Track II Diplomacy Working Group III
The final meeting of the Track II diplomacy working group, under the scope of the project "Revitalizing Turkey-EU/Germany Relations," funded by the IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative, took place on December 14, 2018, in the European Parliament, Brussels. The meeting was held with the participation of IPC Senior Scholar and Research and Academic Affairs Coordinator Senem Aydın-Düzgit, 2017/18 Mercator-IPC Senior Fellow Atila Eralp, and Sabancı University Faculty Member Meltem Müftüler-Baç.
COP24 Katowice – Unlocking the Social and Economic Additional Benefits of Renewable Energy
The side event titled “Mobilizing the Social and Economic Co-Benefits of Renewable Energy: Turkey & Emerging Economies (COP24 Katowice)”, held as part of the COP24 Katowice Climate Summit, took place on December 10, 2018, at the Turkey Pavilion.
COP24 Katowice – Opportunities of Energy Transition in an Emerging Economy
SHURA Energy Transition Center held a panel titled "Opportunities of Energy Transition in an Emerging Economy" as a side event on December 6, 2018 in the Turkey Pavilion at COP 24 Katowice, Poland.
COP24 Katowice – Opportunities for Energy Transition in an Emerging Economy
The side event titled “Opportunities of Energy Transition in an Emerging Economy,” organized by the SHURA Energy Transition Center within the scope of the COP24 Katowice Climate Summit, took place on December 6, 2018, at the Turkey Pavilion.
Istanbul Perspectives 2 – “Istanbul, Close-Up: The Last Decade of Architecture and the City”
The second event in the Istanbul Perspectives Talk Series, featuring Architect, Architectural Historian, and Lecturer Uğur Tanyeli and moderated by Asuman Suner, was titled “Istanbul, Close-Up: The Last Decade of Architecture and the City” and took place on November 29, 2018, at İPM Karaköy.
UK-Türkiye Relations After Brexit: Strategic Partnerships?
The panel entitled “British-Turkish Relations after Brexit: Strategic Partners?”, organized in partnership with the Initiative and St Antony’s College, Oxford University, took place on November 28, 2018, at the Centre for European Studies, Oxford University. The panel aimed to bring together leading academics to focus on the challenges, difficulties, and opportunities facing UK-Turkey relations in the coming period.
Strategic Partnerships or a Breakdown? UK-Türkiye Relations and Brexit
The panel entitled “Strategic Partners or Drifting Apart? British-Turkish Relations and Brexit,” organized in partnership with Girişim and the Foreign Policy Centre, took place on November 27, 2018, at the British Parliament in London. The panel aimed to bring together leading academics and politicians to focus on the challenges, difficulties, and opportunities facing British-Turkish relations in the coming period.
Human Rights and Ill-Treatment in the 21st Century
The IPC and the Global Thought Institute organized the conference “Human Rights and Ill Treatment in the 21st Century” on the anniversary of the United Nations Istanbul Protocol, which took place at Taksim Divan Hotel on November 24, 2018.
Neoliberalism, the State, the Global Crisis
IPM became the winner, while another one in honor of “Neoliberalism, the state, and the global crisis: Neoliberalism, the state, the global crisis)” judicial conference organized in November 23, 2018 ipm in Karaköy.
Nature and Climate Conversations 1 – From the Bird Sanctuary to the Biosphere: Years Spent with Nature
The first in the Nature and Climate Conversations series took place at İPM Karaköy on November 20, 2018, with a talk by Tansu Gürpınar, one of Turkey's most senior nature conservationists, on the topic of "From the Bird Sanctuary to the Biosphere: Years Spent with Nature.rst in the Nature and Climate Conversations series took place at İPM Karaköy on November 20, 2018, with a talk by Tansu Gürpınar, one of Turkey's most senior nature conserveakers.
European Parliament – IPC Visit
IPC and the Economic Development Foundation hosted the parliamentary advisors of the European Parliament at IPC Karaköy on October 31, 2018 to discuss the current outlook of Turkish politics, Turkish foreign policy and Turkey-EU Relations
Istanbul Perspectives 1 – “Istanbul, Wide Angle
The first of the Istanbul Perspectives Conversation Series took place at İPM Karaköy on October 25, 2018, under the title "Istanbul, Wide Angle," with the participation of Academic and Artist Murat Germen and moderated by Asuman Suner.