19: Türkei am Wendepunkt
Die Türkei hat im letzten Jahrzehnt drastische Veränderungen erfahren, die in einem Wechsel zu einem eigenartigen Präsidentschaftssystem gipfelten. Des Weiteren scheint sich die türkische Außenpolitik vom Westen weg zu einer unbekannten Zukunft zu verlagern. Für ein besseres Verständnis der türkischen Politik und der zugrunde liegenden Ausgangssituation, wird der komplexe historische und soziale Prozess und dessen Konsequenzen im Rahmen der Interkonnektivität betrachtet und diskutiert.
Die Gründe für die dramatischen Veränderungen sind sowohl national als auch international. Im im Allgemeinen scheint es eine globale Verschiebung hin zu autoritären Regimen zu geben. Daher ist es notwendig, die nationalen Ereignisse der Türkei auf diese globalen Veränderungen und ihre Ursachen zu beziehen.
Das Seminar konzentriert sich mehr auf den Hintergrund und die Perspektiven des Demokratie-Defizits, anstatt sich über die Ergebnisse der autoritären politischen Verschiebung zu beklagen. Dennoch werden die gegenwärtigen Ergebnisse der undemokratischen Maßnahmen mit individuellen Einzelfällen in Bezug gesetzt. Es wird ein Fokus auf die langfristigen Auswirkungen gelegt, und das Verhältnis zu den KurdInnen im Land und außerhalb der Grenzen der Türkei betrachtet. Die Außenpolitik der Türkei ist ebenfalls ein wichtiger Punkt der besprochen wird, so z.B. die Regionalpolitik, die Beziehungen zu den westlichen Verbündeten und der EU-Region.
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Dr. Christian BERGER
Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Union to Turkey, Ankara
1986-1987 | Operations officer with the Austrian UN-Peacekeeping Battalion on the Golan, UNDOF |
1989-1994 | Working with the United Nations in Gaza and Jerusalem |
1994-1997 | Deputy Director at the OSCE in Vienna and Secretary of the OSCE Permanent Council; Deputy Executive Secretary to the Joint Consultative Group (Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe) and the Open Skies Consultative Commission |
1997 | Mr Berger joined the European institutions |
1997-1999 | Committee of the Regions |
1999-2001 | Responsible for relations with Syria, European Commission |
2001-2005 | Political Advisor on Middle Eastern issues |
2005-2006 | EU Representative to the Quartet Special Envoy Mr Wolfensohn |
2006-2008 | Head of the Crisis Response & Peacebuilding Unit in the EC |
2009-2011 | EU Representative for West Bank & Gaza office |
since 2011 | Director for North Africa, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Iran in the European External Action Service; law degrees from Vienna and London |
Dr. Thomas MAYR-HARTING
Chair, International Advisory Board, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
1977 | Law Studies in Vienna (Dr. iur.) |
1977-1978 | Postgraduate-Studies, College of Europe, Bruges |
1978 | Diploma of The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague |
1979 | Joined the Austrian Diplomatic Service |
1982-1986 | Austrian Mission to the European Communities, Brussels |
1986-1990 | Austrian Embassy, Moscow |
1991-1993 | Private Office of the Austrian Foreign Minister, Vienna |
1993-1995 | Deputy Head of Cabinet of Foreign Ministers Mock and Schüssel, Vienna |
1995-1999 | Director for Security Policy and Policy Planning, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
1996-1999 | Deputy Political Director, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
1999-2003 | Ambassador of Austria to Belgium and Head of the Austrian Mission to NATO, Brussels |
2002-2004 | Special Representative of the Austrian Foreign Minister for the Western Balkans |
2003-2004 | Representative of the Federal Chancellor of Austria in the Commission on the Reform of the Austrian Armed Forces, Vienna |
2003-2008 | Political Director (Director General for Political Affairs) of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
2008-2011 | Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations, New York |
2009-2010 | Also represented Austria on the United Nations Security Council, New York (President of the Security Council in November 2009) |
2011 | Vice-President of the 66th General Assembly of the UN, New York |
2011-2015 | Ambassador, (Head of the Delegation) of the European Union to the United Nations, New York |
since 2015 | Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, European External Action Service, Brussels |
Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges and Natolin |
Selim YENEL
Ambassador, Undersecretary, Turkish Ministry for EU Affairs, Ankara
1979-1980 | Attaché and Third Secretary at the Department of Nuclear Energy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1980-1981 | Military Service, Third Secretary at the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs |
1981-1984 | Third Secretary and Second Secretary at the Permanent Representation of Turkey to the Organization for Economic |
Co-operation and Development in Paris | |
1984-1986 | Second Secretary and First Secretary at the Turkish Embassy in Kabul |
1986-1988 | First Secretary at the Department of Middle East and Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1988-1988 | First Secretary at the Special Advisory Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs |
1988-1993 | First Secretary and Counsellor at the Permanent Representation of Turkey to the United Nations in New York |
1993-1994 | Head of Section at the Special Advisory Office of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1994-1994 | Chief of Cabinet of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1994-1999 | Counsellor and First Counsellor at the Permanent Delegation of Turkey to the European Economic Community in |
Brussels | |
1999-2001 | Head of Department for European Union Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
2001-2005 | Deputy Director General, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Deputy Directorate General for European Union Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
2005-2009 | Ambassador to Austria |
2009-2010 | Ambassador, Deputy Undersecretary for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
2010-2011 | Ambassador, Deputy Undersecretary for Bilateral Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
2011-2017 | Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Turkey to the EU |
since 2017 | Ambassador, Undersecretary, Ministry for EU Affairs |
Dr. Cengiz GÜNAY
Senior Fellow, oiip - Austrian Institute for International Affairs, Vienna
1991-1994 | Studies, Department of History; Department of Law, University of Graz |
1994-1999 | Master Studies, Department of History, University of Vienna |
1998-1999 | Erasmus and Sokrates-Fellow, Department oh History, University of Barcelona |
since 1999 | Certified interpreter and translator for German and Turkish. |
2001-2005 | Ph.D., Department of Political Sciences, University of Vienna |
2002-2006 | Austria Correspondent, CNNTurk |
since 2006 | Senior Fellow, oiip - Austrian Institute for International Affairs |
since 2008 | Lecturer, University of Vienna |
since 2012 | Head, Austrian Network, Anna Lindh Foundation, Vienna |
Dr. Nuray MERT
Professor, Political Science, Istanbul University; Columnist, Hürriyet Daily News
1983 | BA, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics/Political Science, Bosporus University, Istanbul |
BA, Faculty of Arts and Sciences/History, Bosporus University, Istanbul | |
1985 | MA, Institute of Social Sciences/History, Bosporus University, Istanbul |
1992 | PhD, Institute of Social Sciences/Political Science |
Retired from Istanbul University | |
Columnist Cumhuriyet Daily (in Turkish), Hurriyet Daily News (in English) |