Roundtable Discussions

ARI Movement holds roundtable discussions on current political topics. These roundtable discussions are attended by academics, media, ARI members and staff as well as students. Below are some of the roundtable discussions organized by the International Relations Committee of the ARI MOVEMENT.


• “Turkish-EU Relations after the Copenhagen Summit” with Ambassador Hans Kretschmer, Head of the European Commission Representation to Turkey. (20 January 2003)
• “Developments in Iraq and Turkish Foreign Policy” with Brigadier General (Ret.) Nejat Eslen and Soli Özel from Bilgi University. (26 February 2003)
• “Turkey and Europe: 18 Hard Months to Come” at the European Parliament in Brussels with Kemal Derviş, MP, Former Minister of State in charge of Economy and Joost Lagendijk, Member of the European Parliament, Chairman of the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (17 March 2003)
• “Cyprus” with the Cyprus Republican Turkish Party Leader Mehmet Ali Talat (28 October 2003)
• “Means to Solve the Cyprus Problem” with TRNC President Rauf Denktaş (19 November 2003)
• “EU Expansion and Turkish-EU Relations” with Charles Grant, Director of Center for European Reform (23 March 2004).
• “Women in Turkey” with Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State (2 July 2007).