A conference was organised in Berlin on June15th 2007 on Turkey’s Neighbourhood and European Security- A Turkish-German Dialogue conjointly by the The Turkish Foreign Policy Institute (FPI) and The German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).
Following opening remarks by Prof. Dr. Eberhard Sandschneider, DGAP and Seyfi Taţhan, President, FPI, the following questions were discussed in 3 panels.
- Regional Security in Turkey’s Neighbourhood
- South East Europe. Energy Security
- Turkey and the EU
Also a Public Session was held to discuss Turkey’s political and economic outlook.
In the First Panel, the policy of Turkey with regard to the Balkans, Caucasia, Cyprus, Greece and Iraq were explained by the Turkish participants.
In the Second Panel, the convergence between the energy policies of Turkey and EU was discussed.
The Third Panel dealt with the Turkish negotiations with EU.
In the Public Session, the Turkish participants gave detailed information on the political outlook and the economic development in Turkey.
