International Seminar: New Approaches to Migration Relations between Germany and Turkey

Organizers: Istanbul Bilgi University Centre for Migration Research and Goethe Institute

Program:

24 January 2003

Openning Speech, Prof. Dr. Lale Duruiz, Istanbul Bilgi University, Rector

Prof. Dr. Gülten Kazgan, Istanbul Bilgi University, Director of Social Economic and Political Research Centre

Dr. Rüdiger Bolz, Director of Goethe Institute

Presentation of Program: Dr. Serim Timur, Director of IBÜ Centre for Migration

Openning Speech

Prof. Dr. Nermin Abadan-Unat, Bogaziçi University

"Historical Development in the Germany-Turkey Migration Relations and a Prospective View"

1st. Session: Economic Dimension of Migrations and Changes in the Structure of Labor Power

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Taner Berksoy, Istanbul Bilgi University, Dean of the Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences

Dr. Elmar Hönekopp, Federal Institute of Business and Iccupation Studies , Nürnberg "Foreigners and Turks in Germany: Conditions of Labor Power and Expectations"

Dr. Gülistan Gürbey, Berlin Free University
"Participation of Turkish Migrant Women in Germany to Labor Force"

Can Ünver, Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Director of Department Foreign Relations and Services for Workers Abroad "Structural Change in the Labor Power and Turks in Germany"

Doç. Dr.Gülay Toksöz, Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Labor Economy "Situation of Migrants in the Context of the Current Debates on Unemployment"

2nd Session: Changes in the Process of Migration and the Cultural Dimension

Moderator: Doç. Dr. Ahmet Içduygu, Bilkent University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration

Prof. Dr. Jochen Blaschke, Berlin Institute for Comparative Social Research (BIVS) and Director of European Centre for Migration Studies "Settlement, Culture and Art in the Process of Migration in Germany"

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayhan Kaya, Istanbul Bilgi University, Head of the Department of International Relations "Multiculturalism in the Process of Migration, Transanational Space and Belonging"

Dr. Bianca Kaiser, Istanbul Kültür University, Department of International Relations "German Migrants in Turkey"

Dr. Kathrin Pruemm, Bremen University, Department of International Relations "Some Opinions about Turks in Germany"

25 January 2003

3rd Session: Problem of Social Adaptation, Education and Teaching

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Alan Duben, Istanbul Bilgi University, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Letters

Prof. Dr. Ursula Boos-Nünning, Essen University, Institute of Multidisciplinary Intercultural Migration Studies (IDIS) "Turkish Youth in Germany"

Prof. Dr. Ursula Neumann, Hamburg University, Institute of Intercultural and International Comparative Science of Education "Multilingualism as a Source in the Process of Education"

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Okyayuz, Middle East Technical University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration "Youngsters in Germany from Turkey Origin and Their Education Problems in Terms of Adaptation"