PACIFICA INSTITUTE LECTURES TO FOCUS ON LEGACY OF ARMENIANS IN OTTOMAN EMPIRE
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 4, 2011 – 11:00 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – The Pacifica Institute announced that Turkish-Israeli
relations and other important issues facing Turkey today will be
among a series of lectures at the Third Anatolian Cultures and Food
Festival on October 6-9, 2011 at the Orange County Fairgrounds in
Costa Mesa, CA.
Other topics are the legacy of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire,
Islam in Turkey, Turkey and the Arab Spring, Jewish-Muslim history,
and the significance of the Turkish religious leader, Fethullah Gulen.
They will be presented by journalists and academics from Turkey and
the U.S.
Some of the lectures are as follows:
“Islam in Turkey: An Exceptional Story” and “Islam Without Extremes:
A Muslim Case for Liberty”by Mustafa Akyol, columnist for the Turkish
newspapers, Hurriyet Daily News and Star. Akyol’s articles have also
appeared in Foreign Affairs, Newsweek, Washington Post and Wall Street
Journal and his book, “Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for
Liberty, an argument for “Muslim liberalism,” was published by W.W.
Norton in July 2011.
“Turkey and the Arab Spring: Turkey’s role in the Muslim-Arab
World’s Democratization Efforts”and”Turkish-Israeli Relations:
>From Strategic Alliance to Downgrading of Relations” by Kerim Balci,
Editor-in-Chief of the Turkish Review, a bimonthly journal published
by Turkey’s Zaman Media Group. Balci is also a columnist in Today’s
Zaman and a TV correspondent on the Middle East. He was the Jerusalem
correspondent for Zaman for eight years.
“Cultural Legacy of Armenians in Anatolia and in the Ottoman Empire”
by Edvin Minassian, an attorney and Chairman of the Organization of
Istanbul Armenians; Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Armenian
Bar Association and the Government Relations and Protocol Committee
of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
