B.I.O. COOPERATION WITH TURKEY

Conferences, projects and special events in cooperation with in Turkey 



 

 

 

2010

B.I.O. President invited as a keynote speaker at the 13th Eurasian Economic Summit organised by the Marmara Foundation with the presence of numerous heads of states, religious leaders and businessmen, Istanbul, Turkey B.I.O. - Turkey cooperation (needs to be added in gen. progress)

B.I.O. President invited to speak at the opening session of the “New Perspectives of Eco-Technology and Eco- Economy” conference, organised by the Yildiz Technical University B.I.O. - Turkey cooperation (needs to be added in gen. progress)


 
2009

Cooperation with Turkey through a series of education e-learning modules on biopolicy and sustainable development. B.I.O. - Turkey cooperation (needs to be added in gen. progress)


Turkish event with the presence of Amb. Oguz Celikkol, and Professor Rusen Keles at a symposium on “Economic and Environmental Crises, An Opportunity to Build a Green Society”, Office of the European Parliament in Greece, Athens Press Release, Programme, Photos , B.I.O. - Turkey cooperation (needs to be added in gen. progress)

 


B.I.O. President was a keynote speaker on “Biopolicy – Building a Green Society, Economic and Environmental Challenges” at the 12th Eurasian Economic Summit organised by the Marmara Foundation with the presence of numerous heads of states, religious leaders and businessmen, Istanbul, Turkey B.I.O. - Turkey cooperation (needs to be added in gen. progress)

Attendance at a Turkish meeting together with partners from Ankara in view of the “Educational program for the Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development and Reduction of Poverty” program, Ankara, Turkey B.I.O. - Turkey cooperation (needs to be added in gen. progress)

B.I.O. President was a speaker at the Balkan Political Club meeting with the presence of former heads of states and businessmen from Balkan countries, Istanbul, Turkey. President's Speech B.I.O. - Turkey cooperation (needs to be added in gen. progress)

B.I.O. President was a speaker at the Balkan Political Club meeting with the presence of former heads of states and businessmen from Balkan countries, Istanbul, Turkey. President's Speech B.I.O. - Turkey cooperation (needs to be added in gen. progress)\

Opening speaker at the World Society for Ekistics conference on “Biopolis and Climate Change Mitigation – The Building of Green Cities”, Antalya, Turkey. President's Abstract, Programme, B.I.O. - Turkey cooperation (needs to be added in gen. progress)

Speaker at the Ecocity World Summit 2009, Istanbul, Turkey. Programme, President's Abstract, Speakers, B.I.O. - Turkey cooperation (needs to be added in gen. progress)

International Programmes: I need this info from George

Publications: Book and CD about Turkey

 

 
2008

Participation and greeting at a distinguished event for the presentation of a 6-volume Festschrift in honour of Professor Rusen Keles, illustrious scholar and eminent B.I.O. Trustee, Ankara, Turkey. Contribution by Professor Agni Vlavianos Arvanitis En, Contribution by Professor Agni Vlavianos Arvanitis Tr

Study about Turkey

 
2006
Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis, “Biopolitics – the Bio-Environment: The New Ethics for Survival.” Concluding chapter in a collection of works in honour of Professor Yaman Ors, published by the Turkish Society of Bioethics.

2005

B.I.O. International Symposium on “Hellenic-Turkish Cooperation in Biopolitics” held in Athens under the auspices of the Turkish Ambassador to Greece, Mr. Tahsin Burcuoglu. Participants include: Professor Rusen Keles of Ankara University and B.I.O. Trustee, Dr. Yusuf Erbay, Governor of Yalova, Dr. Kadir Kocdemir, Governor of Elazig, Professor Yilmaz Buyukersen, Mayor of the Municipality of Eskisehir, Dr. Meltem Yilmaz, Architecture & Environmental Design, Hacettepe University, Professor Hunay Evliya, Dean of Environmental Research, Cukurova University, Professor Gulsun Saglamer, f. Rector, Istanbul Technical University, Professor Berna Alpagut, Ankara University, and Professor Cemal Yukselen, Vice Rector, Mustafa Kemal University.Highlights en, Highlights gr, (photos need correcting) Programme en, Programme gr Press Release gr , Press Release en

Cooperation in the B.I.O. e-learning programme "Biopolicy - Education to Enrich Sustainability.

