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Turkey & Europe An Example: Alessandro Missir di Lusignano İKV Publications No: 224 TURKEY and EUROPE-AN EXAMPLE: ALESSANDRO MISSIR di LUSIGNANO English Translation Laura Austrums, BELGIUM Cover designed by Sümbül Eren Book design Rauf Kösemen, Myra Project supervisor, Myra Damla Özlüer Page Layout Myra Special thanks to the photographers Giada Ripa de Meana (www.giadaripa.net) and Caner Kasapoğlu (www.canerkasapoglu.com) for their wonderful pictures about Istanbul. Photographs for which no copyright or specific details are mentioned were taken by Letizia Missir di Lusignano Print Acar Matbaacılık First edition, September 2009 ISBN 978-605-5984-17-5 Copyright © IKV All rights reserved. This book is not for sale. Distributed free of charge. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION TURKEY and EUROPE - AN EXAMPLE: ALESSANDRO MISSIR di LUSIGNANO HEAD OFFICE Talatpaşa Caddesi Alikaya Sokak TOBB Plaza No: 3 Kat: 7-8 34394 Levent İstanbul TURKEY Tel: 00 90 212 270 93 00 Fax: 00 90 212 270 30 22 [email protected] BRUSSELS OFFICE Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 148/A 1000 Bruxelles BELGIUM Tel: 00 32 2 646 40 40 Fax: 00 32 2 646 95 38 [email protected] Recollections and Tributes coordinated by Letizia Missir di Lusignano and Melih Özsöz, Economic Development Foundation. Administrative Coordination: M. Haluk Nuray, Economic Development Foundation Special thanks to Dr. Bahadır Kaleağası for the English version (International Coordinator and EU Representative of TUSIAD; Member of Executive Board of TUSIAD-International) Turkey & Europe-An Example 4 Alessandro Missir di Lusignano Mustafa Kemal Atatürk together with the Shah R›za Pehlevi of Iran in İzmir in 1934. Courtesy of İzmir Chamber of Commerce. Photo taken from “History Written on Glass”, İzmir Chamber of Commerce Glass Plate Negative Collection, İzmir, 2007. 5 Turkey & Europe-An Example 6 Alessandro Missir di Lusignano To Alessandro, my beloved brother To my parents, for their immense courage and unwavering faith To Amedeo, Giustina, Filiberto and Tommaso 7 So that you may preciously treasure in your hearts and so that you also may transmit, throughout your lifetimes, the infinite and multiple values of your father and mother: two exceptional Beings. Your sister Letizia Contents Dedication, 7 Contents, 8 Homages, 11 Nedim Gürsel, Writer, 12 Philippe Mansel, Writer-Historian, 13 Statement from the President by Prof. Dr. Halûk Kabaalioğlu, President, Economic Development Foundation, 14 Note from the Administrative Coordinator by M. Haluk Nuray, Permanent Representative, Economic Development Foundation, 16 “His historic role in the history” of Turkey by Dr. Bahadır Kaleağası, International Coordinator and EU Representative of TUSIAD (Turkish Industry and Business Association); Member of the Executive Board of TUSIAD-International, 18 Note from the Co-Editor by Melih Özsöz, Researcher, Economic Development Foundation, 24 Foreword, 26 Alessandro Missir di Lusignano 8 Following in the Footsteps of his Father: Mr. Livio Missir di Lusignano, 30 Tributes, 35 Mensur Akgün, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of IR at Istanbul Kültür University. Also a columnist at the daily newspaper Referans and Director of the Foreign Policy Program at TESEV, 36 Amb. Dr. Nihat Akyol, Amb. of the Republic of Turkey in Caracas, Venezuela; Former Permanent Representative of Turkey to the EU, 39 Yaprak Alp, First Secretary, Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Turkey to the EU, 41 Francesco De Angelis, Former Director Aidco, 42 Fabrizio Barbaso, Former Director General for Enlargement 2003-2006, 46 Turkey & Europe-An Example Marie-Christine and Sylvain Berger, Political Adviser, Permanent Representation of France to NATO, 48 Mehmet Ali Birand, Editor-in-Chief, CNNTurk, 52 Amb. Volkan Bozkır, Secretary General, Secreteriat General for EU Affairs, 53 Alexis Brouhns, Honorary Ambassador of Belgium, Former EU Special Envoy in the Balkans, 55 Odile Dage, Former Auditor of the European Commission, 57 Amb. Christian Danielsson, Former Head of the Unit for Turkey, Current Ambassador- Permanent Representative of Sweden to the EU, 58 Martin Dawnson, Deputy Head of Unit – DG Enlargement, 59 Amb. Oğuz Demiralp, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey in Bern, Switzerland, 60 Bruno Dethomas, Head of the European Commission Delegation in Rabat, 62 Stefano Dotto, Administrator, Kosovo Unit – DG Enlargement, 67 Özden Engin, Assistant to the Political Counsellor, European Commission Delegation to Turkey in Ankara, 69 Sümbül Eren, Press Officer – European Commission Delegation in Ankara andSema Kılıçer, Human Rights Officer at the European Commission Delegation in Turkey, 70 Sami Faltas, Executive Director of the Centre for European Security Studies – the