Insight Turkey 4th Annual Conference: Future of Democracy in Turkey

Insight Turkey 4th Annual Conference:

Future of Democracy in Turkey: Elections, Politics and Foreign Policy

The Madison Hotel Ballroom

9:30 – 9:45  –  Welcoming Remarks

Talip Küçükcan (Insight Turkey)

09:45 – 10:45  –  Keynote Address

H. E. Beşir Atalay (Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey)

Moderated by Erol Cebeci (SETA DC)

11:00 – 12:30  –  Elections and Future of Turkish Politics

Chair:

Kadir Üstün (SETA DC)

Speakers:

Hatem Ete (SETA)

Etyen Mahçupyan (Zaman Daily)

Fuat Keyman (Sabancı University & Istanbul Policy Center)

Ertan Aydın (POLLMARK)

1:30 – 3:00  –  Democratization in New Turkey: What is Next?

Chair:

Amb. James H. Holmes (American Turkish Council)

Speakers:

Taha Özhan (SETA)

Oral Çalışlar (Radikal Daily)

Ali Bayramoğlu (Yeni Safak Daily)

Mustafa Karaalioğlu (Star Daily)

3:15 – 4:45  –  Turkey and the Arab Awakening

Chair:

Marina Ottaway (Wilson Center)

Speakers:

Stephen Larrabee (RAND)

Kılıç Kanat (SETA DC)

Ufuk Ulutaş (SETA)

Ramazan Yıldırım (Ru’ye Turkiye)

4:45 – 5:00  –  Closing Remarks

Kadir Üstün (SETA DC)