Symposium
“Turkish – Greek Compulsory Population Exchange in its 90th year: New Approaches, New Findings”
November 16-17 2013, Koç University, İstanbul
First Day
09:00 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 10:00 Welcoming Speeches
Şener Aktürk (Koç University)
Ümit İşler (Foundation of Lausanne Treaty Emigrants)
10:00 - 11:00 Opening session
Renee Hirschon (University of Oxford)
Paschalis M. Kitromilides (Centre for Asia Minor Studies)
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:15 First session: Historical Context/ Reasons and Motivations of Compulsory Population Exchange
Moderator: Yonca Köksal (Koç University)
Speakers:
Şener Aktürk (Koç University)- Evangelos Liaras (Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales)
Fuat Dündar (Freie University Berlin)
Harris Mylonas (George Washington University)
Dimitris Kamouzis (Centre for Asia Minor Studies)
13:15 - 14:15 Lunch Break
14:15 - 16:00 Second Session: Political Consequences of Compulsory Population Exchange
Moderator: Şener Aktürk (Koç University).
Speakers:
Yaprak Gürsoy (Bilgi University)
Lambros Baltsiotis (Research Center for Minority Groups)
Fotini Tsibiridou (Research Center for Minority Groups)
Giorgos Mavrommatis (University of Thrace)
16:00 - 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 - 17:45 Third session: Economic and Social Outcomes of Compulsory Population Exchange
Moderator: Onur Yıldırım (Middle East Technical University)
Speakers:
Caroline E. Arnold (Brooklyn College) - Nikolaos Biziouras (U.S. Naval Academy)
Ümit Kurt (Clark University)
George Mavrogordatos
Second Day
09:00 - 11:00 Fourth Session: City and Architecture
Moderator: Zeynep Ahunbay
Speakers:
Nikolaos Lianos (Democritus University Of Thrace)
Yegan Kahya (ICOMOS Turkiye)
Emiliano Bugatti (Yeditepe University)
Zeynep Eres (Istanbul Technical University)
Sacit Pekak (Hacettepe University).
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:15 Fifth Session: Cultural and Social Heritage
Moderator: Filiz Yenişehirlioğlu (Başkent University)
Speakers:
A. Nükhet Adıyeke
Aslı Çomu (Çukurova University)
Stavros Anestidis (Centre for Asia Minor Studies)
Renk Özdemir (Hacettepe University)
Konstantinos Kousaxidis (Research Center for Minority Groups).
13:15 - 14:15 Lunch Break
14:15 - 16:00 Closing Session: Round Table Evaluation Meeting 1
Elçin Macar (Yıldız Technical University)
Onur Yıldırım (Middle East Technical University)
Filiz Yenişehirlioğlu (Başkent University)
Zeynep Ahunbay (İstanbul Technical University)
Konstantinos Tsitselikis (University of Macedonia)
16:00 - 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 - 17:30 Closing Session: Round Table Evaluation Meeting 2
Şener Aktürk (Koç University)
Sefer Güvenç (Foundation of Lausanne Treaty Emigrants)