National Press Club
06/27/2012
9:00 am - 09/05/2026
5:00 pm
Conference Schedule:
9:00am-9:15am: Welcome
Amb. Wendy Chamberlin, Middle East Institute
Amb. Ross Wilson, Atlantic Council
Gonul Tol, MEI’s Center for Turkish Studies
Sinan Ciddi, Institute for Turkish Studies
9:15am–10:00am: Opening Keynote
Senator John McCain
United States Senate
10:15 am–11:45am
Panel 1: Domestic Dynamics in Turkey: Politics and the Economy
Yalcin Akdogan, Member of Parliament, Justice and Development Party
Rusen Cakir, Turkish Daily Vatan
Michael Gunter, Tennessee Technological University
Dr. Levent Koker, Atilim University
11:45am–12:30pm: Lunch*
12:30pm–1:30pm: Luncheon Keynote
Omer Celik
Deputy Chairman of the Justice and Development Party
Ibrahim Kalin
Chief Adviser to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
1:30–3:00pm
Panel 2: Turkey, the EU, and the U.S.: Evolving Partnerships Post-Arab Spring
Amb. Nicholas Burns, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Amb. W. Robert Pearson, IREX
Amb. Ross Wilson, Atlantic Council
Yasar Yakis, Center for Strategic Communication, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Moderator: Sharon Wiener, Koc University
3:00-3:15: Coffee Break
3:15pm-4:45pm
Panel 3: Turkey’s Leadership Role in an Uncertain Middle East
Dr. Amr Darrag, Freedom and Justice Party, Egypt
Dr. Joost Hiltermann, International Crisis Group
Yigal Schleifer, Freelance Journalist
Robin Wright, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Moderator: Abdulrahim Fukara, al-Jazeera
4:45-5:00pm: Closing Remarks
*Complimentary lunch will be available on a first come first served basis
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