German-Turkish Relation As Focus of Media Responsibility

Network Turkey Event

The Power of Images

German-Turkish Relation as Focus of Media Responsibility

İstanbul Bilgi University Dolapdere Campus hosts an international conference titled “The Power of Images - German-Turkish Relation as Focus of Media Responsibility” on 19 February 2009. German Ambassador to Turkey, Dr. Eckart Cuntz is the Guest of Honour of the conference.

Our understanding of reality is mainly stamped by images spread through the media. The Turkish image in Germany as well as the German image in Turkey depends on what articles and reports are being published. Due to the impact the media has on the German-Turkish relationship, its responsibility is significant.

The event’s aim is to illustrate what images the media creates of the other. What topics are reported about and how are they conveyed to the public? Where are the critical points and what are their backgrounds? The objective is to emphasize the significance of the media’s responsibility and thus contribute to an enhanced German-Turkish understanding.

19 February 2009, Thursday

10.00

İstanbul Bilgi University

Dolapdere Campus

There will be simultaneous translation in Turkish and German throughout the conference.

Organizers

Netzwerk Türkei Forum für Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur
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Goethe Institut Istanbul
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Germany Meets Turkey
A Forum for Young Leaders


İstanbul Bilgi University European Institute
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İstanbul Bilgi University European Institute, German Studies Unit

Program

10.00am – 10.15am: Start of the Event

10.15am – 10.45am: Greetings fromProf. Dr. Aydın Uğur (Rector of İstanbul BilgiUniversity),Claudia Hahn-Raabe (Goethe-InstituteIstanbul) and

Prof. Dr. Ayhan Kaya (Professor of Political Science and Director of the European Institute at İstanbul BilgiUniversity)

10.45am – 11.00am: Introduction by the Presenter Michael Thumann(Correspondent for German Weekly DIE ZEIT)

11.00am – 11.45am: Session I

Turkey as a Political Issue. Turkey as Part of the German Election Campaign

Prof. Dr. Ayhan Kaya(Professor of Political Science and Director of the European Institute at İstanbul BilgiUniversity)

11.45am – 12.00pm: Coffee Break

12.00pm – 1.00pm: Session II

Turkey in the German Media-Germany in the Turkish Media

Oral Çalışlar(Columnist for Turkish Daily Radikal) and Christiane Schlötzer (Correspondent for German Daily Süddeutsche Zeitung, SZ)

1.00pm – 1.15pm: Closing by Michael Thumann

1.15pm – 2.15pm: Lunch Break

2.15pm – 2.30pm Introduction by the PresentersErtuğrul Kürkçü(Coordinator of Turkish News and Media Monitoring Network, bianet)

2.30pm – 3.15pm: Session III

Ludwigshafen – and then?

Dr. Eckart Cuntz, German Ambassador to Turkey

3.15pm – 3.30pm: Coffee Break

3.30pm – 4.30pm: Session IV

Media Responsibility in Times of Crisis

Dieter Sauter(Long standing Correspondent for German Broadcaster ARD) and

Yasemin Çongar(Co-Editor-in Chief and Columnist of Turkish Daily Taraf)

4.30pm – 4.45pm: Closing of the conference by Ertuğrul Kürkçü