Failed Coup and the Future of Civil Society in Turkey, 27-28 October 2016, IstanbulMarmara University, Faculty of TheologyProfessor Raşit Küçük Conference Hall

Organization CommitteeProfessor Hamza Kandur, Ph.D, Marmara UniversityProfessor Ali Köse, Ph.D, Marmara UniversityAss. Professor Şule Albayrak, Ph.D, Marmara UniversityJane Louise Kandur, Columnist, Daily SabahProfessor Nuri Tınaz, Ph.D, Marmara UniversityAssoc. Professor Ertuğrul Boynukalın, Ph.D, Marmara UniversityProfessor Cengiz Tomar, Ph.D, Marmara University Assoc. Professor Mahmut Kelpetin, Ph.D, Marmara UniversityProfessor Ali Murat Yel, Ph.D, Marmara University

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The failed coup of 15 July presents many aspects that need to be examined and analyzed in detail; not only how the coup was planned and executed, but also what led the people of Turkey to stand up against it and fill the streets and squares, defeating the putschists. The fine line between the success and failure of this brutal attempt to overthrow the Turkish government forms a crucial turning point not only for Turkey, but also for the region and those Western powers which have invested interests in the region.

As far as Turkish public opinion is concerned, there is absolutely no doubt about who is behind the failed coup

nor is there any doubt about the intentions of the culprits. The coup came about when terrorist cells which had infiltrated different branches of the government were sent into action by Gulen and his henchmen. The basic aim of this organization was to infiltrate and control the Turkish Republic via the people they had placed in the military, police, judiciary and media organs; these are people who owed allegiance to a perverted religious organization rather than to the Turkish State.

However, if one looks at how the event was executed, it is clear to see that those who were trying to seize control of the country were

not concerned with actually ruling the country. This group set out to paralyze the basic security institutions of the country; they planned to assassinate the country’s leader and aimed to drag the country into civil war. They wanted to create a Turkey in which the power of the leader had been eliminated, in which the parliament had been bombed, and the security forces had been brought to their knees.

Thus, any future invasion of Turkey, a Turkey which no longer could defend itself, would be easier; consequently, it would be easier for Western countries to carry out any undertakings in the geography. But there

The Message of the Chair of the Organizing Committee Professor Hamza Kandur, Ph.D.Marmara University

was something the putschists forgot to take into account. The Turkish people. Within minutes the streets and squares were full of people. Standing behind their leader, the Turkish people took on tanks, helicopters and fighter jets. With no weapon but the faith and patriotism in their hearts, the people demonstrated that their belief could overcome every weapon, every sinister plan and every trap laid with the greatest of care.

The events that occurred after 15 July provide some indication about the direction Turkey will take in the near future. The structure of all institutions, starting with the administration, the security forces, and educational institutions, have to be re-examined and restructured. These efforts will lead to a country that all citizens of Turkey desire: one that is more secure, more transparent and one that has a more democratic state structure.

This structure will allow for greater accountability between administrative and supervisory institutions.

Another reality that emerged during the botched coup attempt is the hypocrisy of leaders from Western nations, the media institutions in these countries and the self-proclaimed human right defenders there. This attitude, which first appeared in a number of earlier events, was clear even when it was a question between democracy and a coup. During the failed coup a variety of institutions in America published their views in support of the coup on social media and explanations from European authorities basically defended the putschists; in this way it became clear that many Western institutions and leaders were supporting the putschists or at least supporting their ideology.

When faced by this situation, the following question must be asked. How can it be possible

that someone who proclaims their devotion to democracy and human rights at every opportunity will stand side by side with putschists in Turkey, or indeed, in any country? The answer to this question can be found in the performance which Turkey started to demonstrate from 2002 on, as well as in the fact that Turkey was perceived as a model by people in other countries in the region, and that dominant world powers perceive Turkey as an obstacle to their plans in Iraq, Syria and Libya.

The investments that were made in Turkey after 2002 and the economic policies that followed reduced the foreign dependency of the country. Now there is a Turkey that is no longer indebted to the IMF, which has the capability to produce its own tanks, cannons, weapons and planes. Turkey aims to be in the top ten economies by 2023; it was becoming a country that could dominate the region.

