İstanbul Bilgi University, International Relations Department
Dr. Serhat Güvenç, İstanbul Bilgi University, International Relations Department
Christer Asp, Ambassador of Sweden to Turkey, Ankara
Semih İdiz, Columnist, Milliyet, Ankara
Dr. Mehmet Öcal, Erciyes University, International Relations Department, Kayseri
• 11.30-11.45 Coffee break
• 11.45-13.00
Panel Session 2: “EU-Turkey Relations Today: Challenges and Opportunities”
The questions to be addressed during this session are:
• What is the current situation in Turkey-EU relations?
• Is the EU hypocritical in its positions during accession periods?
• Will Turkey become a full member?
• Can Turkey become an effective regional actor without the EU?
• Why migration, migrants and Islam have been securitized?
Participants:
Moderator: Dr. Mehmet Öcal, Erciyes University, International Relations Department, Kayseri
Assoc. Dr. Nejat Doğan, Erciyes University, International Relations Department,Kayseri
Kenan Kolat, President of the Turkish Community in Germany, Berlin
Pierre Hecker, the Georg-Eckert-Institute for International Textbook Research, Braunschweig
Jean-François Polo, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Rennes, Rennes
Dr. Harry-Zachary G. Tzimitras, İstanbul Bilgi University, International Relations Department
Assoc. Dr. Ayhan Kaya, İstanbul Bilgi University European Institute, Director
• 13.00-14.30 Lunch
14.30- 18.00
Panel Session 3: “The Role of the EU in the 21st century from a wider Perspective”
The questions to be addressed during this session are:
• Can Turkey become a global actor without the EU membership?
• What are the security issues in today’s world?
• Can Turkey make its voice heard in today’s global world without the EU affiliation? Can the EU be heard in the East without Turkey?
Participants:
Moderator: Soli Özel, İstanbul Bilgi University, International Relations Department
Prof. Dr. Faruk Şen, Turkish Research Centre (TAM), Essen
Prof. Dr. Şule Kut, Dean, İstanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Semih İdiz, Columnist, Milliyet, Ankara
Jean-François Polo, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Rennes, Rennes
End of Programme
