IKV ANALYZES TURKEY’S ROLE AS A EUROPEAN AND REGIONAL HUB:

“IS TURKEY A EUROPEAN AND REGIONAL HUB? IMPLICATIONS FOR EUROPEAN-MEDITERRANEAN RELATIONS”

IKV will be organising a seminar on 5-6 February 2016 where Turkey’s role as central country which is sometimes referred to as a bridge for different regions such as Europe, the Middle East, Southern Mediterranean, Caucasus, Central Asia will be discussed. The seminar which will be realised in cooperation with Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, CIDOB and the European League for Economic Cooperation, will be held at Wyndham Grand Istanbul Levent Hotel. 

During the seminar, Turkey’s central role and its relations with other countries will be examined within the perspectives of Turkey’s EU membership and European-Mediterranean relations. Furthermore, Turkey’s effectiveness as a European and Regional Hub will be assessed by distinguished experts in 4 different strategic areas: energy, finance, logistics and communication, production and services.

English-Turkish simultaneous translation will be provided in the seminars. 

PROGRAMME

IS TURKEY A EUROPEAN AND REGIONAL HUB? IMPLICATIONS FOR EUROPEAN-MEDITERRANEAN RELATIONS

In cooperation between IKV and CIDOB, and with the support of ELEC and Fundació La Caixa

5-6 February 2016,  Wyndham Grand Istanbul Levent Hotel

5 February 2016, Friday

15:00 Opening Remarks

ELEC, CIDOB and IKV

Ayhan Zeytinoğlu, IKV Chairman

Ambassador Hansjörg Haber, Head of the EU Delegation in Turkey

Ambassador Rauf Engin Soysal, Undersecretary of the Ministry for EU Affairs of the Republic of Turkey

16:00 – 17:30 First Session: Turkey as an Energy Hub

Session Chair: Prof. Halûk Kabaalioğlu, IKV Vice-Chairman, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Yeditepe University

-Sohbet Karbuz, Observatoire Méditerranéen de l’Energie, Paris
- Rıdvan Uçar, Director General of Aygaz Doğal Gaz Toptan Satış
- Olgu Okumuş, Union for the Mediterranean, Energy Department

Coffee Break

18:00 – 19:30 Second Session: Turkey as a Financial Hub

Session Chair: Bozkurt Aran, Ret. Ambassador, Director of TEPAV Centre for Multilateral Trade Studies

-Fabian Briegel, Economist, Rabobank, Utrecht
- Yavuz Canevi, IKV Member of Board of Directors, TEB Board of Directors Chairman, Former Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey  
- Jorge Sicilia, Chief Economist, BBVA, Istanbul-Madrid

6 February 2016, Saturday

9:30 – 11:00 Third Session: Turkey as an Infrastructure, Communication and Logistics Hub

Session Chair: Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas, IKV Secretary-General

- Yiğit Alpogan, Deputy Secretary-General, Union for the Mediterranean
- Çetin Nuhoğlu, International Transporters’ Association President
- Alain Baron, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission

Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:15 Fourth Session: Turkey as a Production and Service Hub

Session Chair: Eduard Soler i Lecha, CIDOB

- Antonio Martins da Cruz, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Portuguese Republic
- Güven Sak, TEPAV Director
- Haluk Nuray, IKV Brussels Representative

13:15 – 14:00 Closure

For registration: 0212 270 93 00, Seda Yaman