Description:
The struggle to balance worldly desires and demands against the promises and hopes of life in the afterworld, defines the essence of secularism in modern day Turkey. Turkey claims to be the only secular country in the Eurasia region with a 99 percent Muslim majority. What are the benefits, costs and risks associated with the Turkish way of secularism? How does the Turkish formula effect gender issues, politics, state-civil society relations and economy? Can Turkey offer an alternative answer for a secular system with a tolerant society for the rest of the world?
Speaker(s):
Prof. Yesim Arat, Political Science Department, Bogazici University
Gen. Cevik Bir, (Retd), Former General of the Turkish Armed Forces
Prof. Faruk Birtek, Sociology Department, Bogazici University
Kenan Cayir, Ph.D., researcher, Department of Sociology, Bilgi University
Prof. Ahmet Evin, Sabanci University Istanbul Policy Center
Prof. Mustafa Fayda, dean, Religious Studies Deparment, Marmara University
Prof. Nilufer Gole, Sociology at Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Paris
Prof. Fuat Keyman, Department of International Relations, Koc University
Prof. Binnaz Toprak, Political Science Department, Bogazici University
Asst. Prof. Hakan Yavuz, Department of Political Science, Utah University
Asst. Prof. Jenny White, Department of Anthropology, Boston University
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