Seminar Agenda – Day 1

Seminar Agenda – Day 2Session Timing DetailsThe Kurdish Question in TurkeyThe Kurds in Turkey and the Modern Turkish StateYılmaz Ensaroğlu, Human rights activist in the Kurdish QuestionThirdSession09:00 11:00The Kurds under the Rule of the Justice and Development PartyYıldıray Ogur, Journalist writer in the Turkish daily “Taraf”The Justice and Development Party’s Vision for Solving the Kurdish Question in TurkeyCengiz Çandar, Asoc. Professor on The History of Modern Middle EastThe Future Relationship between the Kurds and the Turkish State and Its Impact on the RegionSedat Yurtdas, Lawyer and activist in the Kurdish Question11:00 11:30 Coffee BreakThe Kurdish Question in IranFourthSession11:30 13:00Iran's Kurds: A Historical ReadingHussein Aghapouri, Academic researcher at the University of Auckland, New ZealandThe Kurds Under the Islamic RepublicMuhammad Ali Muhtadi, Academic researcher in IranThe Future Relationship between the Kurds and the Iranian State and Its Impact on the RegionShamal Bashir, Activist in the Kurdish QuestionLoghman Ahmedi, Head of Foreign Relations of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan13:00 15:00 LunchClosingSession15:00 17:00Open Discussion:Towards A New Vision of the Kurdish Question in the MashriqEnd of Seminar