INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE EFFECTS OF TURKISH – ARMENIAN RELATIONS ON THE REGIONAL POLICIES
(FROM THE 19TH CENTURY TO PRESENT DAY) 12-14 May 2016 / BİTLİS
An international symposium entitled “the Effects of Turkish – Armenian Relations on the Regional Policies (From the 19th Century to Present Day)” is going to be held on 12-14 May 2016 in Bitlis by Prime Ministry Ataturk Supreme Council for Culture, Language and History – Ataturk Research Center with the collaboration of Bitlis Eren University. Within the framework of the symposium, it is aimed that Turkish – Armenian relations will be analyzed in a historical, political, economic and socio-cultural way and contributions will be made to the neighborly relations between the two countries by addressing the 1915 events with documents.
Armenians, who have dispersedly inhabited the Caucasus, Western Asia and Iran since the ancient times in history, lived side by side and in harmony for centuries with the Turks who made Anatolia their homeland starting from the 10th century.
As a result of the effects of the nationalist movements caused by the French Revolution and the policies of the Western states to share the Ottoman territories, Armenians began to revolt. Armenians who increased the rebellious activities after the outbreak of WWI and collaborated with Russia in Eastern Front were compulsorily sent to regions of the Ottoman Empire which were safer and away from Russian influence with “the Tehcir (Relocation and Resettlement) Law” enacted on 27 May 1915. What transpired during the practice of the Tehcir Law were distorted and exaggerated in the following years and thus caused baseless allegations.
The unfounded allegations and accusations made by Armenia, which brings up the events during WWI, are still used for political purposes by other states against Turkey.
As a consequence of the end of the bipolar system in the rapidly changing world conjuncture, Turkey regards maintaining amicable relations with its neighbors in particular and the other states in the world in general as a priority of its foreign policy so as to have an effective position in the region and the international arena. To this end, Armenia and Turkey, the neighboring countries, signed the “Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations” in 2009.
The relations between the two countries which share the same geographical region politically and economically affect peace and stability in the region. Taking the geographical proximity into account, addressing the relations between the two countries in an academic context to protect peace in the region and to economically strengthen the two states boosts the importance of the symposium to be held.
It is expected that the papers will be based on new research and they will put forward new perspectives, Papers must be original and the abstracts must consist of at least 300 words. Papers must be considered as a piece of ongoing research and they are supposed to be arranged in a way to include the possible findings.
Below are the topics that are planned to be included in the symposium. However, the paper topics are not limited to these. Different topics may also be proposed on condition that one does not digress from the main theme and sticks to the general framework of the symposium.
SYMPOSIUM TOPICS
Turkish – Armenian Relations
1- Historical, Political and Socio-cultural Relations 2- Economic and Commercial Relations
Emergence of the Armenian Issue
Turkic World-Armenian Relations (Historical, Political and Socio-cultural Relations)
The Armenian Issue within the Framework of Turkish – European Relations
The Effects of Armenian-US Relations on Turkish Foreign Policy
Turkish-Armenian Relations in Russian Axis
Turkish-Armenian Comparative Analysis of Administrative Structures (Local Administrations, Country Administration)
Economic, Political, Socio-cultural Changes in Armenians after the Enactment of Relocation and Resettlement Law
Common Values in Turkish-Armenian Cultures
Turkish-Armenian Relations in the Axis of the States of the Same Region (The Middle East, Iran, the Caucasus)
Activities and Effects of the Diaspora in International Politics TERMS OF PARTICIPATION IN THE SYMPOSIUM Abstract Submission and Evaluation
Domestic and foreign academicians as well as researchers who study the relevant subjects are welcome to participate in the symposium. For participation, paper abstracts containing objectives, methods, resources used and possible findings with a minimum of 300 words must be sent as an attached file to [email protected] The deadline is the end of the working time on 25 January 2016. Paper abstracts will be evaluated by the members of the Organizing and Scientific Committees by taking their conformity with symposium topics and scientific conditions as well as the originality of the studies into account. Assessments by the committee members will be in the way of acceptance / correction / rejection. The accepted papers will be announced to the related people and they will be asked to send the full text until 18 March 2016 so that they can be involved in the final program. Official languages of the symposium are Turkish and English.
Papers are supposed to be original and it is required that they have not been presented or printed before and that they are not titles, subtitles or parts of a published book or a thesis even though the thesis has not been published.
Submission of the Full Text
The full texts of the accepted papers must be sent as a Word file in conformity with spelling rules and writing format to [email protected] until 18 March 2016. The papers the full texts of which have been sent will be involved in the symposium program after being examined by Organizing and Scientific Committees in terms of conformity with abstract and scientific terms.
FULL TEXT WRITING FORMAT FOR PAPERS
1. The heading of the study must be written in bold, using capital letters; the text- alignment should be central and the name of the author should be placed just below, to the right. The academic title, institution and e-mail should be given respectively in an unnumbered footnote at the bottom of the page.
2. Following the heading and author name, the Turkish and English summaries/abstracts should be written in size 10pt, each consisting of 300 words.
The English summary should also include the heading in English.
