Uluslararasi Islam, Sivil Toplum, Piyasa Ekonomisi Sempozyumu             

Symposium On Islam, Civil Society And Market Economy

May 18-19, 1998 İstanbul

May 18, Monday

Opening Remarks          

• John Sullivan-CIPE
• Wilhelm Hummen-FNF
• Atilla Yayla-LDT

I. Session:                        

• Islam And Foundations Of Market Economy

Chairman: Nazif Gündoğan, Istanbul University

Speakers: 

• Imad Ad Dean Ahmad, Minaret Of Freedom Inst., USA
• Mehmet Kasım Özgen, ALT
• Teshin Sınav, Yeni Şafak Newspaper
• Discussion         

Keynote Speaker: Taha Akyol, Columnist, Milliyet Daily Newspaper

• Muslim Culture, Market Ekonomy And Enterpreneurship

II. Session:                       

• Fiscal Problems, Markets And Islam

Chairman: Asaf Savaş Akat, Rector, Istanbul Bilgi University

Speakers:                                      

• Ömer Torlak, Kırıkkale University
• Adnan Büyükdeniz, Al-Baraka Türk
• Ömer Demir, Kırıkkale University
• Discussion

III. Session:                    

• Economic Problems İn Islamic Countries: A Businessmen Perspectiv

Chairman: Kürşat Aydoğan, Dean, Business Faculty, Bilkent University

Speakers:                         

• Veli Korkmaz, Deputy President, Yimpaş Group Of Companies
• Serdar Aktan, Deputy Director, Turkish-Arab Bank
• Discussion         

May 19, Tuesday

IV. Session:                    

• Religions And Civil Societ

Chairman: Norman Stone, Director, Int. Relations Dept., Bilkent University

Speakers:                        

• Chandran Kukathas, National Academy, Australia
• Detmar Doering, Liberal Institute, Germany
• Norman Barry, Buckingham University, England
• Discussion         

V. Session:                     

• Islam, Politics And Democracy

Chairman: Mehmet Aydın, Dean, Divinity Faculty, Ege University

Speakers:                        

• Omer Al-Taleb, USA
• Ömer Çaha, Kırıkkale University
• Tayfun Atay, Hacettepe University
• Yunus Apaydın, Erciyes University
• Discussion

Keynote Speaker: Atilla Yayla, Association For Liberal Thinking

• Liberal Democracy: A Framework For Peaceful Co-Existence for    All Groups of the Turkish Society

VI. Session:                   

• An Evaluation on Welfare Party’s Political and Economic Programme and Its Practice

Chairman: Ali Yaşar Sarıbay, Deputy Rector, Uludağ University

 Speakers:                        

• Cüneyt Ülsever, ALT
• Levent Korkut, Hacettepe University
• Bülent Arınç, MP, Fazilet Party
• Discussion

VII. Session:                  

• Political System Problems in the Islamic World

Chairman: Ahmet Arslan, Department of Philosophy, Ege University

Speakers: 

• Mujeeb Khan, Int. Issues Coordinatır, Muslim Voters of America
• Davut Dursun, Sakarya University
• Soli Özel, Bilgi University
• Discussion         

Closing Remarks          

• Keith Miceli-CIPE
• Wilhelm Hummen-FNF
• Atilla Yayla-ALT