Former Prime Minister Joins "Roundtable"

The US Presidential Elections and France-Türkiye Relations were discussed at Bahçeşehir on 19 and 22 September.

The Bahçeşehir University School of Government and Leadership organized two roundtable meetings, on 19 September with Prof. Dr. Pierangelo Isernia of the Department of Political Science at the University of Siena, and on 22 September with former French Prime Minister Edith Cresson.

On 19 September, the Bahçeşehir University School of Government and Leadership organized a roundtable meeting with Prof. Dr. Pierangelo Isernia of the Department of Political Science at the University of Siena on "The Possible Effects of the US Presidential Elections on Türkiye and the European Union." The meeting was attended by Prof. Ali Çarkoğlu, Prof. Dr. Nilüfer Narlı, Prof. Dr. Sabri Sayarı, Assist. Prof. Dr. Ebru Canan Sokullu, Assist. Prof. Dr. Ela Ünler Öz and Dr. Selçuk Tuzcuoğlu.

The meeting drew attention to the similarity of American society to European Union societies and discussed the possibilities of these societies cooperating with or opposing each other on foreign policy issues in light of shared values and outlooks. The impact of the winning US candidate's worldview on US-EU relations and the effects of US-EU social dynamics on world politics were discussed. The influence of societies' value judgments on bilateral relations in transatlantic relations was among the other topics discussed.

In addition, at the roundtable meeting organized by the School of Government and Leadership on Saturday, 22 September with former French Prime Minister Edith Cresson, Türkiye-France Relations in the New Era were discussed.

The meeting was attended by Enver Yücel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bahçeşehir Uğur Educational Institutions; Bahçeşehir University President Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın; Consul General of France Herve François Magro; Prof. Dr. Mehmet Altan; Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Esmer; Prof. Dr. Nilüfer Narlı; Prof. Dr. Necip Çakır; Prof. Dr. Sabri Sayarı; retired Ambassador Tanşuğ Bleda; retired Ambassador Murat Bilhan; Prof. Dr. Eser Karakaş; Bahçeşehir University MEDAM Director Assist. Prof. Dr. Burhan Köroğlu; and Head of the Bahçeşehir University School of Government and Leadership Assist. Prof. Dr. Burak Küntay.

Participants discussed issues that deeply affect bilateral relations, such as the Armenian Question, Cyprus and the EU accession process. Steps that could be taken to resolve the problems between Türkiye and France and to clear the way for Türkiye's accession to the European Union, as well as what could be done in the cultural and economic fields to strengthen bilateral relations, were discussed.