"Türkiye's Unresolved Problems" Symposium!

Our University's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Political Science and International Relations will hold a symposium titled "TÜRKİYE'S UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS" at the Fazıl Say Hall on Saturday, 18 April 2009. Detailed information about the symposium program is given below. The program will discuss the Kurdish Issue, Civil-Military Relations, Secularism and the Alevi Issue. All our academics and students are invited.

VENUE: Bahçeşehir University / Fazıl Say Hall
DATE: 18 April 2009

PROGRAM DETAILS:

10:00 - 10:30 Opening speech
Binnaz Toprak
Head of the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Bahçeşehir University

10:30 - 11:30 The Kurdish Issue
Session Chair:
Şahin Alpay (Bahçeşehir University)

Speakers:
Altan Tan (Researcher-Writer)
Ümit Fırat (Researcher-Writer)
Bejan Matur (Poet-Writer)

11:30 - 12:30 Discussion
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break

13:00 - 14:00 Civil-Military Relations
Session Chair:
İlkay Sunar (Bahçeşehir University)

Speakers:
Fikret Bila (Milliyet Newspaper)
Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu (Columnist, Taraf Newspaper)
Levent Ünsaldı (University of Paris)

14:30 - 15:30 Discussion
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 - 17:20 Secularism and the Alevi Issue
Session Chair:
Sema Erder (Bahçeşehir University)

Speakers:
Bülent Bilmez (Istanbul Bilgi University)
Ali Balkız (President of the Alevi-Bektashi Federation)
Levent Köker (Başkent University)
Bekir Karlığa (Bahçeşehir University)

17:20 - 18:30 Discussion