Programme
Organising Committee
Dr. Erman AKILLI – CESRAN International, UK
Prof. Dr. Murat CEMREK – Konya Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey
Dr. Rahman DAG – CESRAN International, UK
Prof. Dr. Alpaslan OZERDEM – CESRAN International, UK
Dr. Husrev TABAK – CESRAN International, UK
Dr. Ozgur TUFEKCI – CESRAN International, UK International Scientific Committee
Assist. Prof. Emel Akcali – Central European University, Hungary
Prof. Hayati Aktas – Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey
Prof. Mehmet Arslan – Al-Farabi Kazakh National Uni., Kazakhstan
Assoc. Prof. Harley D. Balzer – Georgetown University, USA
Prof. Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer – Georgetown University, USA
Assist. Prof. Boris Barkanov – West Virginia University, USA
Prof. Mark Bassin – Södertörn University, Sweden
Prof. Li Bennich-Björkman – Uppsala University, Sweden
Prof. László Borhi – Indiana University, USA
Dr. Emre Ersen – Marmara University, Turkey
Dr. Ayla Göl – Aberystwyth University, UK
Assoc. Prof. Steven Ekovich – The American University of Paris, France
Prof. Catherine Evtuhov – Georgetown University, USA
Assist. Prof. Vugar Imanov – Istanbul Sehir University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Emre Iseri – Yasar University, Turkey
Prof. Kamer Kasım – Abant Izzet Baysal University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Oleg Kobtzeff – The American University of Paris, France
Dr. Nadiya Kravets – Harvard University, USA
Assist. Prof. Robert Kusnierz – Harvard University, USA
Dr. Edward J. Lazzerini – Indiana University, USA
Prof. Sheripzhan Nadyrov – Al-Farabi Kazakh National Uni., Kazakhstan
Prof. Zenonas Norkus – Vilnius University, Lithuania
Prof. Gulnara Nyussupova – Al-Farabi Kazakh National Uni., Kazakhstan
Prof. Kerem Oktem – University of Graz, Austria
Assist. Prof. Oner Ozcelik – Indiana University, USA
Dr. Paul Richardson – University of Manchester, UK
Dr. Indira Sarsenova – Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan
Prof. Nazif M. Shahrani – Indiana University, USA
Dr. Stuart Shields – University of Manchester, UK
Assoc. Prof. Oktay F. Tanrısever – Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Aigul Tokbergenova – Al-Farabi Kazakh National Uni., Kazakhstan
Prof. Frances Trix – Indiana University, USA
Programme at a glance
Friday - 22 May 2015 Saturday - 23 May 2015 Sunday - 24 May 2015
09:00 Registration Panel SA01
Panel SA02
09:30
10:00
Opening Ceremony
&
Keynote Speeches
Rumi - Mevlana Tour
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00
Panel SA03 Panel SA04
11:30
12:00
12:30
Lunch Lunch
13:00
13:30
14:00
Panel SA05 Panel SA06
14:30
Panel FR01 Panel FR02
15:00
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Coffee Break
Panel SA07 Panel SA08
16:30
Panel FR03 Panel FR04
17:00
17:30
18:00
Gala Dinner
Dinner
18:30
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
Roundtable Discussion Book Discussion
21:00
21:30
22:00
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Day-to-Day Programme
Friday, May 22nd
09:00-10:00 Registration
10:00-12:30
Opening Ceremony & Keynote Speeches Professor Murat Çemrek, Head of Department of International Relations, Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey Professor Muzaffer Şeker, Rector of Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey Professor Alpaslan Özerdem, President of CESRAN International, United Kingdom Mr. Tahir Akyürek, Mayor of Konya Metropolitan Municipality, Turkey Mr. Muammer Erol, Governor of Konya, Turkey (TBC) Professor Ahmet Davutoğlu, Prime Minister of Republic of Turkey (TBC) Keynote Speech: Dr Philip Robins, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Keynote Speech: Professor Mustafa Aydın, Rector of Kadir Has University, Turkey Keynote Speech: Professor Yasin Aktay, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Turkey
12:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:00
FR01: Friday | Panel | Theme: Cultural Diplomacy and Tools of Soft Power Chair: Murat Çemrek, (Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey)
A Cultural Cooperation Role Model in Eurasia: Turksoy Fırat Purtaş (TURKSOY, Turkey)
Cultural Diplomacy in the Konya Metropolitan Municipality Mücahit Sami Küçüktığlı (Konya Metropolitan Municipality, Turkey)
Cultural Diplomacy in the context of Turkish Foreign Policy Erman Akıllı (Ahi Evran University, Turkey / CESRAN International, United Kingdom)