During the last three years there have been a number of coup attempts in Turkey; it was only when these proved unsuccessful, the cells within the army went into action on 15 July. The first coup attempt was made when the head of the Turkish intelligence service was summoned by the public prosecutor on 7 February, 2012. The intention was to question him about talks that had been held with members of a terrorist organization as part of the Kurdish peace process. The ultimate aim was to arrange for the detainment of the prime minister of the era, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. This attempt failed. Later, trucks belonging to the Turkish intelligence service, which were taking medicine and aid to Syria, were stopped by the gendarmerie. The aim was to try to make it appear as if Turkey was helping DAESH, thus creating a perception in public opinion that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

was a supporter of terror; this would reduce Turkey’s influence. Later the 17 and 25 December corruption scams took place. The aim of these poorly doctored evidence and tape was to ensure that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his family and the contractors running important projects in the country were sent to prison; however, this attempt also failed. Finally, on July 15 the final coup was arranged, aiming to drag the country into civil war and bring it into a state in which it could be easily managed. They failed.

From every aspect, 15 July is a turning point. Turkey emerged stronger from this process. Political parties and members of society have put aside their differences, the fault lines have healed and everyone has gathered under one flag. People who perceive Turkey as a model have seen that the struggle for freedom can be won without weapons, and their faith in Turkey has

increased. Finally, those who have been making plans for the region, who have been making designs, have seen that they will not be able to invade Turkey; they now understand that they cannot make plans for the region without taking Turkey into account. Things will never be the same again in the region; now there is a stronger Turkey in the region.

Program26 October 2016 WednesdayArrival in Istanbul and Checking in20:00 Dinner

27 October 2016 Thursday09:30 Registration10:00 Opening Ceremony & SpeechesProf. Dr. Ali Köse (Marmara University, Faculty of Theology)Prof. Dr. Hamza Kandur (On behalf of the Organizing Committee)Prof. Dr. Emin Arat (Rector, Marmara University) Dr. Ibrahim Kalın, Speaker of the President’s Office)10:30 Short movie on Coup of 15 July10:45 Coffee Break11:00 Personal Accounts of Victims of the Coup Attempt12:15 Opening of Photo Exhibition

12:45 Lunch Break 14:30 Key note speech: Prof. Dr. Talip Küçükcan (Head of Turkish Delegation to the PACE)15:00 Panel – Perception of the coup in Turkish societyCengiz Tomar (Moderator)Kemal SayarAlev AlatlıJane Louise Kandur16:00 Coffee Break16:15 Panel – Decoding the Gulenist MovementHamza Kandur (Moderator)Fahrettin AltunAli Murat YelMerve Kavakçı 17:30 End of first day program17:30 Free time20:00 Dinner (Guest of Honor Dr. Berat Albayrak Minister of Energy and Natural Resources)23:00 Return to hotels

28 October 2016 Friday09:30 Key note speech: Esra Albayrak (Nun Foundation)10:00 Panel – The Reflections of the Coup AbroadNuri Tınaz (Moderator)S. Farid AlatasSeyed Jawad MiriAbdul Fettah Al-AwaisiMuhammed Jawad Amin11:15 Coffee Break11:30 Discussion Session on Muslim World Civil Solidarity Platform12:15 Closing Remarks12:45 Lunch BreakEnd of Program

Panelists and Moderators{

Prof. Hamza KANDUR, Ph.D.

After graduating from Hacettepe University, Department of Library Sciences in 1986, Dr. Hamza Kandur completed his masters at Loughborough University of Technology, Department of Library Archives and Information Studies, and his PhD at University College London, School of Library Archives and Information Studies, with his thesis “Electronic Records Management”. After completing his postgraduate studies Dr. Kandur returned to Turkey and took up a post as a lecturer at Marmara University.Dr. Kandur became an Associate Professor at Marmara University in 1998. In 2006 Dr. Kandur became a full professor and is the head of the Information and Records Management Department at Marmara University. Main

research areas are in Electronic Records Management, Records Management Standards and E-Government. From 2010-2014 Kandur served as Provost of Marmara University, during which time he introduced a number of innovations.Dr. Kandur is a member of the advisory board to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Diplomatic Archives Department. In 2015 Dr. Kandur developed standards for new and existing public libraries for the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and acts as an advisor to Türksat in developing software for managing government records. Dr. Kandur has a number of publications in Turkish and English.

Marmara UniversityIGETEV Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee

Marmara UniversityIGETEV Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee

Professor Ali KÖSE, Ph.D.

Dr. Köse graduated from the Faculty of Theology, Dokuz Eylul University. He received his MA from Institute for Social Sciences, Marmara University and did his PhD at King’s College, University of London. Currently Dr. Köse teaches Psychology of Religion at the Faculty of Theology, Marmara University, Istanbul. Some of his publications include: Conversion to Islam: A Study of Native British Converts to Islam; Freud and Religion (in Turkish); Natural Disasters and Religion (in Turkish); New Religious Movements in the West (in Turkish); Shrines: Resorts of Popular Religiosity (in Turkish). Edited books Secularism on Trial (in Turkish); Secular but Sacred (in Turkish); State and Religion in EU Countries (in Turkish) and The Return of the Sacred: The Future of religion in the 21st Century (in Turkish).

