GRF Young Scholars & Young Scholars Abroad Seminars
First Part of the 2016 Term

The first part of the 2016 term of GRF Young Scholars Seminars, the program for Turkish undergraduate students from the prominent universities of Turkey and the world, took place on May 27-29, 2016 at the Robert College. During the sessions led by GRF Vice-Chairman and President Memduh Karakullukçu, the discussions were based on the articles written by leading academics and intellectuals of the world, and were held with the active as well as sustained participation of the students.

During the remaining sessions, GRF Members Ambassador (R) Özdem Sanberk, Global Civics Academy President Hakan Altınay  and International Relations Professor Sabri Sayarı gave presentations and shared their assessments on “EU’s Multiple Crisis: the Supranationality Utopia and Turkey,” “Choices and Options Imposed by Global Interdependence,” and “Turkey-US Relations,” respectively.

Participants: Yasemin Akçagüner (Columbia University), Lütfullah Bingöl (Boğaziçi University), Cengiz Cemaloğlu (Harvard University), Kadir Yavuz Emiroğlu (Bilkent University), Yunus Emre Erdölen (Galatasaray University), Hande Güven (Tufts University), Meltem Ece Oba (Koç University), Mert Özlütıraş (Koç University), Sera Pekel (Duke University), Tunç Semih Savaş (Koç University), Betül Gizem Sevil (Columbia University), Metincan Suran (Yale University), Elif Sema Şanal (Galatasaray University).