Turkey and the Middle East under the Trump Administration

 10:00am – 11:30am: Syria and Iraq’s Impact on US-Turkey Relations

          Luke Coffey, Director, Center for Foreign Policy, Heritage Foundation

          Sasha Ghosh-Siminoff, President and Co-Founder, People Demand Change

          Hasan Basri Yalcin, Director, Strategy Program, The SETA Foundation

          Moderator: Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu, The SETA Foundation at Washington D.C.

11:30am – 11:45am: Coffee Break

11:45am – 1:15pm: The Trump Administration and Middle East Policy

          Hannah Thoburn, Research Fellow, Hudson Institute

          Nicholas Heras, Fellow, Center for New American Security

          Hassan Hassan, Fellow, The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy

          Kilic B. Kanat, Research Director, The SETA Foundation at Washington D.C.

Moderator: Kadir Ustun, Executive Director, The SETA Foundation at Washington D.C.

1:15pm – 2:00pm: Lunch Break

2:00pm – 3:30pm: Turkey’s Fight Against ISIS

          Ufuk Ulutas,  Director, Foreign Policy Program, The SETA Foundation

          Murat Yesiltas, Director, Security Policy Program, The SETA Foundation

           Discussant: Bassam Barabandi, Political Advisor, Syrian High Negotiation Committee

           Moderator: Kilic B. Kanat, The SETA Foundation at Washington D.C.