International Students in the Turkish Higher Education Institutions: To What Extent They Have Potential for Turkey's Soft Power
Halil Kürşad Aslan (İstanbul Medipol University, Turkey) New Turkey’s Soft Power Toolkit: The Somali Case
Federico Donelli (University of Genoa, Italy)
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14:30-16:00
FR02: Friday | Panel | Theme: Geopolitics of Eurasia: Culture and Religion Chair/Discussant: İdris Demir, (Medeniyet University, Turkey)
Role of Religion in Politics and Society in Kyrgyzstan Yaşar Sarı (Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University, Kyrgyzstan)
Post-Kemalist Norms in the Outside Turks Locality in Kosovo: Kosovar Turks` Quandary with post-Kemalist Turkey
Hüsrev Tabak (CESRAN International, United Kingdom) Permanent Features of Tribal Behaviour towards the Ruling Regime in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Valeria Ruggiu (University of Cagliari, Italy) Women in Suicide Operations: An Issue for Eurasian Security
Maria Alvanou (Catholic University-Milan, Italy)
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-18:00
FR03: Friday | Panel | Theme: Energy Politics Chair/Discussant: Alaeddin Yalçınkaya (Marmara University, Turkey)
Energy Card In Turkish Foreign Policy İdris Demir (Medeniyet University, Turkey)
Energy Politics and Energy Security of Eurasia or Geopolitics of Eurasia Deniz Tören (Yıldız Technical University, Turkey)
The Tripartite Energy Game and Turkey’s Potential as a “Eurasian Energy Hub Göktuğ Sönmez (School of Oriental and African Studies | SOAS, United Kingdom)
Iran-Russia Energy Cooperation: Strategic Implications Omid Shokri Kalehsar (Yalova University, Turkey)
16:30-18:00
FR04: Friday | Panel | Theme: Historical Perspectives and New Issues in the Eurasia-Latin America Relations Chair/Discussant: Nilüfer Narlı (Bahçeşehir University, Turkey)
Towards the peripheries of the Western World: Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan‘s policies to Latin America
Ariel Gonzalez (Koc University, Turkey / Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina)
Brazil, Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey: Notes on Ancient Relations and Recent Proximity
Monique Sochaczewski (Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil) Latin American Studies in Turkey
Ayşe Yarar (Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey) On Dynamics of Turkey’s Trade Relations with Latin America and Caribbean Region
Emine Tahsin (Istanbul University, Turkey) Brazil–Eurasia Relations
Ekrem Eddy Güzeldere (University of Hamburg, Germany)
18:00-20:30 Gala Dinner
20:30-22:00
Roundtable Discussion Chair: Professor Alp Özerdem (CESRAN International, United Kingdom) Theme: Turkey’s Responses to Regional Refugee Issues
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09:00-10:30
SA01: Saturday | Panel | Theme: Human Security and Conflict Resolution Chair/Discussant: Abdurrahman Kurt (Former MP of AK Party, Turkey)
The Role of Material and Non-Material Factors as Causes of Conflict and Building Stability in the Caucasus: Religion, Ideology and Pipeline Diplomacy as Tools of Conflict Resolution
Roxana Andrei (University of Macedonia, Greece) Tana Tkadlecov (University of Bamberg, Germany)
Constructive Role of the EU in Conflict Resolution Process: Karabakh Conflict Seymur Huseynli (Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey)
Strengthening Human Security in Afghanistan: Perspectives from a Rising Non-Combatant Power
Sertaç Canalp Korkmaz (Turkish Police Academy, Turkey) Consensus Democracy: The Route For Ending The Conflict in The Holy Land
Massoud Ahmad Eghbarieh (Najah National University, Palestine) DDR: An Aspirin with Unthought Side Effects and Weaknesses
Şeniz Bilgi (METU, Turkey)
09:00-10:30
SA02: Saturday | Panel | Theme: Eurasia and Emerging Powers Chair/Discussant: Murat Çemrek, (Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey)
South Africa’s Foreign Policy on Eurasia Ahmet Göksel Uluer (Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey)
Brazilian Foreign Policy Towards the Levant: History, Solidarity and Curiosity Segah Tekin (Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey)
Turkey on the Way of Post-Industrial Society: A Model for the Socio-Economic Structure and Future of Eurasia