Dean of the Faculty of Theology, Marmara UniversityCo-Chair of the Organizing Committee

Berat ALBAYRAK, Ph.D.

Berat Albayrak received his Master’s degree from New York Pace University, Lubin School of Business and completed his PhD in the field of Banking and Finance with dissertation about “Financing Renewable Energy Resources”. He began his professional life in 1996. Following his graduation from Istanbul University Business School, he joined Çalık Holding in 1999. He was appointed as the Financial Director of Holding’s US Office in 2002. He has undertaken various initiatives towards additional lines of business in the textile and energy sectors. In 2006 Albayrak returned to the headquarters as the Assistant General Manager of Financial Affairs,. Having made significant contribution the Holding’s various companies, Albayrak was appointed as CEO in 2007.

Upon leaving his career in private sector in the end of 2013, Mr. Albayrak served as writer in Sabah (Turkish Daily Newspaper) and also gave lectures on banking and finance at Marmara University. He assumes various responsibilities at many NGOs.

Mr. Albayrak is a member of Central Executive Board of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and was elected as Member of Parliament from Istanbul for the 25th and 26th Parliamentary Terms. He was appointed as the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the 64th and 65th governments of the Republic of Turkey.

Mr. Albayrak is married with 3 children.

Minister for Energy and Natural Resources

İbrahim Kalın, Asst. Prof.

Ibrahim Kalin, Asst. Prof., is Presidential Spokesperson, Ambassador, Deputy Secretary-General of the Presidency and Special Adviser to the President of Turkey. He served as Assistant Undersecretary of State and Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey. Dr. Kalin is the founding-director of the SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research based in Ankara, Turkey and served as its director from 2005 to 2009. He is a fellow at the Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University. He received his Ph. D. from the George Washington University. As a broadly trained scholar of philosophy and Islamic studies, he has taught courses on Islamic philosophy, comparative philosophy, Islam-West relations and Turkish foreign policy. His field of concentration is post-Avicennan Islamic philosophy with research

interests in comparative philosophy and Muslim-Christian relations. He has served as spokesperson for A Common Word, a major initiative to improve Muslim-Christian relations. Dr. Kalin has published widely on Islamic philosophy, relations between Islam and the West and Turkish foreign policy. His publications include Knowledge in Later Islamic Philosophy: Mulla Sadra on Existence, Intellect and Intuition (Oxford University Press, 2010), Mulla Sadra (Oxford University Press,2013), Akıl ve Erdem - Türkiye’nin Toplumsal Muhayyilesi (Reason and Virtue: Turkey’s Social Imagination) Küre Yayınları, 2014) and Ben, Öteki ve Ötesi: İslam-Batı İlişkileri Tarihine Giriş (The Self, The Other and Beyond: Introduction to the History of Islam-West Relations) İnsan Yayınları, 2016. His book Islam and the West (published in Turkish) has won the 2007 Writers’

Association of Turkey award for best book. It has been translated into several languages including Albanian and Greek. Dr. Kalin is the editor of 2000’li Yıllarda Türk Dış Politikası (Turkish Foreign Policy in the 2000s) and Mulla Sadra The Book Of Metaphysical Penetrations (Brigham Young University Press, 2014). He is the editor-in-chief of the 2-Volume Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science and Technology in Islam, published by Oxford University Press in 2014. Dr. Kalin also co-edited with John Esposito, Islamophobia and the Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century, (Oxford University Press, 2011).His interviews and columns have appeared in the Guardian, Financial Times, Washington Post, New York Times, al-Sharq al-Awsat, al-Ahram, al-Jazeera Network and al-Arabiyya. He writes weekly columns in Daily Sabah.

Presidential Spokesperson,Ambassador, Special Adviser to the President of TurkeyDeputy Secretary-General, Presidency of the Republic of Turkey

Prof. Talip KÜÇÜKCAN, Ph.D

Dr. Küçükcan graduated from Uludağ University, Faculty of Theology in 1986 and received an MA from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a PhD in Ethnic Relations from the University of Warwick. Küçükcan worked as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations at the University of Warwick between 1997 and 1999. Before moving to Marmara University, Faculty of Theology, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Islamic Studies in Istanbul until 2007. He served as a Senior Advisor to the President of the Higher Education Council of Turkey between 2009 and 2013. He served as a director of the Institute for Middle East Studies at Marmara University between 2011-2014. Küçükcan was instrumental in the founding of SETA, a Turkish think-tank, where he was first Coordinator of Social and Economic Research, then the Director of Foreign

