The 9th Gathering in İstanbul for Freedom of Expression

Date: May 24-25, 2014 Saturday
Time: 9.30-18.00
Place: santralistanbul Campus, E1-301

The conference is organized by the Initiative for Freedom of Expression, Transparency Association and İstanbul Bilgi University Human Rights Law Research Center. Simultaneous translation will be available.

TRANSPARENCY in the WORLD and TURKEY

PROGRAM

09:30      OPENING SPEECHES 
Dr. Karin Deutsch Karlekar (Freedom House), Andrew Gardner (a.i.), Nathalie Losekoot (Article 19), Eugene Schoulgin (International PEN), Emma Sinclair Webb (HRW), Prof. Turgut Tarhanlı (Istanbul Bilgi University)
Video messages: Johann Bihr (RSF), Annie Game (IFEX), Dunja Mijatovic (OSCE), Joel Simon (CPJ), J. C. Weliamuna (Transparency International)

10:30      TESTIMONIES-1: Victims/Witnesses from Turkey will testify

11:15      Coffee break

11:30 PANEL-1: TRANSPARENCY AND FREDOM OF EXPRESSION
Prof. Dr. Yaman Akdeniz (Moderator, Istanbul Bilgi University)
Sevi Fırat  (Transparency Association- Turkey)
Ali Rıza Keleş (Alternative Communication Association)

12:30      PANEL-2: TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC WORK 
Hıfzı Deveci (Public Administration Consultant) 
Gönenç Gürkaynak (Lawyer)
Fikret Toksöz (Moderator, HYD/Helsinki Citizens Assembly  Governance Consultant)

13:30      Lunch break

14:45      TESTIMONIES-2: Victims/Witnesses from Turkey will testify

15:30      PANEL-3: ROLE of the MASS MEDIA and SOCIAL MEDIA 
Ercan İpekçi (Journalist)
Turgay Olcayto (Journalists Association of Turkey)
Erol Önderoğlu (Moderatör, Bianet, RSF)
Deniz Zeyrek (Ankara representative of Daily Hurriyet)

16:30       Coffee break

16:45      PANEL-4: SOMA CATASTHOPHE and TRANSPARENCY IN TURKEY
Ass. Prof. Dr. Aziz Çelik (Kocaeli University)
Murat Dinçer (Lawyer, Helsinki Citizens Assembly and CHD Contemporary Lawyers)
Prof. Dr. Turgut Tarhanlı (Moderatör,İstanbul Bilgi University)

25 May 2014, Sunday 

14:00      HOW TRANSPARENT DOES TURKEY LOOK?- 2  
William Nygaard (Norwegian PEN- Chairman; Publisher) 
Nathalie Losekoot (Article 19, Senior Program Officer-Europe)
Eugene Schoulgin (Author, International PEN, Vice President)

15:00      FREEDOM OF THE WORLD MAP  (Freedom House Report)
Dr. Karin Deutsch Karlekar (Freedom House, Managing Editor)
Nevşin Mengü (Moderator, CNN TURK)  

16:00      Coffee break

16:15      TELECONFERENCE 
Prof. Noam Chomsky (MIT- Massachuttes Institute of Technology- USA)
Şanar Yurdatapan (Moderator, Initiative for Freedom of Expression)

17:15      Opening of the MUSEUM OF CRIMES of THOUGHT 
By Prof. Noam Chomsky (on SKYPE) 

Program host: Çağlar Çabuk