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EU Accession Negotiations With Turkey: Journey To An Unknown Destination?

Organisers: Zerrin Torun and Jim Rollo, University of Sussex

Date: 30 June 2006

Venue: Falmer, Brighton, Sussex, UK

The workshop, has as its main objective to examine the domestic opposition to EU membership in the EU member states and in Turkey against the background of EU enlargement policy and the situation in other current and potential candidate countries.

 
 PROGRAMME
 
10.00 Coffee and Welcome to the Workshop
Prof. Paul Taggart, Sussex European Institute
 
10.30-11.30 EU Enlargements: Where are we now ?
Prof. Jim Rollo, Sussex European Institute
 
11.30-12.30 The international relations of Turkish EU accession: the Balkans, the Middle East and Central Asia
Dr. Bulent Gokay, School of Politics, Department of International Relations and Philosophy, Keele University
Discussant: Dr. Adrian Treacher, Sussex European Institute
 
12.30-13.30 Lunch
 
13.30-15.00  Round Table on the Domestic Politics of the Member States and Turkish Accession to the EU
 
Ms. Sally Marthaler, PhD Candidate, Sussex European Institute (France and the Netherlands)
Dr. Charles Lees, University of Sheffield (Germany)
Prof. Aleks Szczerbiak, Sussex European Institute (Poland)
Dr. Sue Collard, Sussex European Institute (France)
 
15.00-15.15 Coffee Break
 
15.15-16.15 Greece, Cyprus and Turkey in the EU Context
Dr. James Ker-Lindsay, European Research Centre, Kingston University London
Discussant: Dr. Basak Kale, University of Oxford and METU, Turkey
 
16.15-17.15 Challenges in Turkish Accession to the EU: A Turkish Perspective
Prof. Atila Eralp, Centre for European Studies, METU, Turkey
Discussant: Dr. Julian Saurin, Department of International Relations, University of Sussex
 
17.15 Closing Session: Overview
Ms. Sobrina Edwards, PhD Candidate, University of Sussex
Ms. Zerrin Torun, PhD Candidate, University of Sussex and METU, Turkey

Contact: Zerrin Torun (z.torun@sussex.ac.uk)

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