Policy Research. He served as the editor in chief of Insight Turkey, a policy journal published by SETA until 2015. He was appointed the personal representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims in 2014 and 2015. Küçükcan, who works on Middle Eastern affairs, Turkey-EU relations, comparative secularism, freedom of religion, state-religion relations and Muslim minorities in Europe, is a professor of sociology; at the present time he is a member of parliament, elected from the Justice and Development Party (AK Party). He is Head of the Turkish Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe and a member of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Turkish Parliament. Küçükcan served as the Deputy Chairman of Political and Legal Affairs for the Justice and Development Party until July 2016.

Member of Parliament

Fahrettin ALTUN, Ph.D.

Dr. Altun graduated from Istanbul University, Department of Sociology in 1998. He received a Master’s Degree from Mimar Sinan University, Department of Sociology. Dr. Altun was a visiting research fellow at Utah University, Department of Political Sciences in the 2002-2003 academic year. Dr. Altun completed his doctorate at Istanbul University, Social Sciences Institute. He has published the book Theory of Modernization: A Critical Introduction (Turkish) in 2005. Dr. Altun has published a number of articles in English and Turkish. In addition to his academic pursuits, Dr. Altun has spent 7 years in the publishing sector, and was editor in chief of the journal Anlayış for a period of three years. Dr. Altun has been a professor at Istanbul Şehir University and is the director of the Istanbul branch of SETA.

Deputy Director of SETA

Alev ALATLI, Ph.D.

Dr. Alatlı was born in 1944 in the town of Menemen in western Turkey. She was the daughter of a military officer. Dr. Alatlı spent her childhood in Japan, where her father was appointed as the military attaché at the Embassy of Turkey and also as the liaison officer for the Turkish Brigade in Korea to the United Nations.

Alev Alatlı studied economics at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, from where she graduated in 1963 with a Bachelor of Science degree. She was granted a Fulbright Scholarship, and her husband was awarded a scholarship from the Ford Foundation; together they carried out their postgraduate studies in the USA. Educated at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, Dr.

Alatlı earned a Master of Arts in Development Economics and Econometrics. She then attended Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and did doctoral studies on philosophy of religion and philosophy of history.

In 1974, Alatlı returned to Turkey. She worked a while as a lecturer at Istanbul University and later at the State Planning Organization (DPT) in Ankara in her capacity as an economist. In the five years following her return from the USA, Alev Alatlı spent her time studying Islam. She was also involved in a psycholinguistic project of the University of California, Berkeley on language learning patterns of Turkish children.

Author and Economist

Professor Merve KAVAKÇI, Ph.D

Dr. Kavakçı received her master’s degree from Harvard University and her PhD from Howard University. In April, 1999 Kavakçı was elected to parliament as a deputy from Fazilet (Virtue) Party for Istanbul. On May 2, 1999, Kavakçı was precluded from taking her oath in the swearing-in ceremony by members of the Democratic Left Party, due to her headscarf. Kavakçı addressed the 2004 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Barcelona. Kavakci also addressed the British Parliament, House of Lords in London, England. She has lectured and spoke at a number of American and European Universities, including Harvard, Yale, Berlin, Hamburg, Hannover, Duisburg and Cambridge Universities.

Dr. Kavakçı worked as a professor at George Washington University and Howard University in Washington D.C. At the present time she is a professor at Üsküdar University. She is recognized among the World’s Most Influential 500 Muslims. Dr.

Kavakçı was recognized as being among “Women of Excellence” by NAACP and GWU in 2004. She was awarded the Public Service Award in tribute and in recognition of her efforts for the advancement of human rights and Muslim Women’s empowerment by International Association for Women and Children in 2000. She was awarded Service to Humanity Award by Haus Der Kulturellen Aktivität und Toleranz in Vienna, Austria in 1999. She was granted Mother of the Year Award by Capital Platform of Ankara and National Youth Organization in 1999.

Kavakçı has acted as a consultant for U.S. Congress on the Muslim world and a columnist. She sits on the Editorial Board of the Mediterranean Quarterly. She has written a number of books and articles. In 2012, a book about Kavakçı, entitled “The Day Turkey Stood Still: Merve Kavakçı’s Walk Into the Parliament” by Richard Peres, was published.

Uskudar University

Professor Ali Murat YEL, Ph.D.

