bulletSabri Sayari briefed a group of visiting students from the George Mason University (ABD) Conflict Resolution graduate program on EU-Turkey relations on Tuesday, March 9.
bulletSabri Sayari gave a lecture to a group of visiting graduate students from Hanley University in England on Turkish politics and foreign policy on Monday, March 8.
bullet Üstün Ergüder attended the round table meeting held by the Turkey- U.S. Public Policy Initiative in Istanbul. A speech was given by Ambassador Glyn Davies (Permanent Representative of the U.S. International Atom Energy Agency and the U.N. Office in Vienna) on February 23, 2010.
bullet Joost Lagendijk attended meetings with EU representatives in Brussels between February 10-17, 2010.
bullet Joost Lagendijk attended the European Strategy Forum in Portugal between February 4-6, 2010.
bullet Joost Lagendijk spoke at the International Democracy Congress of MEMURSEN in Ankara between January 25-27, 2010.

bulletKorel Göymen spoke at the Conference of Common Purpose International on January 6, 2010. Goymen spoke on the issue of “Interaction of the City and the Individual”.
bulletÜstün Ergüder, attended the meeting of the Council of the Magna Charta Observatory as the President on February 19-20, 2010. The meeting was hosted by Süleyman Demirel University in Isparta. Üstün Ergüder also gave the opening speech of the conference on “Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom” held with the collaboration of Magna Charta Observatory and Suleyman Demirel University and presented a manifesto titled “Institutional Autonomy: A Synopsis of Recent Studies on Higher Education Reform in Turkey” on February 17, 2010
bullet Joost Lagendijk attended the Turkey-Spain relations conference in Madrid, Spain between December 17-20, 2009.
bulletKorel Göymen spoke at Istanbul Bilgi University on December 16, 2009 with the company of students who enrolled in the “Master in Advanced European and International Studies”. Goymen spoke on the issue of EU Regional Policy and its Implications on Turkey.
bullet Joost Lagendijk spoke at the VADIP (Armenian Minority Associations Cooperation and Solidarity Platform) meeting advising on EU funds on December 9, 2009.
bulletÜstün Ergüder attended the Greek – Turkish Forum in Nicosia, Cyprus between November 25-26, 2009.
bulletÜstün Ergüder attended the meeting organized by IPC on “ Iran’s Nuclear Program: American, European and Turkish Responses ” on December 18, 2009.
bullet Joost Lagendijk attended the Greek-Turkish Forum in Nicosia,Cyprus along with Christina Bache Fidan and Üstün Ergüder between November 25-26, 2009.
bullet Joost Lagendijk spoke at the Heinrich Höbel Foundation’s Civilian Military Conference at Larespark Hotel,Istanbul between November 21-22, 2009.
bulletÜstün Ergüder attended the conference on “Latest Developments on the Education of Science, Society and Environment” organized by Giresun University and gave a speech titled “A Higher Education Reform” on November 18, 2009.
bulletJoost Lagendijk attended meetings with the EPC (European Policy Center) in Brussels between November 16-20, 2009.
bulletÜstün Ergüder attended the round table meeting that was held in Bodrum, organized by the Publicity Fund for Turkey by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Research Center for Economics and Foreign Policies with the contribution of Robert Bosch Stiftung between September 30 – October 3, 2009.
bulletÜstün Ergüder gave a speech titled “A New Vision for the Higher Education in Turkey” in the “World Congress of Universities” hosted by Onsekiz Mart University in Çanakkale between September 20-24, 2009.
bulletAhmet Evin was elected Senior Fellow of the Transatlantic Academy beginning September 1, 2009. He will spend the academic year 2009-2010 in Washington, D.C., working with other three senior fellows and two junior fellows, at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and will concurrently hold an appointment as Visiting Scholar at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies.
bulletBahri Yilmaz attended the conference titled “Lessons from East Asia and Global Financial Crisis”, which was organized by the World Bank on June 22-24, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea.
bulletAhmet Evin participated to Halki International Seminars 2009 organized by ELIAMEP between June 17-21, 2009 and gave a speech on “The current state of affairs in US-EU-Turkey relations”.
bulletAhmet Evin participated to “Efficient Membership and Successful Preparation for EU Accession” conference organized by “Economic Policy Institute” between June 8-13, 2009 in Varna.
bulletKorel Göymen made a presentation to a group of students and academicians coming from Dutch Student Federation titled “Impact of the EU on Local and Regional Governance in Turkey” on May 29, 2009.
bulletKorel Göymen presented a talk on “Subsidiarite Principle and Participantion on Local Level” in the conference that was organized by Zeytinburnu Municipality Local Governance and EU Coordination Center local headmen of Istanbul on May 27, 2009.
