MIDDLE EAST AND EURASIA SUMMER SCHOOL/TRABZON THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS STRATEGIC RESEARCH CENTER (SAM) KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (KTU) CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN STRATEGIC STUDIES ORTADOĞU STRATEJİK ARAŞTIRMALAR MERKEZİ CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN STRATEGIC STUDIES (ORSAM) 02-07 July 2012 / TRABZON
2 JULY 2012, MONDAY 10:00 12:00 Opening in Sümela Monastery Guest of Honor Prof. Dr. Ahmet Davutoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs* Opening Speeches Hasan Kanbolat, ORSAM Director Prof. Dr. Hayati Aktaş, Karadeniz Technical University (KTÜ), Head of Department of International Relations Prof. Dr. Bülent Aras, Head of Diplomatic Academy, Foreign Ministry Assist. Prof. Dr. Mesut Özcan, SAM Deputy Chairman Mustafa Kabakçı, MP, Chief Administrator of the Turkish Parliament 12:30 14:00 Lunch 15:00 16:30 The Middle East in Turkey s Foreign Policy Prof. Dr. Meliha Benli Altunışık, METU, Director of Institute of Social Sciences, METU Department of International Relations 16:45 17:45 Turkey s Central Asia Policy and Transition Process in the Region Öztürk Yılmaz, Head of the Department, Central Asia Caucasia Department, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey 18:00 19:00 A General Outlook on Relations with the Middle East from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic of Turkey Prof. Dr. Cezmi Eraslan, President of Atatürk Research Center * Confirmation awaited.
19:30 21:00 Dinner 21:30 Evening Talks: Turkey Uzbekistan Relations Ulfat Kadyrov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan in Ankara Islam Karimov, Undersecretary to the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Ankara
3 JULY 2012, TUESDAY 09:30 10:45 Political Structure in Post-Invasion Iraq (Nihat Turan / Seminar 1) Assist. Prof. Dr. Serhat Erkmen, ORSAM Advisor, Ahi Evran University Department of Internationa Relations Faculty Member 09:30 10:45 Turkey-Azerbaijan-Armenia Relations and Region al Security (Nihat Turan / Seminar 2) Dr. Elhan Mehdiyev, Peace and Conflict Resolution Center Director 11:00 12:15 Turkey-Iraq Relations and Their Future (Nihat Turan / Seminar 1) Prof. Dr. Mohammad Arafat, Karadeniz Technical University, Department of International Relations 11:00 12:15 Cultural Diplomacy in Turkic World (Nihat Turan / Seminar 2) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fırat Purtaş, Deputy Secretary General of TÜRKSOY 12:30 14:00 Lunch 14:00 15:30 Central Asian Turkic Republics and Turkey (Nihat Turan / Seminar 1) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan Ali Karasar, Bilkent University Faculty Member 14:00 15:30 Historical Development of Piracy in International Waters (Nihat Turan / Seminar 2) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ersan Başar, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Marine Science
15:45 16:45 The Importance of Political Psychology in International Relations (Nihat Turan / Seminar 1) Prof. Dr. Abdülkadir Çevik, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine 15:45 16:45 Iraqi Turks from Past to Present and Their Future (Nihat Turan / Seminar 2) Prof. Dr. Mahir Nakip, Erciyes University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences 17:00-18:30 Turkey s Opening to Africa Mustafa Kemalettin Eruygur, Head of the Department for Africa, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey 19:30 21:00 Dinner 21:30 Evening Talks: Turkey-Kyrgyzstan Relations and Postindependence Kyrgyzstan Ermek Ibraimov, Kyrgyzstan s Ambassador to Ankara Jıldız Uzakova, Undersecretary of Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in Ankara
4 JULY 2012, WEDNESDAY 09:30 10:45 Change in Syria and Turkey (Nihat Turan / Seminar 1) Oytun Orhan, ORSAM Specialist, Middle East 09:30 10:45 Iranian Foreign Policy in Historical Process (Nihat Turan / Seminar 2) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Süleyman Erkan, Karadeniz Technical University, Department of International Relations 11:00 12:15 Water Problem in the Middle East (Nihat Turan / Seminar 1) Dr. Tuğba Evrim Maden, ORSAM Water Research Program Hydropolitics Specialist 11:00 12:15 Dispute Areas in Black Sea (Nihat Turan / Seminar 2) Assist. Prof. Dr. Yalçın Sarıkaya, Giresun University, Black Sea Center for Strategic Researches (BLACKCSR) Director 12:30 14:00 Lunch 14:00 15:30 Energy Game in Eurasia and the Middle East (Nihat Turan / Seminar 1) Osman Göksel, BOTAŞ Board Member, BTC & NABUCCO Coordinator 14:00 14:45 Social and Economic History of Black Sea (Nihat Turan / Seminar 2) Prof. Dr. Kenan İnan, Director of Institute for Black Sea Studies at Karadeniz Technical University 14:45 15.30 Turkey-Southern Caucasus Relations (Nihat Turan / Seminar 2) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Coşkun Topal, Karadeniz Technical University Department of International Relations
