“Undergoing Change – What is Driving Turkey?” This is the motto of the Turkey Week being organized in the Hanseatic City of Bremen by the Bremen University of Applied Sciences and the University of Bremen in cooperation with their mutual partner university in Marmara, Istanbul. Featuring numerous events on cultural, political and economic subjects, the event will take place from 21st to 27th October 2013. The purpose of Turkey Week is to stimulate interest in the partner universities and widen opportunities for students in the two countries via exchange programs and.
Turkey Day at the University of Bremen
The 22nd October is Turkey Day in the University of Bremen. The International Office will be present in the Glass Hall from 11 a.m. till 3 p.m. to answer students’ questions on educational and research stays in Turkey. Representing their Turkish partner universities, a group of ERASMUS students will be on hand to talk about their experiences in a country full of political, cultural, social and societal contrasts. There will be a tea bar, where students will be able to ask questions about what interests them in Turkey in an informal atmosphere. They can inquire about all sorts of things, from university life in Turkey, to the demonstrations and issues surrounding Gezi Park or the truth about some misleading German-Turkish clichés. An exhibition of Turkish caricatures will provide some more light-hearted insights into the country’s political culture, and on a more serious note, there will be a library of classical and contemporary Turkish literature.
Workshop on the impact of citizen action groups in Turkey
On Wednesday 23rd October the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) at the University of Bremen will be holding a workshop in English on “Effects of democratic citizen movements on the transformation of Turkish society”. Dr. Roy Karada? from the University of Bremen, Dilek Kurban, Mercator-IPC Fellow from the Foundation Science and Politics, and Dr. Çi?dem Bozda? from Sabanc? University will debate some aspects of the democratic movement. This will be followed by an open discussion chaired by the University of Bremen’s Vice Rectoress for Intercultural and International Affairs, Prof. Yasemin Karaka?o?lu. Persons wishing to attend should register beforehand. Interested students and scholars can register up to 20th October by contacting Nurten Kurnaz at turkey@uni-bremen.de. Full details of the program are listed under www.tuerkeiwoche.de .
Outlook for 2014
Next year will see an intensification of German-Turkish contacts in Bremen. One aspect of this is the “German-Turkish Year of Research, Education and Innovation 2014 – Science Bridging Nations”, a joint project organized by the Federal German Ministry for Science, Education and Research and the Turkish Ministry for Science, Research and Technology. The University of Bremen will be once again contributing with another Turkey Week.
You can receive more information by contacting:
University of Bremen
Vice Rector for Intercultural and International Affairs
Prof.Dr. Yasemin Karaka?o?lu
Nurten Kurnaz
Phone: 0421 218 60378
email: turkeyprotect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de
www.tuerkeiwoche.de