bulletAhmet Evin participated to “CFSP/ESDP and Turkey: Opportunities and Difficulties” conference organized by “Institute for Security Studies” and METU Center For European Studies on May 18, 2009.
bulletSabri Sayarı gave a speech to researchers from Denmark under the title of “Turkey’s Foreign Relations” on May 13, 2009.
bulletSabri Sayarı presented a talk on “USA- Turkey Relations” at Sabancı University on May 7, 2009.
bulletKorel Göymen attended as guest of honor to “The Symposium of Public Administration” organized by Uludag University, Bursa and presented a talk titled “Local Development in Turkey” on May 7, 2009.
bulletKorel Göymen made a presentation titled “European Union and Dynamics of Local and Regional Governance in Turkey” in the meeting that was organized by Marmara University Research Center for International Relations on May 6, 2009.
bullet“Tufanbeyli Socio-economic Development Project” that maintained with the collaboration of Sabancı University and one of the companies of Sabancı Group, EnerjiSA was finished on April 30, 2009. Research findings and results’ report were presented to EnerjiSA.
bulletKorel Göymen, within the scope of the program supported by Friedrich Naumann Foundation held talks with 12 Project Supervisors, who are working on “Local Development”, between 18-25 April, 2009 in Germany and attended to unofficial talk on related issues with German Parliamentarians in Berlin.
bullet6th Annual "Best Practices in Education Conference" was held in Sabancı University on 18-19 April 2009. Please click for the conference program.
bulletKorel Göymen gave a seminar on “Analysis of the Results of 29th March Local Elections in Turkey” organized by Sabancı University International Office on April 10, 2009.
bulletSabri Sayarı gave a seminar titled “Civil and Military Relations in the EU Member States and European Commission within the scope of Widening and CESS” in Brussels between April 3-4, 2009.
bulletKorel Göymen gave a seminar  to PhD students and lecturers from Dutch Institute of Social Sciences (ISS) about “Regional Policies and Regional Development in Turkey” on April 2, 2009.
bulletAhmet Evin gave a seminar to students from Rotterdam School of Management entitled “Turkey’s Socio-political Atmosphere and Political Approaches to Turkey’s Membership to the EU” on March 26, 2009.
bulletH.E Mr. Vuk Jeremic, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia was invited to give a speech on “Turkish-Serbian Relations on March 19, 2009 by Sabancı University and IPC.
bulletKorel Göymen attended to the conference organized by the Saudi Arabia Office of National Democratic Institute on March 15, 2009 and provided information to Saudi Mayors on “Turkish Local Governance and Local Election System”. 
bulletAhmet Evin gave a speech to participants from Henley Business School entitled “Turkey’s Socio-political Atmosphere and Political Approaches to Turkey’s membership to EU” on March 14, 2009.
bulletKorel Göymen, made a presentation titled “Privatization in Municipalities and Alternative Methods of Presenting Services” within the EU Project in Senior Executive Training Programme organized by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality on March 12, 2009.
bulletKorel Göymen gave a speech to a group of researchers from the University of Manchester titled “Local Development Perspectives in Turkey” on March 2, 2009.
bulletGMT is one of the organisers of the event titled "The Power of Images: German-Turkish Relations as Focus of Media Responsibility", to be held in Istanbul on 19 February, 2009. IPC is the Turkey partner for the GMT program.
bulletKorel Göymen, assessed the issue of “Municipality Firms in EU and Turkey” within the EU Project called Senior Executive Training Programme organized by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality on February 12, 2009.
bulletAhmet Evin attended to “Greek - Turkish Forum” on February 2, 2009.
bulletSabri Sayarı gave a seminar to the invited students from Stanford University at IPC Downtown Office between February 1-4, 2009.
bulletSabri Sayarı commented on the new White House Presidential Administration on TRT1 Radio on January 20th, 2009.
bulletÜstün Ergüder was a guest speaker on the U.S. Presidential Inauguration of Senator Barack Obama this past Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 on NTV.
bulletKorel Göymen, presented a talk “How Can Social Democracy Make a Difference on Local Governance?” in the conference organized by TÜSES Foundation at Dedeman Otel, on January  17, 2009.
bulletA talk on "US-Turkish Relations at a Time of Internal and External Crises: Will Obama Make a Difference?" by Dr. Ian O. Lesser took place on Monday, January 12th, 2009 at IPC's downtown communication office in Karaköy.
bulletTurkey - EU Observatory Conference was held by IPC on December 6th, 2008 at Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin.