Iran's Nuclear Program: American, European and Turkish Responses

IPC, in coordination with the German Marshall Fund of the U.S., hosted a roundtable discussion entitled “Iran’s Nuclear Program: American, European and Turkish Responses,” at the Ritz-Carlton Istanbul on December 18, 2009. In his opening remarks explaining the motivation behind the event, the Founding Director of the Istanbul Policy Center Ustun Erguder cited the importance of the Iran nuclear issue to Turkey given its proximity to Iran, as well as Turkey’s recent attempts to play a mediating role in the standoff. In addition to a diverse group of participants from Turkey’s media, foreign policy, business and civil society sectors, the roundtable’s distinguished European, American and Turkish speakers were: Maurizio Martellini, Secretary General of the Landau Network – Centro Volta; Andrea Hall, U.S. State Department; Michael Thumann, Die Zeit; Mustafa Kibaroglu, Bilkent University; Gulden Ayman, Marmara University; and Ambassador Murat Bilhan (Ret.), Istanbul Kultur University.