Ruhi Can Alkın (Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey) South Korea’s Eurasian Diplomacy: A Political- Economic Approach
Mustafa Cüneyt Özşahin (Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey) Turkey: A Pivotal Exemplary State
Özgür Tüfekçi (Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey / CESRAN International, United Kingdom)
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
Saturday, May 23rd
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11:00-12:30
SA03: Saturday | Panel | Theme: Soft Power, Influence, and Perception Chair/Discussant: Birgül Demirtaş (TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey)
Cultural Hegemony of Colonial Power: Russia and Central Asia Seyit Ali Avcu (Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Kyrgyzstan)
A Comparison of Chinese and Turkish Foreign Policies Regarding Their Soft Power in Central Asia and Caucasus
Halil Kürşad Aslan (İstanbul Medipol University, Turkey) Otherness of Turkish Immigrants in Germany and Turkey
Faruk Dündar (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom) Hydro-hegemony and the Euphrates-Tigris Basin
Seyfi Kılıç (Turkey) Kazakhstan’s Brand Power on Its Natural Sources through the Country of Origin Perspective
Bengü Çelenk (Ahi Evran University, Turkey)
11:00-12:30
SA04: Saturday | Panel | Theme: Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Foreign Policy Chair/Discussant: Yaşar Sarı (Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University, Kyrgyzstan)
Turkey's Kurdish Policy: From Nationalism to Civilisation Rahman Dağ (Adıyaman University, Turkey / CESRAN International, United Kingdom)
Presentation of the Kurdish Question by the Kurdish Political Movement in Turkey Cengiz Dinç (Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey) Nuray Altındağ (Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey)
The Analysis of the Crimean Crisis in 2014: The Bermuda Triangle of Russia, Ukraine and the Crimean Tatars
Sezai Özçelik (Çankırı Karatekin University, Turkey) Reconsidering Russian Nationalism: Postnational or Pan- Ethnic?
Sertan Akbaba (Ahi Evran University, Turkey)
12:30-14:00 Lunch
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14:00-15:30
SA05: Saturday | Panel | Theme: Geopolitics of Eurasia: Regional Organisations and Identity Chair/Discussant: Metin Aksoy (Selçuk University, Turkey)
A Cultural Paradigm for Putin’s Russia: “Geopolitical Awareness” as a Pattern of an Imperial Self-Perception
Alessio Stilo (University of Padova, Italy) Putin’s Eurasian Dialectic
Paul Richardson (University of Manchester, United Kingdom) Turkey in Eurasia: View from Kazakhstan
Dulat Sagnayev (L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan)
NATO’s Eurasian Connections in times of Change Arif Bağbaşlıoğlu (Ahi Evran University, Turkey)
Eurasian Economic Union Aşkın İnci Sökmen (Gelişim University, Turkey)
14:00-15:30
SA06: Saturday | Panel | Theme: Foreign Policy Making and Domestic Influences Chair/Discussant: Mustafa Nail Alkan (Gazi University, Turkey)
Understanding the ‘New Occidentalism’ in Turkey Birgül Demirtaş (TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey)
Enemies at the Doors: Turkish Foreign Policy in Syria and Georgia Alessia Chiriatti (University for Foreigners of Perugia, Italy)
Prevailing Foreign Tutelage on Bosnia Herzegovina’s Foreign Policy-Making: A Consociationalist View
Didem Ekinci Sarıer (Çankaya University, Turkey) The Re-Production of the Ideology: The Example of the Paris Attack
Hülya Anakız Ertürk (Selçuk University, Turkey) Makbule Evrim Gülsünler (Selçuk University, Turkey)
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
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16:00-17:30
SA07: Saturday | Panel | Theme: Civil Society, Social Movement and Sustainable Development Chair/Discussant: Mehmet Özkan (Turkish National Police Academy, Turkey / SETA Foundation, Turkey)
Social Policy as The Main Factor of Sustainable Development of Kazakhstan/Turkic Countries
Nyussupova Gulnara Nurmuhamedovna (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan) Tokbergenova Aigul Abdugaparovna (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan) Kairova Shnar Galymovna, (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan)
Changing Dynamics of Turkish Regional Policy: Resistance for Multi-Level Governance?
