TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

BRUNCH & SYMPOSIUM:   Date: May 15, 2005 (Sunday)
Time: 11:00AM - 6:00PM
Place: Hotel Marmara-Manhattan, The Rooftop Lounge
           301 East 94th Street, NYC, NY 10128, Tel: 212-427-3100
           http://www.marmara-manhattan.com/home.html

MIM DINNER WITH SPEAKER GUESTS:   Date: May 14, 2005 (Saturday)
Time: 8:30 pm
Place: Turkuaz Restaurant
           2637 Braodway, Corner of 100th Street, NYC, NY 10025, Tel: 212-665-9541
           http://www.turkuazrestaurant.com

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Turkey and the United States have enjoyed five decades of close cooperation that reached to a strategic partnership before the Iraq War in 2003. Turkey has moved away from its traditional pro-American position during this war due to its own security concerns and public outcry. Even if so, these historical allies continued to work together towards their common goals in the other fronts like Afghanistan, Bosnia, the global war on terrorism and in NATO.

This symposium will bring together experts to address the future prospects of the strategic, political, economic and security partnership between the United States and Turkey in the coming years and decades.

The American public, academia, media and students specializing in relevant fields are invited.

Seats are limited. RSVP strongly recommended.
You must register for the event by May 10, 2005 and indicate whether you will be joining us at the pre-event brunch with the speakers.
No fee required but registration still needed for attending symposium after 2 pm.
On-demand Webcast of symposium will be available at www.m-i-m.org

PROGRAM:

11:00am - 1:30pm    Sunday Brunch with speakers, catered by Turkuaz Restaurant
                   [$25 per person. Pre-registration by May 10, 2005 required
2:00 - 2:30pm      Mark Parris, Former United States Ambassador to Turkey
2:30 - 3:00pm      Cengiz Çandar, Veteran Turkish Journalist
3:00 - 3:30pm      Zeyno Baran, The Nixon Center
3:30 - 4:00pm      Ömer Önhon, New York Consul General of the Republic of Turkey
4:00 - 5:00pm      Q & A
5:00 - 5:15pm      Closing Remarks
5:15 - 6:30pm      Networking