June 3-13, 2013/Application deadline April 10, 2013
Limited spaces available/Rolling acceptance
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Politicsinthefield.com and Mideastwire.com and are pleased to announce the Third Turkey Exchange. The ten-day program June 3-13 will be held over seven days in Istanbul and three days in Ankara, immersing students and professionals from around the world in some of the key issues facing Turkey and the surrounding region.
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The Turkey Exchange rests on two tracks:
Academic - Participants will attend a series of seminars led by leading Turkish academics, journalists, business people and public intellectuals. Topics will include: Turkey and the Syrian Revolution; The future of Turkey-EU and Turkey-US relations; Turkey's role in the Middle East Peace process; Economic reform challenges now and on the horizon; Pipeline politics and Turkey's energy role; The AKP party in domestic and regional relations; The Kurdish question; Terrorism and the PKK; Turkey's constitution and justice system; Women in Turkey, among other topics.
Dialogue with Leaders - Participants will have the opportunity to meet and engage social, political, religious and economic leaders from across the spectrum in Turkey.
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Speakers and Institutions from the previous program (partial list only):
Mustafa Akyol, Star Daily
Prof. Talip Küçükcan, Foreign Policy Director, SETA
Cengiz Çandar, Radikal Daily
İdris Kardaş, Platform for Global Challenges
Hugh Pope, Turkey/Cyprus Program Director International Crisis Group
Ceyda Karan, Journalist
Joost Lagendijk, Analyst at Istanbul Policy Center – Today’s Zaman
Bülent Keneş, PhD, Chief of Editor Today’s Zaman
Prof. Fuat Keyman, Director of Istanbul Policy Center, Sabanci University
Diba Nigar Göksel, European Stabilty Initiative – GMF
İdris Kardaş, General Coordinator Platform for Global Challenges
Prof. Hasan Köni, Istanbul Kültür Univeristy
Oğuz Demir, İstanbul Trade University, Economists Platform
Burcu Gültekin Punssman, PhD, Researcher TEPAV
Faik Tunay, Republican People’s Party MP
Oktay Vural, PhD, Vice President of Nationalistic Movement Party Group
Tariq Al Hashimi, Vice President of Iraq
Nuh Yılmaz, PhD, Marmara University, Star Daily
Zeynep Başer, TESEV
Dr. Asaad Asaad, Chairman of Support Center of Psychological and Personal Development of Syrian Refugees in Turkey
Murat Çekiç, Turkey Director of Amnesty International
Institutions:
Prime Ministry, Office of Public Diplomacy
AK Party Foreign Affairs Presidency
Prime Ministry, Housing Development Administration (TOKI)
Information Technologies and Communication Agency (BTK)
Turkish Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA)
Independent Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (MUSIAD)
Hrant Dink Foundation
Neve Şalom Synagouge
Turkish Radio Television (TRT)
Municipality of Istanbul
Religious Affairs Presidency
Greek-Orthodox Patriarchy
*To view the program for the Second Istanbul-Ankara Exchange held in January 2013, please visit: http://www.politicsinthefield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/TurkeyExchange_January2013.pdf
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Program Format: The first seven days of the Exchange will take place at the Albatros Premier Hotel in downtown Istanbul, although there will be several bus trips to meetings arranged outside the conference center. Three days of the Exchange will be spent in the capital, Ankara, where a series of meetings with political and diplomatic leaders will be convened.
Costs: Tuition - $1500, partial financial aid is available for those students and professionals that can demonstrate need, including being a current recipient of financial aid. Hotel - $210 for Ankara (shared double room, three nights, breakfast included) @ the Ickale Hotel http://www.hotelickale.com/tr/. $490 for Istanbul (shared double room, seven nights, breakfast included) @ the Albatros Premier Hotel http://www.hotelalbatros.com/. Airfare - $400 approximately from the EU.
Apply before April 10, 2013. Request an application from
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