Applications Open for the Diplomat School 12 Certificate Program

The School of Government and Leadership, established within Bahçeşehir University, aims to train the leaders of the future and to inform its participants about important issues in today's world through the programs it organizes as well as the projects and seminars it prepares. The Diplomat School Certificate Program, first held by the Bahçeşehir University School of Government and Leadership in the 2009-2010 academic year and planned to be held every academic year, is, like the other certificate programs of the School of Government and Leadership, the first certificate program of its kind in Türkiye. In the 2020-2021 academic year, our Diplomat School program will be held on Saturdays between 28 November and 26 December 2020 via the Instagram platform.

 

Program Objective:

 

Held regularly every academic year with the participation of our distinguished diplomats who have successfully represented Türkiye all over the world, academics who have done important work in international relations and leading names in foreign policy, the program aims to raise a generation that is conscious of international relations and understands the importance of using diplomatic means, by informing its participants about Türkiye's relations with other countries, diplomacy and the subtleties of the diplomatic profession.

 

Program Features:

 

The Diplomat School Certificate Program runs for five weeks, every Saturday from 11:00 to 15:00. Each week, the program includes four different sessions with ambassadors, consuls general and consuls, academics and bureaucrats as guests. Participants who successfully complete the program receive a certificate. To be eligible for a certificate, participants must attend 80% of the program. The program will be held via the Instagram platform.

 

Program Content:

 

Within the framework of the Diplomat School Certificate Program, Türkiye's political, economic and social relations with influential countries in the international arena, as well as past and ongoing problems, are addressed. The main topics of the program are as follows.

 

· Values and Principles in Turkish Foreign Policy

 

· Public Diplomacy

 

· Organizational Structure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye

 

· Dispute Resolution and Mediation

 

· Türkiye-China Relations

 

· The Refugee Crisis

 

· Türkiye's Place and Importance in NATO

 

· Recent Turkish Foreign Policy

 

· The Türkiye-EU Negotiation Process

 

· International Security and Terrorism

 

· Humanitarian Aid from Türkiye to Other Countries

 

· The Place of the Middle East in Turkish Foreign Policy

 

· Türkiye-United Kingdom Relations

 

· Türkiye's Latin America Initiative

 

· The Impact of the Cyprus Issue on Turkish Foreign Policy and the Negotiation Process

 

· Türkiye-Iran Relations and Iran's Nuclear Program

 

· The Arab Spring and Its Regional Impacts

 

· The Middle East Conflict

 

· Recent Türkiye-Russia Relations and Their Impact on Regional Peace

 

· International Energy Policies and Türkiye's Energy Strategy

 

· Türkiye-USA Relations

 

· Türkiye's Caucasus and Central Asia Policies

 

· Türkiye's Relations with Asia-Pacific Countries

 

· Türkiye-Africa Relations and the Growing Weight of Africa in Turkish Foreign Policy

 

· The Armenian Issue from the Perspective of International Law