3. The typeface should be Times New Roman, in size 12pt. Tables, footnotes and references should be relayed in size 10pt.
4. The study should be written in M. Word program, blocked according to an A4 paper size. Margins should consist of 2,5cm while the header and footer should be 1,25cm.
5. There must be spacing between paragraphs. The indent: 0 cm, 6pt space-before:
6pt space-after, using single line spacing.
6. Concerning references, the surname of the author, date of publication and page number should be given in this order in brackets as in the following example:
(Çaycı, 2002:520). If referenced in a footnote, however, it should be expressed in a sequence following the name and surname of the author, the book title (in bold, articles expressed in quotation marks and italic), the publishing house, place and date of publication and page number. The sources used should be presented as in the format of footnotes, in alphabetical order according to surname at the end of the article.
7. Tables and graphics need to be individually numbered, giving their resources directly beneath the table or graphic in size 10pt.
8. Original documents, pictures (photos, images, etc.), maps which are not directly relevant to the study should not be presented within the article body but should be numbered and attached at the end of it. High-resolution images should be saved on a CD and submitted separately.
9. The paper is to be from 8 up to a maximum of 16 pages.
CONTACT INFORMATION Presidency of Ataturk Research Center
Ziyabey Cad. No: 19
06520/ Balgat - ANKARA- TURKEY Tel: +90 312 2856551
Fax : +90 312 2855527
E-posta: [email protected] Web : www.atam.gov.tr
ORGANIZING INSTITUTIONS
Higher Istitution of Ataturk Culture, Language and History, Atatürk Research Center Bitlis Eren University
BOARDS OF THE SYMPOSIUM HONORARY COMMİTTEE Prof.Dr.Derya ÖRS
Prof.Dr.Mahmut DOĞRU Prof.Dr.Mehmet Ali BEYHAN ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ali BEYHAN Nihat BÜYÜKBAŞ
Prof. Dr. Halil BAL
Prof. Dr. Mustafa Sıtkı BİLGİN Prof. Dr. Çağrı ERHAN
Prof. Dr. Asem NAUŞABAYEVA HEKİMOĞLU
Prof. Dr. İbrahim KAVAZ Prof. Dr. Selami KILIÇ Prof. Dr. Ömer TURAN
Prof. Dr. Selma YEL
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Nur BUYRUK AKBABA
Asst. Prof. Dr. Gül GÜN
Asst. Prof. Dr. Vecihi Sefa Fuat HEKİMOĞLU
Asst. Prof. Dr. Esra KÜRÜM Asst. Prof. Dr. Serap TOPRAK Hüseyin TOSUN
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ali BEYHAN Nihat BÜYÜKBAŞ,
Prof. Dr. Halil BAL,
Prof. Dr. Mustafa Sıtkı BİLGİN Prof. Dr. İsmail COŞKUN, Prof. Dr. Çağrı ERHAN Prof. Dr. Abdullah İLGAZİ, Prof. Dr. Gülnihal BOZKURT Prof. Dr. Ayşegül SEVER Prof. Dr. Bilal ERYILMAZ Prof. Dr. Haluk SELVİ Prof. Dr. Haydar ÇAKMAK Prof. Dr. İbrahim Ethem ATNUR Prof. Dr. Köşim YESMAGAMBETOV Prof. Dr. Solmaz RUSTEMOVA Prof. Dr. Boris JAPAROV Prof. Dr. Dorhan KIDIRALİ Prof. Dr. Mustafa YILMAZ, Prof. Dr. Azmi SÜSLÜ Prof. Dr. Erdal AÇIKSES Prof. Dr. Selami KILIÇ, Prof. Dr. Neşe ÖZDEN
Prof. Dr. Hamit PEHLİVANLI
Prof. Dr. Adnan SOFUOĞLU, Prof. Dr. Necati Fahri TAŞ, Prof. Dr. Mehmet TEMEL Prof. Dr. Mustafa TURAN, Prof. Dr. Ömer TURAN, Prof. Dr. Ömer Osman UMAR Prof. Dr. Selma YEL,
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kemal ÇELİK, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Uğur ÜNAL
SECRETARIAT Ramazan ÇART
Research Asst. Yasemin HAYTA Research Asst. Veysel ERAT
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE EFFECTS OF TURKISH – ARMENIAN RELATIONS ON THE REGIONAL POLICIES
(FROM THE 19TH CENTURY TO PRESENT DAY) 12-14 May 2016 / BİTLİS
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Presidency of Ataturk Research Center Ziyabey Caddesi No:19
06520 Balgat / ANKARA/TÜRKİYE
TELEFON/ PHONE : + 90 312 2856551
BELGEGEÇER/FAX : + 90 312 2855527
E-POSTA/E-MAIL : [email protected] www.atam.gov.tr
SYMPOSIUM CALENDAR
Announcement of the symposium invitation November 2015
Deadline for submitting paper abstracts 25 January 2016
Notification of the accepted abstracts Within 10 Days
Deadline for submitting full texts of paper abstracts 18 March 2016 Announcement of the final program of the symposium 03 April 2016
Symposium 12-14 May 2016
Publication of the presented papers June-December 2016
