The EUTCC is pleased to announce the programme of its 18th International Conference on EU, Turkey and the Kurds on 6-7 December 2023 in the European Parliament.
18th EUTCC Conference
IMPORTANT TECHNICAL INFORMATION
“HOW TO PARTICIPATE AND ENTER THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT”
An official “European Parliament personal badge/pass” will be available for all ALREADY REGISTERED participants to the Conference.
Your “personal badge / pass” will be available at the main entrance of the European Parliament (Place de Luxembourg – main European Parliament’s building “Altiero Spinelli”
- Wednesday 6th December 2023, 15.00 – 16.00
- Thursday 7th December 2023, 08.00 – 08.45
All participants must take care of their own “EP badge / pass” during both days; if someone lose the “pass / badge”, it will be impossible for the conference’s organizers to replace it, according to the E.P. internal rules.
For any additional information, please contact the conference’s secretariat:
brusselsconferenceep@gmail.com
Wednesday, 6th December 2023, 16.30-17.00
OPENING SESSION, Room SPAAK 04B01
Interpretation in
English and Turkish (with possibility to speak in German, French and Kurdish)
Opening Speeches and Greetings
•Ms. Kariane Westrheim, Chair of EUTCC, University of Bergen, Norway
•Mr. Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Vice-Chair of the European Parliament, The Left, Greece
•Mr. Andreas Schieder, MEP, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, Austria
Wednesday, 6th December 2023, 17.00-20:00
Panel I – Room SPAAK 04B01
Post-election Turkey
Moderator: Ms. Ayça Çubukçu, London School of Economics and Politics, UK
Interpretation in
English and Turkish (with possibility to speak in German, French and Kurdish)
Introduction: How & Why Erdogan Won in the May 2023 Elections
•Mr. Michael Gunter, EUTCC Secretary General, Tennessee Technological University, US
Turkey Has Voted: Quo vadis?
•Mr. Irfan Aktan, journalist, Turkey
Turkey After The Elections: Democracy (Im)possible
•Ms. Çiğdem Kilicgün Uçar, MP, former Co-Chair of the Party of Greens and the Left (YSP)
The (Lack of) Opposition in Turkey
•Ms. Aslı Erdoğan, writer, Germany
Turkey and the European Union: A Critical Approach
•Ms. Ana Miranda, MEP, The Greens/EFA, Spain tbc
Questions and Discussion with Moderators and Speakers
Thursday, 7th December 2023, 09.00-10.15
Panel II – Room SPINELLI 1G2
100 Years of the Treaty of Lausanne: Claim and Reality of a ‘Peace’
Moderator: Ms. Nil Mutluer, University of Leipzig, Germany
Interpretation in
English, Turkish, French, Spanish, German (with possibility to speak in Kurdish)
The Treaty of Lausanne: History and Political Continuities
•Mr. Hans-Lukas Kieser University of Zurich, Switzerland
Reassessing the Republican Practices and the Kurdish Alter-Politics
•Mr. Jan Yasin Sunca, Bielefeld University, Germany
Europe and the Kurdish Question: Historical Responsibility and Expectations
•Mr. Amed Dicle, journalist, Belgium
The European Union and Turkey: At the Crossroads?
•Mr. Brando Benifei, MEP, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, Italy
Questions and Discussion with Moderators and Speakers
Thursday, 7th December 2023, 10.15-11.45
Panel IV – Room SPINELLI 1G2
Transition Period in World Politics
Moderator: Ms. Eda Bektas, KURD-AKAD, Germany
Interpretation in
English, Turkish, French, Spanish, German (with possibility to speak in Kurdish)
Ecocide and Climate Change – Local Responses to Multi-layered Crises in North East Syria
•Ms. Şermin Güven, Free University Berlin, Germany
The New World Order: Contradictions and Truths
•Ms. Nursel Aydogan, former HDP MP, Germany
Sweden, the NATO and the Kurds: Challenges and Options
•Ms. Lindsey Snell, journalist, US
The Middle East between Status Quo and Democratic Transition: Obstacles and Perspectives
•Ms. Asya Abdullah, PYD Co-Chair, Syria
Europe and the New World Order: Positions and Perspectives
•Mr. Nikolaj Villumsen, MEP, The Left, Denmark
Questions and Discussion with Moderators and Speakers
Thursday, 7th December 2023, 11.45-13.00
Panel IV – Room SPINELLI 1G2
Lasting Peace: Raising Voices
Moderator: Ms. Kariane Westrheim, EUTCC Chairperson, University of Bergen, Norway
Interpretation in
English, Turkish, French, Spanish, German (with possibility to speak in Kurdish)
Beyond the Island: The Systematics of Isolation
•Ms. Raziye Öztürk, Asrın Law Office, Turkey
The Conditions on the İmralı Prison Island in the Context of Health
•Ms. Dersim Dağdeviren, KURD-AKAD, EUTCC Board Member, Germany
The Causa İmralı: Open the Gates
•Ms. Laura Quagliuolo, Author of children’s books, Italy
•Ms. Zülfünaz Coskun, Kurdish Women’s Movement in Europe, Belgium
Questions and Discussion with Moderators and Speakers
Thursday, 7th December 2023, 15.00-16:30
Panel VI – Room SPINELLI 1G2
Living Freedom – Women’s Perspectives
Moderator: Ms. Shilan Fuad Hussain, Middlesex University London, UK
Interpretation in
English, Turkish, French, Spanish, German (with possibility to speak in Kurdish)
Feminist Foreign Policy: Contradictions and Options
•Ms. Dastan Jasim, German Institute for Global Area Studies, Germany
Women’s Revolution and the Middle East
•Ms. Soheila Shahriari, University of Paris, France
Jin, Jiyan, Azadî: A Call to World Democratic Women’s Confederalism
•Ms. Elif Kaya, Jineoloji Center Brussels, Belgium
Women & Politics: United Against War
•Ms. Özlem Alev Demirel, MEP, The Left, Germany
Questions and Discussion with Moderators and Speakers
Thursday, 7th December 2023, 16:30-17:30
Panel III – Room SPINELLI 1G2
The European Union and Turkey: Cooperation and Contradictions
Moderator: Mr. Naif Bezwan, University of Vienna, Austria
Interpretation in
English, Turkish, French, Spanish, German (with possibility to speak in Kurdish)
Interview with
•Mr. Nacho Sanchez Amor, MEP, Turkey Rapporteur, Spain
Questions and Discussion with Moderators and Speakers
Thursday, 7 December 2023, 17:30-18.00
Closing Session – Room SPAAK 05B01
Conclusions, Recommendations and Final Resolution
Board of EUTCC
Interpretation in
English, Turkish, French, Spanish, German (with possibility to speak in Kurdish)
•Mr. Miguel Urban Crespo, MEP, The Left, Spain
•Ms. Kariane Westrheim, Chair of EUTCC, University of Bergen, Norway
•Ms. Dersim Dağdeviren, KURD-AKAD, EUTCC Board Member, Germany
