Young Scholars on Turkey (YSOT) Conference 2013
9:30 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 10:15 Welcome Remarks
Erol Cebeci (SETA DC)
10:15 – 12:00 Panel I – Turkey’s Political Landscape
Moderator: Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu (SETA DC)
Discussant: George Gavrilis (Hollings Center)
Hasan Vural (Ankara University), “Two Generations of Debate on Freedom of Religion in Turkey”
Ahmet Gorgen (Justus Liebig University of Giessen), “The Role of Public Intellectuals in the post-1980s”
Dogan Eskinat (SETA), “Redefining Turkey’s Political Center: Case of Republican People’s Party”
12:00 – 1:30 Keynote Address
Kemal Dervis (Brookings Institution and Sabanci University) and Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 Panel II – Contours of Turkish Foreign Policy
Moderator: Kilic Kanat (SETA DC)
Discussant: Matt Duss (Foundation for Middle East Peace)
Yevgeniya Gaber (Odessa National University), “Turkish-American Relations in the post-Cold War Era: Reconsidering the Power Balance Equation”
Altay Atli (Bogazici University), “Economic Interests and Business Organizations in Turkey’s Foreign Policy During Times of Crisis”
Joshua Carney (Indiana University), “Of Babies and Burlap Bags: Making of the US image in Turkey”
3:00 – 3:15 – Coffee Break
3:15 – 4:45 – Panel III – Turkish Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Moderator: Kadir Ustun (SETA DC)
Discussant: Kivanc Ulusoy (Istanbul University)
Kristin Fabbe (Claremont McKenna College), “Turkey and the Regional Balance of Power”
Shaimaa Abdel Fattah (SciencesPo Aix), “The Turkish Role of Regional Power in the Context of the Arab Spring in the Middle East”
Nermin Aydemir (Bilkent University), “Representation of Syrian Exiles in Turkish Media: Structure, Juncture, Temporality or the Individual?”
4:45 – 5:00 – Closing Remarks By Kilic Kanat (SETA DC)
