With or Without You?

Yevgeniya GABER, Senior Fellow at the Centre in Modern Turkish Studies (MTS) and at the Atlantic Council, Odessa
Taha OZHAN, Director of Research, Ankara Institute and Former Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of Turkish Parliament, Ankara
Sümbül KAYA, Turkey Research Fellow, Institute de Recherche Stratégique de l’Ecole Militaire, Ministère des Armées, Paris
Manuel SARRAZIN, Germany’s Special Representative for the Countries of the Western Balkans and President of the Southeastern Europe Society, Berlin
Klaus WÖLFER, Diplomat and Austria’s Former Ambassador to Turkey (2012 – 2017), Vienna

Yücel ACER, Professor of International Law, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara
Ioannis N. GRIGORIADIS, Head, Turkey Program, Hellenic Foundation of European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) and Associate Professor for European Studies at Bilkent University, Ankara/ Athens
Nigar GÖKSEL, Head of Office, Crisis Group, Istanbul
Arno KIRCHHOF, Head, Turkey Division (208), German Foreign Office, Berlin

Florent DUPLOUY, Legal Advisor, Safety of Journalists Platform, Council of Europe, Strasbourg
Burcu KARAKAS, Investigative Journalist and Turkey correspondent for Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle, Istanbul
Emma SINCLAIR-WEBB, Associate Director and Turkey Director, Human Rights Watch, Berlin/Istanbul
Kerem ÖKTEM, Senior Fellow, Department of Comparative Cultural Studies, Ca' Foscari University, Venice

Meliha Benli ALTUNISIK, Professor at the Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University (METU), Non-Resident Fellow at the Middle East Institute (MEI) in D.C., Ankara
Ioannis BEGKOS, Head, Turkey Division, European External Action Service, Brussels
Maria FANTAPPIE, Senior Adviser for MENA, Center for Humanitarian Dialogue, Geneva
Guney YILDIZ, Journalist and Regional Researcher at Amnesty International, London

Sinem ADAR, Associate, Center for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) and German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin
Erkut EMCIOGLU, European Stability Initiative (ESI), Istanbul
Angeliki VOTSOGLOU, Policy Officer, Migration and Rule of Law, DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission, Brussels
Friedrich PÜTTMANN, Researcher, Istanbul Policy Center at Sabancı University, Istanbul/London

Jens BASTIAN, enter for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) and Senior Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), and Member of Board of the Southeast Europe Society, Berlin
Nebahat Tanrıverdi YASAR, Center for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) and Senior Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin
Dilek AYDIN, TUSIAD (Turkish Industry & Business Association) Representative to the EU & BusinessEurope, Brussels
Helke TOLKSDORF, Former Head of the Department EU Enlargement, Eastern Europe and Turkey at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Member of Board of the Southeast Europe Society, Berlin
Moderation: Hansjörg BREY, Southeast Europe Association; Member of Board of the Southeast Europe Society, Berlin

Ayşe Utku ERARSLAN, Director, CultureCIVIC, Goethe-Institute, Istanbul
Özcan MUTLU, President of the German-Turkish Twincity Federation, former MdP of the German Bundestag (The Greens) and author of the book “60 Jahre - Wie Deutschland zur Heimat wurde” (Correctiv 2021), Berlin
Osman OKKAN, Journalist, film-maker, and Co-Founder of the KulturForum TürkeiDeutschland e.V., Köln
Moderation: Thomas SCHAD, Historian, Humboldt University Berlin

Food-for-Thought Inputs by:

Ebru TURHAN, Associate professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Turkish-German University (TDU) and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for European Politics (IEP), Istanbul
Max LUCKS, Member of the Bundestag (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) Chairman of the Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid Committee, Head of the German-Turkey Parliamentarian Group, Berlin

followed by plenum discussion

*invited
** prel. confirmed