Udenrigsudvalget 2017-18
URU Alm.del Bilag 234
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
THE TURKISH INVASION OF AFRIN
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KURDISH ACADEMICS DISCUSS THEIR VISION FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOLUTION TO
THE CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Brussels, European Parliament
ASP 1G3
Interpretation in Turkish, Kurdish, English, French, Arabic
28 June 2018
In co-operation with
Kurdistan National Congress (KNK)
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OPENING SESSION, Room
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ASP 1G3
Interpretation in Turkish, Kurdish, English, French, Arabic
09.30
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10.30
OPENING REMARKS AND GREETINGS
Ms. Kariane WESTRHEIM,
Chair EUTCC, University of Bergen, Norway
MEP Gabi ZIMMER,
Chairwoman of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left Group (GUE/NGL)
in the European Parliament, Germany
MEP Josef WEIDENHOLZER,
Vice-President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
(S&D) in the European Parliament, Austria
MEP Bodil VALERO,
Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, Sweden
MEP Hilde VAUTMANS,
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
(TBC)
Mr. Julien DRAY,
Regional Councillor of Île-de-France
Mr./Ms.
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Kurdish Intellectuals…
Panel I, Room ASP 1G3
(Interpretation in Turkish, Kurdish, English, Turkish, Arabic)
THE COLONIAL AMBITIONS OF THE TURKISH STATE
Moderator:
Ms./Mr.
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Mr. Yasir IRMAK,
Political Scientist, KURD-AKAD, Germany
10.30
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11.30
THE HISTORY OF CO-EXISTENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Ms. Foza
YUSUF,
Co-Chair of the Executive Council of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria
THE TURKISH STATE`S AGE-OLD NATIONALIST POLICY AND ITS INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS
Mr. Kendal NEZAN,
President of the Kurdish Institute of Paris
(TBC)
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE
TURKISH STATE’S ILLEGAL AGGRESSION
Mr. Ferda CETIN,
Lawyer and Journalist, Belgium
ALTERNATIVE TO THE ONGOING SPIRAL OF VIOLENCE AND TYRANNY THAT CONTINUES
TO ENGULF THE MIDDLE EAST
Ms.
Ilham
AHMAD
Co-chair of Syria Democratic Council (MSD)
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Panel II, Room ASP 1G3
(Interpretation in Turkish, Kurdish, English, French, Arabic)
THE SILENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ON TURKISH AGGRESSION and EU
BILATARAL RELATIONS IN TURKEY AND THE MIDDLE EAST
Moderator:
Mr./Ms.…………….
Mr. Yasir IRMAK,
Political Scientist, KURD-AKAD, Germany
11.30
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12.30
MEP
Ana GOMES,
Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European
Parliament, Portugal
MEP Costas MAVRIDES,
Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the
European Parliament, Cyprus
MEP Julie WARD,
Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European
Parliament, UK
MEP Jean LAMBERT,
Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, UK
MEP Martina MICHELS,
Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left,
Germany
MEP Marie-Christine VERGIAT,
Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green
Left, France
MEP Javier NART,
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe )
(TBC)
Panel III, Room
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ASP 1G3
(Interpretation in Turkish, Kurdish, English, French, Arabic)
NEW CIRCUMSTANCES, PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES FOR DEMOCRATISATION
Moderator
Dr. Cengiz GUNES,
The Open University, Political and International Studies, Associate Lecturer, UK
Dr. Barzoo ELIASSI,
Associate Proffesor, Sweden
15.00
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16.30
THE ROLE OF KURDISH INTELLECTUALS AND ACADEMICS
Ms. Eda BEKTAS,
Educational Scientist, KURD-AKAD, Germany
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE SOCIETY AND INTELLECTUALS
Mr. Thomas Jeffrey MILEY,
Lecturer of Political Sociology in the Department of Sociology at
Cambridge, UK
DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN VALUES
Mr. Mariwan KANIE,
Lecture at University of Amsterdam, Netherland
KURDISH INTELLECTUALS IN THE DIASPORA
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Mr. Kamran MATIN,
Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Sussex University, UK
THE NEW SOCIETY AND THE ROLE OF INTELLECTUALS
Mr. Mustafa K. TOPAL,
Currently
PhD student at the Department of People and Technology at
Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark
KURDISH UNITY AND THE INTELLECTUALS
Dr. Kamaran MENTIK,
Lecture at the Faculty of Law and Politics Department, Slah El
DinUniversity, Erbil
GENDER EQUALITY AS A KEY PRINCIPLE OF DEMOCRATISATION
Ms. Münevver AZIZOGLU-BAZAN,
Social Scientist, University of Bremen, Germany
Panel VI, Room- 1G3
(Interpretation in Turkish, Kurdish, English, French, Arabic)
THE KURDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEMOCRACY IN A CHANGING MIDDLE EAST
16.30
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18.30
OPEN DISCUSSION WITH PARTICIPANTS & ACADEMICS
chaired by
Ms. Dilar DIRIK,
Currently PhD at the Sociology Department at the University of Cambridge
Mr. Refik GEFUR, KNK -Executive
Council Member, Belgium
Dr. Arzu YILMAZ,
IPC-Stiftung Mercator Fellow at SWP-Germany
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