Turkey in the EU: a common future ? Greens I EFA Group Meeting Tuesday 19 – Friday 22 October 2004 The Greens I European Free Alliance in the European Parliament www.greens-efa.org Turkey in the EU: a common future ? Greens I EFA Group Meeting Tuesday 19 – Friday 22 October 2004 Venue : Istanbul Hilton, Convention Centre Cumhuriyet Caddesi Harbiye 34367 Istanbul - Turkey Tuesday, October 19th 2004 10:00 - 12:00 am Internal Group meeting - preparation of the Strasbourg plenary session 12:00 - 3:00 pm Lunch break 3:00-3:30 pm Opening of the conference Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Chair Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament Bülent Arinç, President of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Round Table – Europe’s values and frontiers Moderation and summing up of round table: Joost Lagendijk, Co-Chair of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliament committee. 3:30 - 5:00 pm Islam, a European ‘identity’ and Turkish membership of the EU Debate with 1st Panel: Wendy Asbeek Brusse, Resarch Fellow of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy; Rusenç Cakirç , Journalist - Istanbul; Esat Korkmaz, Representative of the Alevi Community - Istanbul; Etyen Mahçupyan, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) - Istanbul. 5:00 - 6:30 pm Turkey and the question of the Europe’s borders Debate with 2nd Panel: Heinz Kramer, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - Berlin; Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Chair Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament - Germany; Johannes Voggenhuber, Member of the Green/EFA Group in the EP - Austria; Ahmed Insel, Professor - University Paris I & University of Galatasaray - Istanbul. Wednesday, October 20th 2004 9:30 - 11:00 am Round Table – Civil liberties in Turkey Moderation and summing up of Round Table: Cem Özdemir, Member of the Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament - Germany. Debate with: Leyla Zana, former Member of the Turkish National Assembly - Diyarbakir; Hélène Flautre, Chair of the Sub-committee on Human Rights in the E.P.; Yavuz Önen, Chair of the Human Rights Foundation - Ankara; Yücel Sayman, Former Chair of the Bar Association - Istanbul; Murat Belge, Helsinki Citizens - Istanbul. 11:30 - 1:00 pm Round Table – Women’s rights in Turkey Moderation and summing up of Round Table: Hélène Flautre, Chair of the Sub-committee on Human Rights in the E.P. Debate with: çSenal Sarihan, Working Group of Women on the Penal Code of Turkey - Ankara; Nebahat Akkoç, Ka-Mer Women's Rights Association - Diyarbakir; Eva Lichtenberger, Member of the Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament - Austria; Aysenç Erdogan, Working Group of Women on the Penal Code of Turkey and Member of the Greens in Turkey - Izmir; Yesimç Basaranç , Lambdaistanbul, gay and lesbian organisation - Istanbul; Canan Arin, Morçati, Purple Roof Women's Foundation - Istanbul. 1:00 - 3:00 pm Lunch break 3:00 – 6:30 pm Round Table – Decision on the accession negotiations with Turkey and the Commission’s report Moderation and summing up of Round Table: Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Chair Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament - Germany. Debate with 1st Panel: Olli Rehn, European Commissioner; Joschka Fischer, Foreign Minister of Germany; Abdullah Gül, Foreign Minister of Turkey. Debate with 2nd Panel: Orhan Pamuk, Writer - Istanbul; Kemal Dervisç, Member of the Turkish national Assembly - Republican People’s Party; Zülfü Livaneli, Member of the Turkish national Assembly - Republican People’s Party; Cuneyd Zapsu, AKP, Adviser to the Prime Minister of Turkey; Joost Lagendijk, Co-Chair of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliament committee in the EP; Cem Özdemir, Member of the Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament - Germany. Thursday, October 21st 2004 10:00 - 1:00 pm Round Table - The environment and agriculture in Turkey and the enlarged EU What reforms should be undertaken? Who should be in charge of implementing them? Moderation and summing up of Round Table: Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Vice-Chair of the Agriculture committee in the EP - Germany Debate with: Hilmi Güler, Minister of Energy of Turkey; Claude Turmes, Vice-Chair of the Green/EFA Group in the EP - Luxembourg; Ozgür Gürbüz, Greenpeace - Istanbul; Senih Özay, Bergama anti-mining movement - Izmir; Vehbi Ersöz, Representative of the Turkish Farmers - Afyon; Arca Atay, Platform against genetically modified food in Turkey. 12:45 – 1:30 pm Conclusions presented by Monica Frassoni, Chair of the Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament - Italy & Joost Lagendijk, Co-Chair of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliament committee 3:00pm – 6:30 pm Round Table with the co-operation and support of the Heinrich Böll Foundation The environment & environmental movements in Turkey - Ways to connect Moderation and summing up of Round Table: Rebecca Harms, Member of the Green/EFA Group in the EP - Germany & Ulrike Duffner, Heinrich Böll Foundation - Istanbul. Debate with: Angelika Beer, Member of the Green/EFA Group, former Co-Chair of Bündnis 90-die Grünen - Germany; Jean Lambert, Vice- Chair of the Green/EFA Group in the EP - UK; Arnold Cassola, Secretary General of the European Green Party; Heide Rühle, Vice-Chair of the Green/EFA Group in the EP- Germany; Dilek Ozkanö , Member of the Greens in Turkey - Istanbul; Umitö çSahin, Member of the Greens in Turkey - Istanbul. 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