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With Operation Peace Spring, Turkey steps on many toes

With Operation Peace Spring, Turkey steps on many toes

12 October 2019 | Opinion

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14oct13:00- 15:00Panel: Operation Peace Spring

15oct15:00- 17:00Panel: Child Soldiers of PKK

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Etkinlik Detayı

On 15th of October 2019, SETA will organize a panel titled “Child Soldiers of PKK”. The panel will draw attention to the issue of PKK’s recruitment of children under the age of 18. The discussion will be based on the legal, academic, political and social perspectives of the issue. Dr. Enes Bayraklı, SETA Brussels Coordinator, will lead the panel in company of Aytekin Yılmaz, the author of the books “Yoldaşını Öldürmek” and “Onlar Daha Çocuktu”; Aysel Bozkurt, a member of the family of children kidnapped and recruited by the terrorist organization PKK; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sezai Özçelik, researcher on the child soldiers and Member of Faculty at Çankırı Karatekin University; and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serhat Erkmen, expert on radicalization studies and Member of Faculty at Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy.

We would be honoured to be joined by you at the event.

English-Turkish simultaneous translation will be provided.

Zaman

(Salı) 15:00 - 17:00

Yer

SETA İstanbul

Defterdar Mah. Savaklar Caddesi. No:41-43

Organizer

Hacı Mehmet Boyraz mboyraz@setav.org

Moderatörler (Birden fazla moderatör varsa alt alta yazınız)

Enes Bayraklı, SETA

Konuşmacılar (Birden fazla konuşmacı varsa varsa alt alta yazınız)

Aytekin Yılmaz, Author

Aysel Bozkurt, Families of PKK Victims

Sezai Özçelik, Çankırı Karatekin University

Serhat Erkmen, Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy

17oct13:00- 16:00Opening Ceremony of the “European Islamophobia Report 2018” Project #EIR2018

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Etkinlik Detayı

Succeeding the reports of 2015, 2016 and 2017, SETA published recently the European Islamophobia Report” (EIR) 2018, which provides country-specific surveys on the development of Islamophobia in 34 European countries. Widely ignored and misunderstood, Islamophobia undermines the life of millions of Muslim citizens, weakens domestic security and strengthens the rise of xenophobic and racist groups in Europe. Within this framework, SETA will organize a panel on 17^th of October, 2019 in its Ankara office in order to share the main findings in the EIR 2018 with the public.

In the first part of the event there be will an opening ceremony for the EIR 2018 project, which is supported by the Civil Society Dialogue Programme co-financed by the European Union (EU) and Republic of Turkey under Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA). In this part, SETA General Coordinator Prof. Dr. Burhanettin Duran, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director of EU Affairs H.E. Ambassador Faruk Kaymakcı, and the Head of EU Delegation to Turkey H.E. Mr. Christian Berger will share their thoughts on Islamophobia.

In the second part of the event, the main findings in the EIR 2018 will be discussed. This part will be moderated by Enes Bayraklı, Coordinator of SETA Brussels Office and co-editor of the EIR. Following his remarks, Farid Hafez, researcher at Salzburg University and co-editor of the EIR, will provide information on the main findings of EIR 2018. Later on Leyla Yıldırım from İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim University and Ali Hüseyinoğlu from Trakya University will respectively talk about Islamophobia in the Netherlands and Greece.

We would be honoured to have you at our event.

Notice: The panel is open to all participants and simultaneous translation will be provided.

For further information: Mehmet Boyraz, mboyraz@setav.org and Léonard Faytre, lfaytre@setav.org

Zaman

(Perşembe) 13:00 - 16:00

Organizer

Mehmet Boyraz and Léonard Faytre mboyraz@setav.org , lfaytre@setav.org

Moderatörler (Birden fazla moderatör varsa alt alta yazınız)

OPENING CEREMONY

Time: 13.00-14.00

Prof. Dr. Burhanettin Duran, SETA General Coordinator

Christian Berger, Head of EU Delegation to Turkey

Ambassador Faruk Kaymakcı, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director of EU Affairs

PRESENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN ISLAMOPHOBIA REPORT 2018

Time: 14.00-16.00

Moderator: Enes Bayraklı, SETA Brussels

Konuşmacılar (Birden fazla konuşmacı varsa varsa alt alta yazınız)

Speakers:

Farid Hafez, Salzburg University and Georgetown University Bridge Initiative

Leyla Yıldırım, İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim University

Ali Hüseyinoğlu, Trakya University