"Link to : file:///D:/Turkey/BIO_in_Turkey/YDAS_2005/Educational%20Material/index.htm

B.I.O. International Symposium on “Hellenic-Turkish Cooperation in Biopolitics” held in Ankara. Participants include: Dr. Rusen Keles, Ankara University and B.I.O.Trustee; Ambassador Yigit Alpogan, General Secretary, National Security Council (MGK); Dr.Yusuf Erbay, Governer of Yalova; Kadir Kocdemir,Governer of Elazig; Professor Yilmaz Buyukersen, Mayor of Municipality of Eskisehir; Professor Gulsun Saglamer, Istanbul Technical University; Professor Umit Erdem, Director of Enviromental Studies of Ege University; Professor Hunay Evliya, Dean of Enviromental Research,Cukurova University; Professor Cemal Yukselen, Vice-Rector, Mustafa Kemal University; Dr.Ediz Hun, Istanbu; Osman Duran, MGK; Arda Gokmen, MGK; Professor Muzaffer Eryilmaz, Mayor of Cankaya Municipality; Professor Can Hamamci, Director of Social Sciences Institute of Ankara University; Dr. Nevin Akpinar, Director of theEnviromental Research Centre of Ankara University; Dr.Nurettin Simsek, Director of the Distance-Learning Centre of Ankara University; Professor Coskun Ozgunel,Classical Archaeology Department, Ankara University; Professor Ozer Ergenc, History Department, Ankara University; Professor Rezzan Kiziltan,Ankara University; Professor Koray Haktanir, Agriculture Faculty of Ankara University; Professor Dr.Selahiddin Ogulmus, Education Faculty, Ankara University; Professor Cevat Geray, Ankara University; Professor Necdet Serin, Ankara University; Dr. Nesrin Algan, Political Sciences Faculty of Ankara University; Dr.Mehmet Tuncer, Gazi University; Dr.Nesrin Cobanoglu, Gazi University; Dr. Erol Demir, Ankara University; Dr. Hakan Yigitbasioglu, Ankara University; Dr. Ergin Duygu, Ankara University; Dr. Halil Akdeniz, Ankara; Dr.Aykut Coban, Political Sciences Faculty of Ankara University; Dr. Bulent Duru, Political Sciences Faculty of Ankara University; Banu Aygun, Research Asistant of Social Ecology Department; Professor Berna Alpagut, Ankara University; Professor Aysegul Kaplan Mengi, Ankara University; and Dr. Meltem Yilmaz, Hacettepe University.Programme

• BioNews: BioNews no. 41 , January 2005, p. 8-10, BioNews no. 42, April- June 2005, p. 12-14, Bionews no. 43, July – September 2005, p. 3


2004
B.I.O. International Symposium on “Hellenic-Turkish Cooperation in Biopolitics – On the Road to European Union Ideals” held under the auspices of H.E. Yigit Alpogan, Ambassador of Turkey to Greece. The Symposium was held in Athens with the participation of the Governors of Edirne and Sivas, the Mayor of Antakya, and other civic leaders, business professionals and academics from Turkey and Greece. Programme (ask Natali) , Photos (We need to make a selection of photos from Turkush CD) Press Release EN, Press Release GR (From Turkish CD – ask Natali) Click for details

B.I.O. sends two students to participate in the workshop "The Family Concept in Modern City Life," part of the Student Exchange programme hosted by Fatih University, Istanbul.

• Media: Eurohorizon p.1 (from Turkish CD, ask Natali)

BioNews: BioNews no. 38, April 2004, p. 12- 15 , BioNews no. 39, July 2004, p. 12- 15


2003
Paper authored by B.I.O. President is published in the proceedings from the OECD workshop on “Innovative soil plant systems for sustainable agricultural systems” held in Izmir.
Yigit Alpogan, Ambassador of Turkey to Greece, participates as member of the Honorary Committee for the Bios Prize awarded to Dr. Ruud Lubbers, High Commissioner of the UNHCR. BioNews no. 34, April 2003, p 8-11

2001
The B.I.O. President meets with the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly in Paris, under the chairmanship of the Hon. Cevdet Akcali. Mr. Akcali subsequently participates in a B.I.O. international conference themed “ Bio-Environment and Quality of Life” held on the island of Rhodes, Greece.
Presentation and participation by The Honorable Cevdet Akcali, f. Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Agriculture, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in the B.I.O. conference on “Biopolitics: A Vision for the Millenium, Health, Environment and Culture.”
Participation by Professor Hunay Evliya, Director of Environmental Studies, Cukurova University, in the B.I.O. dissemination meeting for the Bios and Environmental Transnational Network of the European Union’s Leonardo Da Vinci Community Vocational Training Action Programme.

