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The Center for Turkish Studies at The Middle East Institute and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation were pleased to present the Sixth Annual Conference on Turkey on Thursday, December 3, 2015. The conference included three expert panels to discuss the country's tumultuous domestic politics following recent elections, the future of democracy in the country, and Turkish foreign policy.
Karsten Voigt
Former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and Member of the German Bundestag
PANEL 1: The Domestic Implications of Erdogan's Win
Abdulhamit Bilici
Editor in Chief, Zaman
Koray Caliskan
Associate Professor, Department of Political Sciences and International Relations, Bogaziçi University
Baskin Oran
Professor Emeritus of International Relations, Ankara University
Richard Kraemer (Moderator)
Senior Program Officer for Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey, National Endowment for Democracy
PANEL 2: Turkey's Middle East Policy Challenges
Amb. Unal Cevikoz
Former Turkish Ambassador to Iraq and the United Kingdom
Amanda Sloat
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs for Southern Europe and Eastern Mediterranean Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Gönül Tol
Director, Center for Turkish Studies, Middle East Institute
Robert Worth (Moderator)
Contributing Writer, The New York Times Magazine
Keynote Discussion
Selahattin Demirtas
Co-Leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP)
Gönül Tol
Director, Center for Turkish Studies, Middle East Institute
PANEL 3: Turkey's Western Partnerships During Troubled Times
Nikos Konstantaras
Managing Editor, Kathimerini
Amb. Francis J. Ricciardone
Vice President, Atlantic Council, and Former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey
Amb. Namik Tan
Former Turkish Ambassador to the United States
Amb. Robert Pearson (Moderator)
Former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Fellow, Middle East Institute
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