SETA DC Annual Conference on Turkey

Conference Program

9:00 – 9:30  –  Registration

9:30 – 10:30  –  Keynote Address by His Excellecy İbrahim Kalın

10:30 – 12:00  –  Turkish Elections and Democracy

Moderator:

Kadir Ustun, Executive Director, The SETA Foundation at Washington DC

Speakers:

Fahrettin Altun, General Coordinator, The SETA Foundation in Istanbul

Talha Kose, Istanbul Sehir University

Etyen Mahcupyan, The Center for Public Policy and Democracy Studies (PODEM)

12:00 – 1:00  –  Lunch

1:00 – 2:30  –  Turkey and the Middle East Turmoil

Moderator:

Abderrahim Foukara, Washington D.C. Bureau Chief, Host of Min Washington, Al Jazeera

Speakers:

Burhanettin Duran, General Coordinator, The SETA Foundation

Shadi Hamid, Fellow, Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, Brookings Institution

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

2:30 – 2:45  –  Coffee Break

2:45 – 4:15  –  US-Turkey Relations

Moderator:

Denise Natali, Senior Research Fellow, The Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University (NDU)

Speakers:

James Jeffrey, Philip Solondz Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Kilic Kanat, Research Director, The SETA Foundation at Washington DC

Kemal Kirisci, TÜSİAD Senior Fellow, Director of Turkey Project, Brookings Institution

4:15 – 4:30  –  Closing Remarks

Kadir Ustun, Executive Director, The SETA Foundation at Washington DC