1999
At the invitation of Professor Erdal Ozhan, Head of the Medcoast Programme, B.I.O. President participates as keynote speaker, along with the Governor of Hyogo, the Governor of Antalya, the Mayor of Antalya, in the Opening Session of the Medcoast Conference, held in Antalya.
Professor Rusen Keles, Director of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University, participates in the Bios Prize award ceremony in honour of Mstislav Rostropovich, Kitty Kyriacopoulos, Anton Rupert, and Jakob von Uexkull, held in St. Petersburg.

1998

Dr. Geoff. S. Bowe, Instructor, Faculty of Humanities and Letters, Bilkent University, Ankara, and Professor Rusen Keles, Director of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University, participate in the Eighth B.I.O. International Conference on "Biopolitics: The Bio-Environment: The Budapest Sessions" and contribute to the volume of proceedings.


1997
The B.I.O. President attends, as guest speaker, the conference on “Biopolitics – an interdisciplinary approach,” hosted by Professor Rusen Keles, B.I.O. Trustee, and Rector Gunal Akbay, at Ankara University. Participants include several distinguished professors and academics from the University of Ankara, Bogazici University, Cukurova University and other institutions. Click for details

Professor Rusen Keles, Director, Centre for Environmental Studies, Ankara University, participates in the Seventh B.I.O. International Conference on "Danube River Bonds: Bio-Environment - Bio-Culture" and contributes to the volume of proceedings.


1996
The B.I.O. President participates as main speaker in the International Conference organised by Bogazici University Center for International Studies and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Permanent International Secretariat, held in Istanbul.

At the invitation of Rector Gulsun Saglamer, the B.I.O. President delivers lectures at Istanbul Technical University and Marmara University.


1995
A Biopolitics international conference themed “Biopolitics Education in the Year 2000,” convened at Cukurova University in Adana, on 17-20 May 1995. Participants included distinguished leaders and scholars from Turkey, Hungary, Sweden, Russia, the UK, Poland, and Greece. Click for details

Professor Rusen Keles, Director of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University, participates in the International B.I.O. Conference on "Environmentally-Compatible Business Strategy" and contributes to the volume of proceedings.

International B.I.O. Conference on "Biopolitics Education in the Year 2000" held in Adana. Organisers and participants included: Professor Hunay Evliya, Director, Centre for Environmental Research, Cukurova University; Professor Rusen Keles, Director of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University; Professor Yusuf Unlu, Deputy Rector, Cukurova University; Mr. Aytac Durak, Mayor or Adana; Mr. Naci Parmaksiz, Governor of Adana; Mr. Taskin Tuna, Ministry of Environment; Professor Halet Cambel, Archaeologist, Karatepe-Aslantaw Museum; Professor Nur Sozen, Head, Department of Landscape Architecture, Ankara University; Ms Nilgun Gurer, Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University; Professor Cevat Geray and Mr. Mehmet Tuncer, Faculty of Architecture and Engineering, University of Ankara; Professor Yaman Ors, Unit of Medical Ethics, Medical School of Ankara; Dr. Fred Ernst, Department of Soil Science, Cukurova University; Professor Berna Alpagut, Director, Institute for Social Sciences, Ankara University; Professor Meral Kence, Middles East Technical University; Professor Erdogan Gultekin, Cukurova University; Orhan Karakullukcu, Industrialist, Former Mayor of Trabzon; and Professor Mahir Fusunoglu, Cukurova University.


1994

Professor Hunay Evliya, Director, Centre for Environmental Research, Çukurova University; Professor Rusen Keles, Director of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University; Dr. Meral Kence, Department of Biology, Middle East Technical University; Professor Yaman Ors, Unit of Medical Ethics, Medical Faculty, Ankara University; Professor Ali Ozbilen, Vice Dean, Department of Landscape Architecture, KTU Faculty of Forestry; Professor Nur Sozen, Department of Landscape Architecture, Ankara University; and Professor Ayse Gulgun Tuna, Department of International Relations, Bilkent University, participate in the International Sakharov Festival and contribute to the volume of proceedings.


1993
The B.I.O. President and B.I.O. Trustee, Professor Rusen Keles, are honoured with the first Communication Abdi Ipekci Peace and Friendship Prize, for their contribution to international understanding and cooperation in environmental protection, at an official ceremony held in Istanbul, in the presence of members of the Turkish government and leading personalities from Greece and Turkey.

