Europeanization of Turkey: Polity, Politics and Policies

International Conference on
“Europeanization of Turkey: Polity, Politics and Policies”
organized by
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University
in collaboration with
Department of International Relations, Yasar University
with the support of European Commision, Jean Monnet Action
Ankara, Turkey
19 June 2014, Thursday
14.00-14.30
14.30-15.00
15.00-15.30
15.30-16.00
16.00-16.30
16.30-17.00
Session 1
Moderator: Aylin Güney
Introduction – Europeanization of Turkey: Polity
and Politics
Ali Tekin
A History of Europeanization in Turkish Politics
(1959-1999)
Atila Eralp (Middle East Technical University)
Zerrin Torun (Middle East Technical University)
Europeanization of Turkey’s Central Executive
Defne Günay (Atılım University)
The Parliament
Başak Yavçan (TOBB ETÜ)
William Daniel (Francis Marion University)
The Europeanization of the Turkish Judiciary
Sanem Baykal (Ankara University)
Europeanization of the Civil-Military Relations in
Turkey
Aylin Güney (Yaşar University)
20 June 2014, Friday
09.30-10.00
10.00-10.30
10.30-11.00
11.00-11.30
11:30 - 12:00
Session 2
Moderator: Ioannis Grigoriadis
Taking stock of Europeanization of civil society in
Turkey: The case of NGOs
Bahar Rumelili (Koç University)
Büke Boşnak (Koç University)
Europeanization and Political Parties in Turkey
Filiz Başkan (Izmir University of Economics)
Selin Bengi Gümrükçü (Izmir University of
Economics)
The State of Europeanization: Politics
Kurdish Issue
Zeki Sarıgil (Bilkent University)
Political Culture
Burak Erdenir (PhD, Undersecretary of the
Minister for EU Affairs)
LUNCH (Bilkent Academic Cafeteria)
20 June 2014, Friday
Session 3
Moderator: Ali Tekin
14:00 - 14:30
14.30 – 15.00
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 – 16.30
16.30-17.00
19.30
Same or Different?
Accession Europeanization in Central Eastern
Europe and Turkey Compared
Tanja Börzel (Free University Berlin)
Diğdem Soyaltın (Free University Berlin)
Gözde Yılmaz (Atılım Üniversitesi)
Different Paths to Democracy?: Accession
Europeanization in Croatia and Turkey
Senem Aydın- Düzgit (İstanbul Bilgi University)
Europeanization of the Presidency of Religious
Affairs: ambitions and challenges
Dilek Yankaya (Sciences Po)
Energy and Environment
Paul Williams (Bilkent University)
Turkish Europeanization Regarding Social and
Employment Policy
Berrin Ataman (Ankara University)
The European Union and Turkey’s Regional
Policy: Europeanization through Lesson-Drawing
Aslıhan Çelenk (Erciyes University)
DINNER (Bilkent Hotel)
9:30 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11.30
11.30-12.00
21 June 2014, Saturday
Session 4
Moderator: Sanem Baykal
Transformation of Migration and Asylum Policies
in Turkey
Bianca Kaiser Kaya (Kemerburgaz University)
Ayhan Kaya (İstanbul Bilgi University)
On the Europeanization of Minority Rights
Protection
Ioannis Grigoriadis (Bilkent University)
Gender Policy: A Case of Instrumental
Europeanization?
Tore Fougner (Bilkent University)
Ayça Kurtoğlu (Middle East Technical University)
Europeanisation of the Education in Turkey
Zeynep Arkan (Hacettepe University)
Işık Gürleyen (İzmir University of Economics)
A Scorecard of Europeanization in Turkey
Aylin Güney
Ali Tekin

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