SABANCI UNIVERSITY
EUROPEAN STUDIES WORKSHOP

MAY 25, 2005

 

TURKISH SECURITY CULTURE AND THE MILITARY DIMENSION OF FOREIGN POLICY-MAKING IN TURKEY

Workshop Program

May 25,2005

• 10:00-10:15 Opening Remarks by Alper Kaliber

• 10:30-12:00 First Session  Fass Rm.2023

           Ø     Meltem Müftüler Baç,
                 Jean Monnet Professor
                 Sabanci University
The EU’s foreign and security policy and Turkey’s potential role

            Ø     Pınar Bilgin
                  Assistant Professor
                  Bilkent University
Turkey's Changing Security Discourses: The Challenge of Globalised Security

             Ø   Temel Iskit
                  Retired Ambassador
                  Sabanci University
Influence of the military on Turkish foreign policy: a relation with ebbs
and flows                

• 12:30-13:30 Lunch

• 14:00-16:00 Afternoon Session I Fass Rm.1098

               Ø    Gencer Ozcan
                    Associate Professor
                    Yildiz Teknik University
Turkey, the EU and the Military’s Changing Mindset: Back to Barracks?

                 Ø    Alper Kaliber
                      Sabanci University
Securing The Ground Through Securitized ‘Foreign’ Policy: The Cyprus Case                   

                  Ø    Ilhan Uzgel
                       Associate Professor
                     Ankara University
The Clash of Perceptions: the Flaws of Nationalist and Liberal Perspectives 

                  Ø     Bahar Rumelili
                      Assistant Professor
                      Koc University
Turkish Foreign Policy Making in Strategic Disputes: The Case of
the Aegean Disputes with Greece

 ·       16:15-17:30 Afternoon Session II Discussion