Second Turkish Studies Symposium
March 8, 2006

TURKEY AND EUROPE

1 – 5 p.m.
Room 210, Illini Union
1401 W. Green St, Urbana, IL

The Myths of Turkish Influence in the European Union
Robert Pahre and Burcu Ucaray
Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Political Islam in Turkey: Changing Attitudes towards Democracy and the EU
Binnaz Toprak
Department of Political Science and International Relations, Bogazici University

West by Way of East: Strange History of Turkey's Relationship with Europe
Resat Kasaba
Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington

Reluctant Revolutionaries? The JDP and Turkey's response to the EU's Copenhagen Criteria
Sultan Tepe
Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago

Sponsored by the Program in South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center and the European Union Center with the generous support of the Institute of Turkish Studies, Washington D.C.