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SETA Foundation at Washington DC and the Near East Studies Program of Princeton University Present

“Effects of the Economic Crisis: A View from Turkey”

The SETA Foundation Washington, DC and Princeton University Present

“Building Global Peace: Turkish Regional Foreign Policy Priorities”

An Address by Prime Minister Erdoğan

The SETA Foundation at Washington D.C. Presents

Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks and Turkish Mediation

The SETA Foundation at Washington D.C. Presents

Book Discussion: The Axis of Convenience

by Dr. Alexander Murinson

The SETA Foundation at Washington D.C. Presents

Turkey’s Justice and Development Party and Alevi Engagement Policy: The Potential, and the Obstacles?

SETA DC Grand Opening with H. E. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The SETA Foundation at Washington D.C. Presents

“Principles of Turkish Foreign Policy”

A Keynote Address by His Excellency Ahmet Davutoğlu, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Turkey

The SETA Foundation at Washington D.C. Presents

“Public Perception of the Kurdish Question in Turkey” and the Kurdish Opening

The SETA Foundation at Washington D.C. and the New America Foundation Present

Conference Call: Turkey-Israel Imbroglio

The SETA Foundation at Washington D.C. Presents

Turkey’s Procedural Challenges to Making a New Constitution

The SETA Foundation at Washington D.C. Presents

“Model Partnership: Creative Approaches to US-Turkey Relations”
by Robert Wexler

“Where is the Global Economy Headed? The International Monetary System and the Stake of Emerging Economies” with Ibrahim Turhan.

by Ibrahim Turhan

Deputy Governor of the Turkish Central Bank

The SETA Foundation at Washington D.C. Presents

“The Alevi Opening and the Democratization Initiative in Turkey”

Şener Aktürk, Assistant Professor at Koç University, who is conducting his post-doctoral research at Harvard University, spoke on “Multiculturalism under the JDP Government: Kurds, Alevis, and Other Minorities in Turkey”.

Israel’s deadly Gaza flotilla operation sparked yet another diplomatic crisis between Israel and Turkey. Since the Israeli attack on Gaza in December 2008, bilateral relations have spiraled downward.

SETA Foundation, Washington, D.C.
and Light Millennium are proud to jointly present a launching event with Stephen Kinzer for his book entitled:

Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America’s Future

In his presentation, Serdar Poyraz will provide a framework for a radical re-evaluation of the history of modernization in the late Ottoman Empire and Turkey.

On May 31, 2010, Israeli commandos stormed a humanitarian aid ship, the Mavi Marmara. The operation left 9 dead and over 30 activists wounded. The attack ignited worldwide protests and condemnation and sparked serious diplomatic confrontation between Turkey and Israel, once called “strategic allies.”

On 22 July 2010, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Kosovo’s declaration of independence was not in violation ofinternational law. This decision is bound to have overreaching implications for peace and stability in the region and in the immediate vicinity of Kosovo.

The September 2010 referendum on a package of amendments to the Turkish Constitution came exactly thirty years after the Army’s last full-scale intervention in Turkish politics. The governing AK Party has framed the amendments as a step towards “civilianizing the constitution.”

A Panel Discussion with Ibrahim Turhan, Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Turkey & Peter Mandaville, Co-Director of Center for Global Studies, George Mason University

The Young Scholars on Turkey (YSOT) Program presents “Current State of Kurdish Political Movements in Turkey, Iran and Iraq” with Kutbettin Kilic.

A Presentation by Kutbettin Kilic, Indiana University

President Barack Obama expressed his concern about the deteriorating EU-Turkey relations and the uncertain future of Ankara’s EU membership aspiration.

The Young Scholars on Turkey (YSOT) Program Presents “Examining Local Democracy in Turkey” with Guliz Belcher, University of Massachusetts Moderator: Nuh Yilmaz, Director, SETA Foundation One of the most important issues for the prospects of Turkish democratization, not addressed in the […]

Program 9:45-10:00 – Registration 10:00-10:15 – Introductory Remarks Ihsan Dagi (Insight Turkey) Nuh Yilmaz (SETA DC) 10:15-12:00 – Panel I: Turkish Politics: Quo Vadis? Moderator: David Cuthell (Institute of Turkish Studies) Speakers: Levent Koker (Atilim University), “Why Turkey Needs a […]

Scholars typically view secularism as a means to protect women from patriarchal religious practices, while preserving women’s political rights. However, the case of Turkey gives reason to reconsider the assumption that secularism is always beneficial to women.

Islamic political mobilization has been an important part of contemporary Turkish political development. The relationship between Islamic political mobilization and military interventions is an underappreciated phenomenon to say the least.

The rise of political movements centered around Islamic identity has proven to be one of the most complex challenges analytically and in terms of policymaking.

With the current popular revolutions in the Arab world the discourse of post-Islamism has attained a new momentum. Presented as a trailblazer of ‘post-Islamism,’ the AK Party in Turkey has been proffered as a model for Islamist movements in the region.