Turkey Events
Egypt and the Middle East: A Turkish Model of Democracy?
February 25, 2011 // 9:00am — 10:30am
European Studies
Recent political unrest in the Middle East has prompted a debate about whether Turkey, a transitioning democracy with Islamic roots, can serve as a model for political transformation in the Arab world. The panelists highlighted the distinctiveness of the "Turkish model" of governance and raised doubts about its potential to inform the political discourse in the revolting Middle East.
A Reflection on the May 2010 Brazil-Turkey Nuclear Initiative Toward Iran
February 22, 2011 // 8:00am — 12:00pm
Middle East Program
Monica Herz, Director, International Relations Institute, Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro; Craig Kelly, Vice President, The Cohen Group; Mustafa Kibaroglu, Associate Professor of International Affairs, Bilkent University, Ankara; Nizar Messari, Associate Professor of International Relations, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco; Trita Parsi, President, National Iranian-American Council and former Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar
Muslim Women in Europe: Strategic and Cultural Challenges
December 16, 2010 // 1:00pm — 2:30pm
Middle East Program
An author, activist and scholar, Senay Özdemir addressed her personal experiences as a Muslim feminist in Western Europe, along with her literary and journalistic efforts to give voice to the Mediterranean community and their role in Dutch politics.
Roads Not Taken: AKP Trajectories Since 2007
November 10, 2010 // 1:00pm — 2:30pm
European Studies
Nora Fisher Onar, Department of Politics and International Relations, Bahcesehir University (Turkey), and Center for International Studies, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford (UK)
The New Turkish Foreign Policy: Is There a Place for Israel?
November 16, 2009 // 3:00pm — 4:00pm
Middle East Program
Henri Barkey, Bernard L. and Bertha F. Cohen Professor in International Relations, Lehigh University; Non-Resident Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
EU Energy Strategy in Turkey (Accession or Not)
December 11, 2008 // 9:00am — 10:30am
European Studies
Alexandros Petersen, Southeast Europe Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center and Adjunct Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
The Other Euro-Islam: Sufism in Turkey and the Balkans
September 23, 2008 // 10:00am — 11:30am
European Studies
Stephen Schwartz, Director, Center for Islamic Pluralism and Author
Making Turkey Safe for Democracy? A Discussion on Turkey's New Constitutional Crisis
May 13, 2008 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
European Studies
with Hakan Yavuz , Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah and Mario Zucconi , Senior Fellow, the Italian Social Sciences Council in Rome and Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center
Liberalizing Turkish Education: Secularism, Islam, and the Future of Democracy
April 29, 2008 // 10:00am — 11:30am
European Studies
Dr. Ellen Rosskam, Visiting Professor in the Work Environment Department of the University of Massachusetts in Lowell and Visiting Senior Fellow in the European Institute of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Surrey, England
Turkey and the Transatlantic Bargain: Time to Renegotiate?
March 31, 2008 // 10:00am — 11:30am
European Studies
Dr. Gulnur Aybet, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent at Canterbury