Ali Onur Özçelik (Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Turkey) Haluk Karadağ (Turkish Military Academy, Turkey)
Palestine and Water Amal Hudhud (Nablus Municipality, Palestine)
The ‘Social Structures Heterogeneity’ Conception and Small and Medium Business Development in Central Asia
Anton Ikhsanov (Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia)
16:00-17:30
SA08: Saturday | Panel | Theme: Opportunities and Challenges in Eurasia Chair/Discussant: Erman Akıllı (Ahi Evran University, Turkey / CESRAN International, United Kingdom)
Legal Status of The Caspian Sea From The Perspective of Iran Hülya Ercan (Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey)
Legal And Strategic Principles of Recognition of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus by Turkic Republics
Soyalp Tamçelik (Gazi University, Turkey) Tangiz Hüseynli (Gazi University, Turkey)
Assessing the Quantitative Records of Eurasian International Politics: A Comparative National Capacity Analysis of Eurasian Region
Öner Akgül (Ahi Evran University, Turkey) The Major Power’s Foreign Policy towards Central Asia: The Role of China
Marian Karagyozov (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria) New Challenges in the Globalized World: Eurasian Economic Union and Turkey
Serdar Yılmaz (İstanbul Arel University, Turkey)
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18:00-19:30 Dinner
20:30-22:00
Book Discussion
Chair: Professor Murat Çemrek, (Necmettin Erbakan University,
Turkey)
Participant: Shane Brennan*
Book Title:
Turkey and the Politics of National Identity: Social, Economic and
Cultural Transformation
by Shane Brennan and Marc Herzog
* Shane Brennan is a historian whose research interests include identity in the ancient and modern worlds, minor Anatolian civilisations, leadership and the Persian Empire. He is the co-editor of Turkey and the Politics of National Identity and of the forthcoming Landmark Xenophon's Anabasis. He works at
the History Department at Mardin Artuklu University.
13 IEPAS2015
10:00-12:30 Rumi - Mevlana Tour
Sunday, May 24th
The 2nd International Conference on Eurasian Politics & Society IEPAS2015
“Conference Theme: Cultural Diplomacy”
Dedeman Konya Hotel & Convention Centre, Konya – Turkey Friday, May 22, 2015 – Saturday, May 23, 2015 (All Day)
Abstract Submission Deadline: February 01, 2015
Registration Deadline for Presenters: March 15, 2015 This international and interdisciplinary conference will again bring together a range of academics and practitioners to discuss new directions of research and discovery on Eurasian Studies. IEPAS2015 will afford the opportunity for networking new relationships, hearing the latest research, presenting and publishing before a global audience and experiencing Turkey.
IEPAS2015 Conference Topics and Streams “Conference Theme: Cultural Diplomacy”
Turkey in Eurasia
Turkic Countries
Geopolitics of Eurasia
Energy Politics and Energy Security of Eurasia
Globalisation in Eurasia
Regions and Regionalism in Eurasia
Islamic Movements in Eurasia
Democracy in Eurasia
Civilisation & Diplomacy in Eurasia
Modernization in Eurasia
Migration in Eurasia
Terrorism and Eurasia
Cultural Diplomacy in Eurasia
Eurasia in World Politics
Historical Perspectives to Eurasia
Major and Regional Powers in Eurasia
The Socio-Economic Structure and Future of Eurasia
Conflicts and Conflict Resolution in Eurasia
And relevant subjects…