GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
ICC – 305-E
Date: February 12, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM
* Please RSVP to Duygu Ozcan at [email protected]
* Refreshments will be served
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
To be sure, a new chapter in the U.S.-Turkey relations will once again
be written in 2009. Following the Gaza crisis in Israel, the tension
between Israel and Turkey has been increasing. The upcoming local
elections in Turkey might be the underlying reason of Turkish Prime
Minister Erdogan’s strong stance on the Gaza crisis; however, its
implications on the U.S.-Turkish relations are still indefinite. The
future will present new challenges for the U.S.-Turkey relations once
President Obama takes its position on the foreign affairs arena.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Murat Karagoz, First Counselor, Embassy of Turkey, Washington, D.C.
Yurter Ozcan, President, ARI Foundation, discussion moderator
KEYNOTE SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Murat Karagoz is a First Counselor at the Embassy of Turkey in
Washington, D.C. Between 2004-2006, Karagoz also served as a private
advisor to the Undersecretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Turkey. Prior to assuming that position in September 2004, Karagoz
worked as the First Secretary, then Counselor at Turkish Permanent
Mission to the U.N. in New York (2000-2004) and served as a Second
Secretary at Turkish Permanent to NATO in Brussels (1995-1997) and as
a Third Secretary at Turkish Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria (1992-1995).
He received his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Istanbul
University in 1989 and attained his Master’s degree in Political
Science from University of New York in 2007.
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