Young Scholars on Turkey Conference 2014

8:30 – 8:45  –  Registration

8:45 – 9:00  –  Opening Remarks by Erol Cebeci (SETA DC)

9:00 – 10:45  –  Panel I – Domestic Political Transformation in Turkey

Moderator
Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu (Boston University)

Presenters:
Huseyin Alptekin, (University of Texas at Austin), “Turkish Ethnic Incorporation and Kurdish Ethno-political Mobilization”

Dilek Yankaya, (Sciences Po CERI), Consolidation of the New Islamic Bourgeoisie in Turkey

Mine Tafolar, (University of Texas at Austin), Transformation in Turkey’s Immature Social Assistance System

10:45 – 11:00  –  Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:45  –  Panel II – Theory and Practice in Turkish Foreign Policy

Moderator:
Kadir Ustun (SETA DC)

Presenters:
Olgu Okumus, (Sciences Po), Turkey’s Objective of Being an Energy Center

Begum Adalet, (University of Pennsylvania), The Road to Modernization: Experts, Machines, and Aid in Turkish-American Interactions

Moritz Pieper, (University of Kent), Turkey’s Foreign Policy in the Iranian Nuclear Dossier: A Case of Strategic Hedging?

12:45 – 1:00  –  Closing Remarks by Kilic Kanat (SETA DC)

2:30 – 5:00  –  Workshop – Turkish Domestic and Foreign Policy (Presenters and Invitees Only)