This event will take place from 16:00 to 20:00 on Monday, 28 April 2014 at CLM.3.02, 3rd Floor, Clement House, LSE, WC2B 4JF, London. Please find below the conference programme:
Speakers and Titles:
16:00 – 16:10 Introduction
Professor Maurice Fraser, Director, European Institute, LSE
16:10 – 17:40 Session I: Turkey’s Syria Predicament
Paper Titles and Speakers:
“Turkey and the Syrian Uprising: Between a Rock and a Hard Place”
Dr. Özlem Tür, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
“Turkey’s Syrian Quagmire”
Dr. Christopher Phillips, Queen Mary, University of London
“The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Turkey-Syria-Iran Relations”
Professor Özden Zeynep Oktav, Yıldız Teknik University, Istanbul
Chair: Dr.Rebecca Bryant, European Institute, LSE
17:40 – 18:10 Coffee Break
18:10 – 19:40 Session II: Iraq, Iran, and the Regional Kurdish Question
Paper Titles and Speakers:
“The Arab Spring and Turkey-Iran Relations, 2011-2014”
Dr. Süleyman Elik, Istanbul Medeniyet University
“Turkey and the KRG in a Rapidly Changing Middle Eastern Political Setting”
Dr. Marianna Charountaki, Reading University, UK
“Turkey’s New Little Brother: the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Turkish Foreign Policy”
Professor Gareth Stansfield, University of Exeter
Chair: Associate Professor Rıfat Barış Tekin, Marmara University, and LSE
19:40 – 20:00 Closing Remarks
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Those who might be interested are all welcome. For any queries please email to u.sonmez@lse.ac.uk .
‘Türkiye’nin Kavsaktaki Bolgesel Politikasi’ Konferansı (Ingilizce)
Tarih & Zaman: 28 Nisan 2014, 16:00 – 20:00,
Adres: CLM.3.02, 3rd Floor, Clement House, LSE, WC2B 4JF, London
