Fourth Annual Conference on Turkey (ALIZA MARCUS, Henri J. Barkey, Denise Natali et.al.)

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Fri, 6/14/2013  

Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), United States House of Representatives

10:00am-11:30 am

Panel 1: Crisis in Syria: Can Turkey Rise to the Challenge?

Volkan Bozkir, Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Steve Heydemann, United States Institute of Peace

Robert Ford, U.S. Ambassador to Syria

Anne Richard, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State

Moderator: Robert Worth, New York Times

11:30am-12:00pm: Lunch (Sponsored by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Strategic Research Center)

12:00pm-1:00pm

Panel 2: Debating Turkish Foreign Policy in a Changing Global and Regional System

Bülent Aras, Turkish Foreign Ministry`s Center for Strategic Research

Şaban Kardaş, TOBB University of Economics and Technology

Mesut Özcan, Turkish Foreign Ministry`s Center for Strategic Research

Moderator: Tolga Tanış, Hürriyet

1:00pm-1:45 pm

Keynote Address:

Besir Atalay, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey

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1:45pm-2:00pm: Break

2:00pm-3:15pm

Panel 3: Is a Turkey-PKK Peace Deal Finally Possible?

Ayse Betül Çelik, Sabanci University – Christopher Harmon, Marine Corps University – Aliza Marcus, Author and Journalist

Moderator: Anna Gawel, Washington Diplomat

3:15pm-3:30pm: Break

3:30pm-5:00 pm

Panel 4: The Turkey-Iran-Iraq Nexus

Henri J. Barkey, Lehigh University – Alireza Nader, RAND Corporation

Denise Natali, National Defense University

Moderator: Phebe Marr, Author and Historian

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