TURKISH - AMERICAN SYMPOSIUM
(3 Oturum/1 Gün)

Session 13J – Turkish Symposium I
Sunday, September 2, 2012
11:30 – 1:00 PM
Turkish Symposium: Economic Power and Policies of Multinational Ottomans: A Quest for Solutions to the Current Worldwide Economic Crisis 1. Economic history of the Ottoman state during its peak (demography, transportation, taxation, diversity in goods and services produced) 2. Interest and monetary policies of the Ottoman state 3. Distribution of wealth and monopoly of economic power in the state.
Room 201
(in English)

Speakers: Kemal Karpat, Abdurrahman Atcil
Moderator: Kemal Ozdemir

Session 12M– Turkish Symposium II
Sunday, September 2, 2012
2:30 – 4:00 PM
Turkish Symposium: Serving the Community with the Methodologies of Turkish Scholars in America 1. Perspectives and visions of Turkish scholars on serving the community 2. Education and economic growth of Turkish-Americans 3. Challenges and hopes in raising a family in American culture.
Room 201
(in English)

Speakers: Mehmet Demiroglu, Yasar Colak, Mehmet Aktas
Moderator: Murat Kose

Session 11M – Turkish Symposium III
Sunday, September 2, 2012
4:30-6:00 PM
Turkish Symposium: Turkey’s Achievements under the Rule of AK Party with its Leader Receb Tayyip Erdogan: Dissecting the Preeminent Factors
Description: 1. Why people of many factions have repeatedly voted for the AK Party? 2. Foreign and Middle Eastern policies of AK Party 3. What can the new regimes in the Middle East take from the AK Party’s experience?
Room: 201
(in English)

Speakers: Erol Cebeci, Kilic Kanat
Moderator: Suleyman Yildirim