19: Turkey at the crossroads
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Hauptschule
Seminar
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in englischer SpracheTurkey has experienced dramatic changes during the last decade which culminated with the drastic transition to a peculiar presidential system at home. Besides, Turkish foreign policy seems to shift away from West to an unknown future. It has been a complex historical and social process and therefore in order to have a better understanding of Turkish politics the reasons behind that tectonic shift and its consequences should be viewed and debated within a framewok of interconnectivity.
The reasons behind the dramatic changes are both national and international. There seems to be a global shift towards authoritarian regimes in general, why it is necessary to relate national cases to that global shift and its causes.
This seminar will focus more on the background and prospects of democracy deficit, rather than repeating and complaining about the outcomes of authoritarian political shift. It does not mean to fail to note the present results of undemocratic measures with reference to some individual cases. Nevertheless, more focus will be on its long term impacts, its relation to Kurdish issue at home and beyond the borders of Turkey. Finally, Turkey’s foreign policy; i.e, regional politics, relations with the Western allies and EU regional should be adressed in that context.
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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) |
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