-- Newsletter -July ’09
Dear members and friends, Our panel discussion New poverty in Berlin and Istanbul. Snapshots of Urban Reality which has been taken place on 18 June 2009 at Humboldt University Berlin was a great success. Many thanks to the audience and our partners HeinrichBöll-Foundation and the German Turkish Masters Program in Social Sciences (GeTMA). Furthermore, we would like to thank our speakers Dr. Hartmut Häußermann (HU Berlin), Dr. Helga Rittersberger-Tılıç (METU) and Sarina Strumpen (Gerontologist) for their contributions and Tarik Ahmia (taz) for moderating the event. The panel has been organized by our members Karin Kutter and Alexander Balistreri. Many thanks to you for your efforts Karin und Alex! Here are some pictures of the event:
„New Poverty in Berlin and Istanbul“
Helga Rittersberger-Tılıç (l.)
Dr. Hartmut Häußermann (r.)
Dr. Hartmut Häußermann
Tarik Ahmia
Sarina Strumpen
The audience
Karin Kutter after the event
Alexander Balistreri (l.) and our member Matthias Bär
-- Newsletter -Furthermore, we would like to highlight the petition of the Turkish Atlas journal aiming at stopping the construction of the Ilisu-Dam project and the announcement of Hasankeyfs and the Tigris Valley as a UNESCO Cultural and Natural World Heritage Site. You will find the link to the petition on our webpage. We wish all our members and friends a nice summer! With warm regards, Daniel Grütjen
New Members
Johannes Wanner
Jan-Hinrich Wagner
Kerstin Laabs
Events 15 - 31 July 2009 Istanbul Bilgi University's Summerschool on "Managing Diversity: Turkey and the EU". 15 July - 2 August 2009 Istanbul Bilgi University's Summerschool on "The Relations between the EU and Turkey". 14 - 25 August 2009 The international Culturefestival "Anamur - Mon Amour" takes place in Anamur. 4 September 2009 Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation organizes the discussion "Anatolische Tiger - Grünes Kapital? Kapitalismus auf Türkisch" in Berlin. 10 - 12 September 2009 Goethe-Institut and Yildiz Technical University organize the Conference "Germany and Turkey in Interaction. Historical and Crosscultural Perspectives on Religious Identities and Institutions" in Istanbul.
-- Newsletter -29 September - 9 October 2009 The postgraduate reserach seminar "The Role of Civil Societies in the rpocess of rapprochment and reconciliation (FranceGermany, Greece-Turkey)" takes place in Athens. 6 - 9 October 2009 The conference "Zivilgesellschaft(en) in Berlin und Istanbul" takes place in Berlin. 14 - 15 October 2009 Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation organizes the conference "Senioren und Alterspolitik in Deutschland und der Türkei" in Ankara. 4 - 5 December 2009 The conference StadtGegensätze" takes place in Berlin. "Istanbul 2010: Stadt(t)räume -
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