15:45 16:45 An Outlook from the Middle East on Turkey In the Post-Arab Spring Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Allaf, University of Mosul, Regional Studies Center 17:00 18:30 Political, Social Structure in Lebanon and Foreign Policy Muhammed Nurettin, Center for Lebanese Strategic Studies Director 19:30 21:00 Dinner 21:30 Evening Talks: New Institutions in Turkic World Retired Ambassador Halil Akıncı, Secretary General of the Turkic Council
5 JULY 2012, THURSDAY 09:30 10:45 Turkey s Middle Eastern Policy Can Dizdar, Head of the Middle East Department, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey 11:00 12:15 Israeli Foreign Policy and Israel-Palestine Problem Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özlem Tür, ORSAM Advisor, METU Department of International Relations Faculty Member 12:30 14:00 Lunch 14:00 15:30 Turkey s Iraq Policy Efe Ceylan, Head of the Iraq Department, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey 15:45 16:45 General Structure of the Middle Eastern Economies (Nihat Turan / Seminar 1) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Harun Öztürkler, ORSAM Advisor, Afyon Kocatepe University 15:45 16:45 Political Structure and Foreign Policy in Russia During the Second Putin Term (Nihat Turan / Seminar 2) Assoc. Prof. Dr. İlyas Kemaloğlu (Kamalov), ORSAM Advisor, Turkish Historical Society
17:00 18:30 Geopolitics of Black Sea (Nihat Turan / Seminar 1) Prof. Dr. Hikmet Öksüz, Karadeniz Technical University, Dean of Faculty of Science and Letters 17:00 18:30 Turkey s Perception of Israel (Nihat Turan / Seminar 2) Assist. Prof. Dr. Faruk Ekmekçi, Karadeniz Technical University Department of International Relations 19:30 21:00 Dinner 21:30 Evening Talks: General Outlook on Turkic World Dr. Ermanno Visintainer, Director of Vox Populi (Italy)
6 JULY 2012, FRIDAY 09:30 10:45 Foreign Ministry Human Resources Policy Briefing Ali Fındık, Head of the Human Resources Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11:00 12:15 International Development Cooperation and Turkey Dr. Mustafa Şahin, President at Ministry of Development of Turkey, Development Research Centre 12:30 14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:30 ECO and Turkey-Africa Relations (Nihat Turan / Seminar 1) (R) Ambassador Numan Hazar 14:00 14:45 Iran s Policy on Turkey and Middle East (Nihat Turan / Seminar 2) Assist. Prof. Dr. Bayram Sinkaya, Yıldırım Beyazıt University Department of International Relations 14:45 15:30 Iran s Domestic and Foreign Policy (Nihat Turan / Seminar 2) Pınar Arıkan Sinkaya, ORSAM Advisor, METU Department of International Relations 15:45 16:45 Implications of the Arab Spring in Gulf (Nihat Turan / Seminar 1) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Veysel Ayhan, ORSAM Advisor, Abant İzzet Baysal University, Department of International Relations 15:45 16:45 The New Middle East and Global Powers (Nihat Turan / Seminar 2) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tarık Oğuzlu, ORSAM Middle East Advisor Antalya International University Department of International Relations
17:00 18:30 The Middle East in the US Foreign Policy (Nihat Turan / Seminar 1) Prof. Dr. Ersel Aydınlı, Bilkent University Department of International Relations, Executive Director of the Turkish Fulbright Commission 17:00 18:30 Islamic Movements and Sectarian Dynamics in the Middle East (Nihat Turan / Seminar 2) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Şahin, ORSAM Advisor, Gazi University Department of International Relations 19:30 21:00 Dinner 21:30 Evening Talks: Turkey-Tunisia Relations, Mehrez Ben Rhouma, Tunisian Ambassador to Ankara
7 JULY 2012, SATURDAY 9:00 12:00 Batumi Tour 12:30 14:00 Lunch in Batumi 14:00 16:00 Lecture at Batumi University: Turkey-Georgia Relations, Minister of Education and Science of Georgia* Prof. Dr. Aliosha Bakuridze, Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University 16:30 17:15 An Outlook on Turkish Foreign Policy From the Perspective of a Journalist Zeynep Gürcanlı, Hürriyet s Ankara Representative 17:30 18:30 Turkey s Caucasus Policy Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mitat Çelikpala, Kadir Has University Head of Department of International Relations 19:30 Dinner in Batumi * Confirmation awaited. Evening Talks: Evaluation of Change in the Middle East and Eurasia in the Light of Global Developments Dr. Hasan Canpolat, Deputy Undersecretary of Turkish Ministry of Interior Closing Speech Engin Arıkan, Consul General of Turkey in Batumi* Dr. İsmail Safi, MP, President of KEIPA Turkish Group, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee