Turkey at the Crossroads:  

Women, Women's Studies, and the State

Istanbul and Bodrum, Turkey   May 27 - June 3, 2005

Sponsored by: Institute for Teaching and Research on Women 

Karen Dugger, Director

in collaboration with The Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

SPEAKERS

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Feride Acar, Professor and Chair, Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University. Chair, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.  "Women's Human Rights." 

Karen Dugger, Professor and Chair of Women’s Studies Department and Director of Institute for Teaching and Research on Women, Towson University, USA. Co-Sponsor Turkey Summer Institute.  “Controversies in Women’s Studies: USA.” 

Yildiz Ecevit, Professor, Sociology, Middle East Technical University.  “The Relationship of Women’s Movement and Women’s Studies in Turkey.” 

Dr. Iur Berin Ergin, Professor, Labor Law and Social Security Law, Board of Director, Centre of Labor and Social Security Law Centre and Research and Practice in Human Rights Centre, Istanbul University.  “Women’s Rights in the Turkish Legal System Regarding the International Conventions.” 

Yakin Ertürk, Professor, Sociology,  Middle East Technical University. Director, Research and Training, Institute for the Advancement of Women.  "Identity Politics, Women's Agency and International Human Rights Norms Global Scale - Turkey." 

Ayse Gunes-Ayata, Professor, Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University. Director, Black Sea and Central Asian Countries Research Center.  "Women and the State after the Establishment of Turkish Republic (1923)." 

Ayse Gunduz Hosgor, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Middle East Technical University.  "Barriers to Girls' Primary Education in Turkey: Communication Patterns and Decision Making Processes in Family." 

Elif Gozdasoglu Kucukalioglu, Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkish Program Coordinator, Turkey Summer Institute.                

Toni Marzotto, Professor, Political Science, Towson University, U.S. Program Coordinator, Turkey Summer Institute. 

Demet Varoglu, Professor, Business Administration and Chair of Women’s Studies Program, Middle East Technical University.  Co-sponsor Turkey Summer Institute.