january, 2016
Event Description
Event Description Turkey is a regional power and an important neighbour and after decades of tensions, relations between Turkey and the KRG are improving for the mutual benefit of
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Event Description
Event Description
Turkey is a regional power and an important neighbour and after decades of tensions, relations between Turkey and the KRG are improving for the mutual benefit of both sides. Though the rise of ISIS and the security and economic crisis have exposed cracks in their relations, it is of utmost necessity that both entities continue to work together to strengthen their strategic partnership.’ This was expressed by Professor Dlawer Ala’Aldeen in a conference on ‘Turkey, Kurds, and the Kurdistan Regional Government: Strengthened Partnership in a Region in Turmoil.’ The conference was jointly held by MERI and Istanbul based Al-Sharq Forum, in Erbil to discuss in an open, frank and transparent way the present and future trajectory of relations between Turkey and the KRG. Galip Dalay, Research Director, Al Sharq Forum, in his opening remarks reiterated that relations between Turkey and the KRG need to be strengthened and given a broader perspective, moving beyond solely political issues.
Time
All Day (Tuesday)
Schedule
- Day 1
- 26 January 2016
9:00 Registration and Coffee9:00 - 10:00Registration and Coffee
10:00 Introduction and Welcome Remarks10:00 - 10:15Introduction and Welcome RemarksSpeakers: Galip Dalay, Dlawer Ala - Aldeen
10:15 Keynote Speech10:15 - 10:30Keynote SpeechSpeakers: Qubad Talabani
10:30 Turkey's Kurdish Peace Process: Past, Present and Future Prospects10:30 - 12:30Where is Turkey in the Kurdish Peace Process? The regional context of Turkey's Kurdish Peace Process Kurdish peace process: What role for the Kurdistan Regional Government? The Kurdish Peace Process: An imperative for intra-Kurdish reconciliation in a regional setting Turkey's media & civil society, and the peace process: a facilitating force or an impedimentSpeakers: Galip Dalay, Mesut Yegen, Hatem Ete, Safeen Dizayee, Vahap Coskun, Etyen Mahcupyan
13:30 Turkey and the Kurdistan Region: Politics, Economy and Security (I)13:30 - 14:45Transformation in the regional politics and its implication on Turkey – KRG relations Turkey and the KRG relations in pre and post-ISIS period? Turkey and KRG's view on war on ISIS Speakers: Dlawer Ala - Aldeen, Hasim Hasimi, Fuad Hussain, Sadi Pira, Hiwa Osman
15:00 Turkey and the Kurdistan Region: Politics, Economy and Security (II)15:00 - 16:15The prospect of cooperation between Turkey, the KRG, and Iraq under a new government in Baghdad Turkey-KRG-Baghdad triangle: View from Baghdad Business as the catalyst of Turkey – KRG relations: prospects and challenges The case for closer cooperation between Turkey and the KRG in a crisis-ridden region Turkey and the KRG: an energy partnership in motion? Speakers: Mesut Ozcan, Yılmaz Ensaroğlu, Farhad Alaaldin, Renas Elci, Shorsh Haji
Speakers for this event
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Shorsh Haji
Shorsh Haji
Former Member of Parliament, Baghdad
Former Member of Parliament, Baghdad
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Wadah Khanfar
Wadah Khanfar
President of The Al Sharq Forum
Wadah Khanfar is the President of the Al Sharq Forum and former Director General of the Al Jazeera Network. He is a board member of the International Crisis Group and Global Editors Network (GEN). Khanfar has been named as one of Foreign Policy’s Top 100 global thinkers of 2011 as well as one of Fast Company’s ‘Most Creative People in Business’ of the year.
President of The Al Sharq Forum
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Gurkan Zengin
Gurkan Zengin
Journalist, Turkey
Journalist, Turkey
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DLAWER ALA - ALDEEN
DLAWER ALA - ALDEEN
President of Middle East Research Institute (MERI)
Dlawer Ala’Aldeen is the Founding President of the Middle East Research Institute, a policy research institute and think tank based in Erbil, Kurdistan Region (KR) of Iraq (meri-k.org). Between 2009-2012, he was the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Kurdistan Regional Government, where he lead an ambitious reform program to modernise the higher education system in KR. Prior to this, he was the Professor of Medicine in Nottingham University, UK. He worked in capacity building and nation-building projects in Iraq since 1992 and published extensively on the political dynamics, governance system and democratisation in the Middle East, Iraq and KR.
President of Middle East Research Instit...
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Burhanettin Duran
Burhanettin Duran
General Coordinator, SETA Foundation, Ankara
General Coordinator, SETA Foundation, An...
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Mesut Yegen
Mesut Yegen
Faculty Member at the Department of Sociology at Istanbul Sehir University
Mesut Yegen is a faculty member at the Department of Sociology in Istanbul Şehir University. He received B.A. and M.A. degrees in sociology from Middle East Technical University and Ph. D. in sociology from Essex University. He taught at the Department of Sociology of Anatolia University and the Department of Soicology of Middle East Technical University. His research and publications have focused on Turkish nationalism, Kurdish question and citizenship in Turkey.
Faculty Member at the Department of Soci...
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Nathalie Tocci
Nathalie Tocci
Deputy Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome
Deputy Director, Istituto Affari Interna...
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Yılmaz Ensaroğlu
Yılmaz Ensaroğlu
Chief Advisor to the Turkish Ministry of Justice
Chief Advisor to the Turkish Prime Ministry. He previously served as the president of MAZLUMDER, and director of Law and Human Rights Department of SETA Foundation. He has authored many articles in various books, journals and newspapers on issues of human rights, civil society, democratization, security sector reform, civil-military relations, coup d’états, freedom of religion, secularism, Kurdish question, and hate crimes among others
Chief Advisor to the Turkish Ministry of...
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Qubad Talabani
Qubad Talabani
Deputy Prime Minister, Kurdistan Regional Government
Deputy Prime Minister, Kurdistan Regiona...
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Hatem Ete
Hatem Ete
Ankara Institute
Ankara Institute
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Safeen Dizayee
Safeen Dizayee
Spokesperson, KRG
Spokesperson, KRG
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Vahap Coskun
Vahap Coskun
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Dicle University
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Dic...
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Etyen Mahcupyan
Etyen Mahcupyan
Journalist, Turkey
Journalist, Turkey
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Hasim Hasimi
Hasim Hasimi
Former member of Parliament, Turkey
Former member of Parliament, Turkey
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Fuad Hussain
Fuad Hussain
Presidential Chief of Staff, KRG
Presidential Chief of Staff, KRG
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Sadi Pira
Sadi Pira
Politburo Member PUK
Politburo Member PUK
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Hiwa Osman
Hiwa Osman
Journalist
Journalist
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Farhad Alaaldin
Farhad Alaaldin
President of Iraq Advisory Council
President of Iraq Advisory Council
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Renas Elci
Renas Elci
Turkish-Kurdish Businessman
Turkish-Kurdish Businessman