1992

The Fifth B.I.O. International Conference is held in Istanbul in and attended by eminent leaders and academics from many countries.Turkish participation included: Dogoancan Akyurek, Minister of Environment; Abdulkadir Ates, Minister of Tourism; Professor Adnan Aydin, Director of Environmental Research Center, Marmara University; Mehmet Arif Demirer, Industrialist; Professor Veysel Erogolu, Technical University of Istanbul; Demet Erol, Architect and Urban Planner, Gazi University; His Excellency Ambassador Kai Falkman, Consul General of Sweden in Istanbul; Professor Cevat Geray, Director, Ernst Reuter Center for Urban Studies, Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University; Professor Rusen Keles, Director, Center for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University; Professor Aykut Kence, Department of Biology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara; Professor Meral Kence, Middle East Technical University, Ankara; Hayri KozakAiogolu, Governor of Istanbul; Professor Yaman Ors, Medical School, Ankara University; Professor Ahmet Samsunlu, Technical University of Istanbul; Professor Necdet Serin, President, Ankara University; Ismet Sezgin, Minister of Interior; Professor Nur Sozen, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University; Professor Nurettin Sozen, Mayor of Istanbul; and Mehmet Tuncer, Architect and Urban Planner, Gazi University. Click for details


1991

Gunduz Aktan, Ambassador of Turkey to Greece; Professor Zafer Ertirk, Dean, Technical University of Karadeniz; Professor Hunay Evliya, Cukorova University; Orhan Karakullukcu, Mechanical Engineer and Industrialist, Former Mayor of Trabzon; His Eminence the Metropolitan of Philadelphia Dr. Meliton Karas, Ecumenical Patriarchate; Professor Rusen Keles, Faculty of Political Sciences, Director, Center for Environmental Studies, Ankara University; Professor Aykut Kence, Chairman, Department of Biology, Middle East Technical University; Professor Yaman Ors, M.D., Medical Faculty, Ankara University; Professor Ahmet Samsunlu, Istanbul Technical University; and Professor Necdet Serin, President, University of Ankara, participate in the Fourth B.I.O. International Conference on the "International University for the Bio­Environment" and contribute to the volume of proceedings.


1990

B.I.O. hosts Hellenic-Turkish Symposium on “The Bio-Environment and International Cooperation” held in Athens under the auspices of Ambassador Guntaz Aktan and the Mayor of Athens. Participants included: His Excellency, The Ambassador of Turkey, Mr Gunduz Aktan; The Honourable Former Mayor of Trabzon, Mr. Orhan Karakullukcu; Professor Ahmet Samsunlu, Technical University of Instanbul; Professor Zafer Erturk, Dean, Karadeniz Technical University; Professor Necdet Serin, Rector, University of Ankara; and Professor Rusen Keles, Director, Center of Urban Studies, University of Ankara. Click for details

The University of Ankara adds biopolitics to the curriculum of the Graduate School of Political Sciences.

1989
B.I.O. Symposium on “Biopolitics – Bio-Environment” is organised in Trabzon under the auspices of the Mayor of Trabzon, Orhan Karakullukcu.
The B.I.O. President guest lectures at the University of Trabzon and Istanbul Technical University.
Presentation and participation by Professor Rusen Keles, Director, Center of Urban Studies, University of Ankara and the Very Reverend Meliton Karas, secretary of the Holy Synod Ecumenical Patriarchate, in the Third B.I.O. International Conference on “Proposals for a Biocentric Curriculum” held in Athens.

1988

Participation by Professor Rusen Keles, Director of the Centre for Urban Studies at the Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University, and President of the UNA Turkey; and Professor Dr. Ahmet Samsunlu of the Istanbul Technical University, in the Second B.I.O. International Conference on "Bios in the Next Millennium," including contributions to the volume of proceedings.
Proceedings: BIOPOLITICS - THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT - VOLUME II
BioNews: BioNews no. 6, April 1996, p. 5 , BioNews no. 7a, July 1996, p. 5


1987

Professor Rusen Keles, Director of the Centre for Urban Studies, Political Sciences, Ankara University, and President of UNA Turkey, participates in the First B.I.O. International Conference on "Biopolitics and International Cooperation" and contributes to the volume of proceedings.
Publications: BIOPOLITICS - THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT - VOLUME I
BioNews: BioNews Vol 1, No. 1, November 1987 , BioNews no. 6, April 1996, p. 4 , BioNews no. 7a, July 1996, p. 4