Netherlands, 75 Jean-Christophe Filori, Head of Unit, Turkey – DG Enlargement, 77 Lino Francescon, DG RELEX Directorate General for External Relations, Training Coordinator for the members of Commission Delegations in non-member countries, 79 Aristotelis Gavriliadis, Policy Officer - DG Justice, Liberty and Security – Citizenship and Fundamental Rights Unit, 80 Paolo Girardelli, Assist. Prof. at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of History – Bogazici University, Istanbul, 84 Zeynep Göğüş Journalist,Writer; Founding President of TR-PLUS Centre For Turkey in Europe; Founder of Euractiv Turkey, 85 Tulû Gümüştekin, Chairwoman of the Istanbul Centre of Brussels, 89 Martin Harvey, Political Affairs Manager, DG Enlargement, 92 Mahir Ilgaz, Researcher, Economic Development Foundation, 94 Prof. Dr. Halûk Kabaalioğlu, President, Economic Development Foundation; Dean, Faculty of Law, Yeditepe University, 96 Cem Kahyaoğlu, Director of Political Affairs, Secretariat General for EU Affairs, 124 Şebnem Karauçak, Chairperson, Eurohorizons Consulting – Istanbul, 126 Michael Leigh, DG Enlargement, formerly director responsible for Turkey, 134 Wenceslas de Lobkowicz, DG Enlargement – Civil Society Dialogue, 136 Gaspare Augusto Manos, Artist, 139 Adriaan van der Meer, Adviser, DG RELEX; Former Head of Unit for Turkey and Head of European Commission Delegation in Cyprus, 140 Pierre Mirel, Director - responsible for Turkey at the European Commission 2005-2006, Currently Director, DG Enlargement, (Also took part in Alessandro Missir di Lusignano’s mission to Hakkâri), 142 André de Munter, Acting Head of the Brussels Information Office of the European Parliament, 151 Luigi Narbone, Former political adviser in the Delegation of the EC in Ankara; Former Deputy Head of Unit – DG Relex; Now: Head of Delegation to Saudi Arabia, 156 H. Kaan Nazlı, Director of Emerging Markets, Medley Global Advisors – Istanbul, 157 Emre Öktem, Professeur agrégé of international law in the Faculty of Law – Galatasaray University, 162 John O’Rourke, Head of Unit – DG Relex, 166 Aslı Özçeri, Business development manager at Moneytrans and former consultant at AB Consultancy & Investment Services, 167 Owen Parker, Seconded national expert 2003-2006 in the Unit for Turkey, 168 Father Piretto, Collaborator of “Presence” monthly French language magazine, Istanbul, 172 Etienne de Poncins, French Ambassador to Bulgaria, 174 Olli Rehn, Commissioner for Enlargement, European Commission, 178 Manuela Riccio, Assistant to the Deputy Director General – DG Enlargement, 182 Hacer Sapan, Sales assistant at DB Schenker, Marseille, 183 Riccardo Serri , Desk Officer, Turkey Team – DG Enlargement, 186 Kader Sevinç, Former MEP Advisor at the European Parliament, currently head of CHP Representation to the EU, Brussels, 192 9 Amb. Ayşe Sezgin, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 194 Murat Sungar, General Secretary of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation in Istanbul (KEIB), 196 Ercüment Tezcan, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Galatasaray University – Istanbul, 197 Sylvia Tiryaki, Associate Professor, Departmen of International Relations, Istanbul Kültür University, 198 Marquis Olivier de Trazegnies, Historian, Writer, 202 Füsun Türkmen, Doctor of Political Sciences, Associate Professor, Lecturer in the Department of International Relations at Galatasaray University, 205 Sinan Ülgen, Chairman of the Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) – Istanbul, 206 Myriam Verger, Head of Cabinet of Olli Rehn, European Commission, 207 Günter Verheugen, Vice-President of the European Commission, 210 Yeter Yaman, Information Officer for Turkey & Azerbaijan, Coordinator for Central Asia, NATO Public Diplomacy Division – Brussels, 212 Selim Yenel, Deputy Secretary General of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 214 Hakan Yılmaz, Professor at Bogazici University, Department of Political Science and International Relations – Istanbul, 216 Alessandro Missir di Lusignano: “A Touch of Spice”, 219 Alessandro the Gastronome Some Publications of Alessandro Missir di Lusignano, 233 • Poland’s Ostpolitik and EU Accession. University of Birmingham. Centre for Russian and East European Studies. 15 March 2000, 235 • Paul Morand and the East (conference on Paul Morand the Writer.) University of Lille, 3rd-17th June 2002, 247 • Reflections on Europe and the Turks: a history of reciprocal perceptions NATO Defence College, Rome, 7th July 2003, 257 • EU-Turkey relations after 17 December 2004: the beginning of a new era? Article published in Est-Quest, Rivista di Studi Sull’ Integrazione Europea 2004, 263 Acknowledgements, 289 Epilogue, 291 10 Turkey & Europe-An Example Alessandro Missir di Lusignano «Ölür ise ten ölür, canlar ölesi değil» Poem by Yunus Emre, (13th century) “If something