Turkey and the Middle East
Turkey's soft power is on the rise in the Middle East and there is a widespread positive perception of Turkey's involvement in the region. SETA PANEL DISCUSSION Organized by SETA &Al Sharq Centre for Regional and Strategic Studies Chair: Bulent Aras, SETA & Istanbul Technical University Panelists: Mustafa Al Labbad, Al Sharq Centre for Regional and Strategic Studies Akif Kireççi, Bilkent University Date: April 08, 2010 Thursday Time: 10.30 – 12.30 Venue: SETA Foundation, Ankara
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The U.S. and Shifting Dynamics in the Middle East
SETA PANEL DISCUSSION Chair: Bulent Aras, Bulent ARAS, SETA, Coordinator, Foreign Policy Studies Panelists: Robert Malley, International Crisis Group, Middle East and North Africa Program Director Joost Hiltermann, International Crisis Group, Deputy Program Director, Middle East and North Africa Peter Harling, International Crisis Group, Project Director (Iraq, Lebanon and Syria) Date: March 12, 2010 Friday Time: 13.00 – 14.15 Venue: SETA Foundation, Ankara
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The “Alevi Issue” is one of the most complicated and, at the same time, largely misunderstood problems in Turkey. Conflicts, resentments, grievances, and perpetual fears about Alevis that have existed for centuries have been publicly voiced through different mechanisms; yet, the message had never been understood thoroughly by the interlocutors of the Alevis. The discussions on the issue in various social and political contexts have often revolved around a rather limited list of Alevi identity-based claims. The JDP government has undertaken a series of steps to understand and respond to Alevi identity-based claims. Popularly known as the “Alevi opening” (Alevi açılımı), the initiative is a turning point in terms of the Turkish governments’ approach to problems of Alevi citizens in Turkey. The Alevi Opening is the first systematic effort to address Alevis’ identity-based contentions.
SETA PUBLIC LECTURE By Alon Ben-Meir, Professor of International Relations and Middle Eastern Studies at the Center for Global Affairs, New York University Date: January 14, 2010 Thursday Time: 11.00 – 12.30 Venue: SETA Foundation, Ankara
SETA PUBLIC LECTURE By Ş. İlgü Özler, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, State University of New York-New Paltz Date: January 14, 2010 Thursday Time: 11.00 – 12.30 Venue: SETA Foundation, Ankara
SETA D.C. PANEL Moderator: Kadir Üstün Doctoral Candidate at Columbia University Speakers: Taha Özhan Director-General of the SETA Foundation Ömer Taşpınar Brookings Institution Date: December 9, 2009 Venue: SETA D.C. 1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite #1106 Washington, D.C.
How Many Millennia Can the Hazelnut Survive?
Today, genetically modified organism (GMO) foods are front and center in the discussion on food sustainability. While some allege that interfering in the genetic makeup of food items such as corn and wheat will be a hazard to human health and jeopardize the future of humankind, others view GMO foods as a ray of hope for impoverished nations. Claims that the world’s population is growing rapidly and that the world’s current food stock will not be able to meet the demands of this new population also affect the debate. Undoubtedly poverty and hunger are significant and life-threatening issues for human beings, and history provides evidence that starvation has wiped out entire generations, permanently transforming the demographic makeup of the earth.
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How Great is the Distance Between Turks and Kurds?
The survey “Turkey's Perception of the Kurdish Issue,” jointly conducted by the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) and PollMark, has yielded quite important sociological findings on the relations between Turks and Kurds. The research was undertaken to reveal the content and the grounds of the social relations between the two communities, the current phase of social integration and whether terror and violence have caused lack of trust and confidence between these social groups. The survey shows that the will and desire for coexistence transcends ideological, ethnic and political identities. The research points out that despite the lengthy period of violence and terror, political polemics and crises, there is still no environment of distrust or enmity between Turks and Kurds and that the country is not threatened by the danger of ethnic violence over Turkishness or Kurdishness.
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SETA PUBLIC LECTURE By Irene Khan Secretary General, Amnesty International Date: August 3, 2009 Monday Time: 18.00 – 19.30 Venue: SETA Foundation, Ankara The SETA Foundation is pleased to host a a public lecture by Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, entitled "The World We Live in: The Role of Turkey.” The event will be held at the SETA Foundation on Monday, August 3, 2009. What are the threats and opportunities for human rights in the global world? What is the situation of human rights in Turkey? What do the protection of rights and freedoms in Turkey mean to the world? How Turkey can contribute to the developments of human rights in the region?
SETA PUBLIC LECTURE By Ali T. Akarca Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago Chair Talip Küçükcan SETA Date: June 23, 2009 Tuesday Time: 16.00 – 18.00 Venue: SETA Foundation, Ankara
SETA PUBLIC LECTURE By Nader Hashemi Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver Date: June 8, 2009 Monday Time: 16.00 – 18.00 Venue: SETA Foundation, Ankara
President Obama's trip to Turkey April 6-7 is undoubtedly significant. The visit follows Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's trip abroad last month, which included two separate bilateral stops, Israel and Turkey.
SETA CONFERNCE By Eduard Soler and Fadela Hilali The CIDOB Foundation Mediterranean Programme Date: January 22, 2009 Thursday Time: 10.00 – 12.00 Venue: SETA Foundation, Ankara
SETA PUBLIC LECTURE Speakers: H.E. Mr. Nabil Maaruf Palestinian Ambassador to Turkey İbrahim Kalın SETA, Director General Ayşe Karabat Today's Zaman Columnist Date: January 9, 2009 Friday Time: 10.00 – 12.00 Venue: SETA Foundation, Ankara
SETA CONFERENCE By Robin Wright The Washington Post Date: November 26, 2008 Wednesday Time: 16.00 – 17.30 Venue: SETA Foundation, Ankara
A Brookings-SETA Policy Conference on Turkey University of California, Washington Center 1608 Rhode Island Ave, NW Tuesday, October 28, 2008
SETA CONFERENCE By Kim Beng Phar Visiting Scholar, Waseda University, Organization of Asian Studies / SETA Research Fellow Date: November 15, 2007 Thursday Time: 15.00 - 16.30 Venue: SETA Foundation, Ankara The Impact and Implication of East Asia as a Global Political Actor: The Risk/Perils of Indifference In, and by Turkey
CONFERENCE February 8, 2007 German Marshall Fund, Washington DC
SETA CONFERENCE By Oliver Leaman University of Kentucky Felsefe Bölümü Öğretim Üyesi Date: November 28, 2006 Tuesday Time: 16.00 - 18.00 Venue: SETA Foundation, Ankara
Iraq is like a miniature of the Middle East with its population structure and social characteristics. Each domestic actor in Iraq has relations with ethnic and religious groups in the neighboring countries.
