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Turkey in the EU: a common future ?Greens I EFA Group MeetingTuesday 19 – Friday 22 October 2004The Greens I European Free Alliancein the European Parliamentwww.greens-efa.org

Turkey in the EU: a common future ?Greens I EFA Group MeetingTuesday 19 – Friday 22 October 2004Venue : Istanbul Hilton, Convention CentreCumhuriyet Caddesi Harbiye34367 Istanbul - TurkeyTuesday, October 19 th 200410:00 - 12:00 am Internal Group meeting - preparation of the Strasbourg plenary session12:00 - 3:00 pm Lunch break3:00-3:30 pm Opening of the conferenceDaniel Cohn-Bendit, Chair Green/EFA Group in the European ParliamentBülent Arinç, President of the Grand National Assembly of TurkeyRound Table – Europe’s values and frontiersModeration and summing up of round table: Joost Lagendijk, Co-Chair of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliament committee.3:30 - 5:00 pm Islam, a European ‘identity’ and Turkish membership of the EUDebate with 1st Panel: Wendy Asbeek Brusse, Resarch Fellow of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy; Rusen ç Cakir, çJournalist - Istanbul; Esat Korkmaz, Representative of the Alevi Community - Istanbul; Etyen Mahçupyan, Turkish Economic and SocialStudies Foundation (TESEV) - Istanbul.5:00 - 6:30 pm Turkey and the question of the Europe’s bordersDebate with 2nd Panel: Heinz Kramer, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - Berlin; Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Chair Green/EFA Group in theEuropean Parliament - Germany; Johannes Voggenhuber, Member of the Green/EFA Group in the EP - Austria; Ahmed Insel, Professor -University Paris I & University of Galatasaray - Istanbul.Wednesday, October 20 th 20049:30 - 11:00 am Round Table – Civil liberties in TurkeyModeration and summing up of Round Table: Cem Özdemir, Member of the Green/EFA Group in the EuropeanParliament - Germany.Debate with: Leyla Zana, former Member of the Turkish National Assembly - Diyarbakir; Hélène Flautre, Chair of the Sub-committee onHuman Rights in the E.P.; Yavuz Önen, Chair of the Human Rights Foundation - Ankara; Yücel Sayman, Former Chair of the BarAssociation - Istanbul; Murat Belge, Helsinki Citizens - Istanbul.11:30 - 1:00 pm Round Table – Women’s rights in TurkeyModeration and summing up of Round Table: Hélène Flautre, Chair of the Sub-committee on Human Rightsin the E.P.

Debate with: çSenal Sarihan, Working Group of Women on the Penal Code of Turkey - Ankara; Nebahat Akkoç, Ka-Mer Women's RightsAssociation - Diyarbakir; Eva Lichtenberger, Member of the Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament - Austria; Aysen ç Erdogan,Working Group of Women on the Penal Code of Turkey and Member of the Greens in Turkey - Izmir; Yesim ç Basaran, ç Lambdaistanbul, gayand lesbian organisation - Istanbul; Canan Arin, Morçati, Purple Roof Women's Foundation - Istanbul.1:00 - 3:00 pm Lunch break3:00 – 6:30 pm Round Table – Decision on the accession negotiations with Turkey and the Commission’s reportModeration and summing up of Round Table: Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Chair Green/EFA Group in the EuropeanParliament - Germany.Debate with 1st Panel: Olli Rehn, European Commissioner; Joschka Fischer, Foreign Minister of Germany; Abdullah Gül, Foreign Minister of Turkey.Debate with 2nd Panel: Orhan Pamuk, Writer - Istanbul; Kemal Dervis, ç Member of the Turkish national Assembly - Republican People’sParty; Zülfü Livaneli, Member of the Turkish national Assembly - Republican People’s Party; Cuneyd Zapsu, AKP, Adviser to the PrimeMinister of Turkey; Joost Lagendijk, Co-Chair of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliament committee in the EP; Cem Özdemir, Member of theGreen/EFA Group in the European Parliament - Germany.Thursday, October 21 st 200410:00 - 1:00 pm Round Table - The environment and agriculture in Turkey and the enlarged EUWhat reforms should be undertaken? Who should be in charge of implementing them?Moderation and summing up of Round Table: Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Vice-Chair of theAgriculture committee in the EP - GermanyDebate with: Hilmi Güler, Minister of Energy of Turkey; Claude Turmes, Vice-Chair of the Green/EFA Group in the EP - Luxembourg; OzgürGürbüz, Greenpeace - Istanbul; Senih Özay, Bergama anti-mining movement - Izmir; Vehbi Ersöz, Representative of the Turkish Farmers - Afyon;Arca Atay, Platform against genetically modified food in Turkey.12:45 – 1:30 pm Conclusions presented by Monica Frassoni, Chair of the Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament - Italy& Joost Lagendijk, Co-Chair of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliament committee3:00pm – 6:30 pmRound Table with the co-operation and support of the Heinrich Böll FoundationThe environment & environmental movements in Turkey - Ways to connectModeration and summing up of Round Table: Rebecca Harms, Member of the Green/EFA Group in the EP- Germany & Ulrike Duffner, Heinrich Böll Foundation - Istanbul.Debate with: Angelika Beer, Member of the Green/EFA Group, former Co-Chair of Bündnis 90-die Grünen - Germany; Jean Lambert, Vice-Chair of the Green/EFA Group in the EP - UK; Arnold Cassola, Secretary General of the European Green Party; Heide Rühle, Vice-Chair ofthe Green/EFA Group in the EP- Germany; Dilek Ozkan, ö Member of the Greens in Turkey - Istanbul; Umit ö çSahin, Member of the Greens in Turkey - Istanbul.Contacts:Ali Yurttagül - Tel.: 00.32.2.284.30.47 - Fax.: 00.32.2.284.33.39 - ayurttagul@europarl.eu.intEliane del Do - Tel.: 0032.2.284.30.38 - Fax.: 00.32.2.230.78.37 - edeldo@europarl.eu.intConference documents and follow-up will be available on the Green/EFA website www.greens-efa.orgThe Greens I EFAin the European Parliament

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