Dr. Yel completed his undergraduate degree in Islamic Studies at Selçuk University. He earned his MA degree in Sociology and Anthropology at University of London, The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and his PhD degree in Anthropology at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He taught Sociology and Anthropology at Fatih University, where he was the Head of Sociology Department until 2011. He currently teaches at Faculty of Communication, Marmara University. His main research interests include Sociology and Anthropology of Religion, Islam, Catholicism and Portugal

Marmara University

Professor Nuri TINAZ, Ph.D.

Dr. Tinaz holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Warwick, UK, where he worked for over two years as the Leverhulme Research Fellow. He later worked as an affiliated lecturer at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, 2002-2005. He participated in Routledge book project on Islam (Islam and its Critical Concepts, 4.Vols) with Professor Bryan S. Turner at Cambridge University, 2001-2002. Dr. Tinaz moved to Turkey in 2005 to take up a Research Fellowship post at Centre for Islamic Studies (ISAM) in Istanbul, Turkey, 2005-2011. In 2008, he won the Fulbright Scholarship and taught at Utah State University and gave courses and seminar series at several universities, lecturing on different Muslim communities,

their social, political and religious organisations, and Muslim political participations in the USA. Later, he worked at International Balkan University, Skopje, Macedonia, 2009-2011. He is currently working as Professor of Sociology at Department of Sociology, Marmara University. His interests cover in the areas of sociology of religion, ethnicity and migration, and social, ethnic, nationalist and religious movements, and New Religious Movements (NRMs) and Islamic movements and communities in the West both the USA and EU, religious communities in Turkey, Islamophobia, media and religion, portrayal and coverage of Islam and Muslim in Media, Muslim Use of media & internet, digital and social media. Dr. Tinaz has published number of books and articles in Turkish and English.

Marmara University

Professor Cengiz TOMAR, Ph.D

Dr. Tomar graduated from History Department of Marmara University in 1992 and studied at the Marmara University, University of Jordan and the University of Edinburgh. He completed his PhD thesis entitled “Military Slavery in the Medieval Islamic World” in 2006. He worked as lecturer of Turkish at the University of Damascus, Institute of Higher Language between 2003 and 2005. He was deputy director of Institute for Middle East Studies, Marmara University between 2011-2014. His areas of interest are Islamic history, Mamluks of Egypt and Syria, Economic and Social History of Medieval Islam, Syria, Jerusalem, Turkish-Arab Relations during the Middle Ages and the Modern Middle East. He is currently Professor of Islamic and Middle East History at Marmara University, History Department and Institute for Middle East Studies. He has books and articles on the Islamic and Middle Eastern History.

Marmara University

Esra ALBAYRAK, PhD

Born in 1983 in Istanbul, Dr. Albayrak completed her undergraduate degree at Indiana University, Bloomington in sociology and history. In 2016, she received her doctoral degree with a dissertation entitled “ Creating Cultures of Piety: Secularism, Mobility, Gender, and the IHL schools in Turkey 1951-2010”; this work seeks to sociologically understand the different phases of the relationship between state, religion and society in Turkey. Dr. Albayrak’s academic interests include works on civil society, democratization, and the status of women in society.

Dr. Albayrak supports a number of social responsibility projects as the board member of NUN Foundation, TÜRGEV, and Green Crescent.

She is married and a mother of three.

NUN Foundation

Zeynep Jane KANDUR

Zeynep Jane Kandur was born in London, but educated in the United States. Kandur received a degree in Soviet Studies from the University of London, School of Slavonic and European Studies. She moved to Turkey in 1990s, and worked as an English teacher, translator and editor.

Zeynep Jane Kandur is an active member of AK Party. First joining the women’s branch of the party, where she served as the head of Foreign Affairs for the Istanbul Branch, Kandur introduced a number of projects. These included seminars throughout Istanbul on Syrian refugees, and tours of social responsibility projects in Istanbul for the wives of Consular Generals, Consular staff and journalists.

In addition to her political activities, Kandur is a freelance translator and columnist. She has provided commentaries on Turkish affairs for news outlets such as Middle East Eye and Al Jazeera, and writes a weekly column for Daily Sabah. Subsequent to 15 July Kandur has given interviews to most major media outlets.

Kandur is the coordinator of the Muslim Women’s historical Heritage project for IGETEV and director of IGETEV’s BigBroBigSis Syrian school children project.

Columnist, Daily Sabah

International Participants{

Armand Shkullaku ABC News Tv Director AlbaniaAmina Šiljak-Jesenković Orijentalni İnstitut U Sarajevu Research Associate Bosnia

Ibrahim Alam Instıtute of Objectıve Studıes Media Coordinator IndiaMohammed Ataur Rahman Instıtute of Objectıve Studıes Admininstrative Officer India

Rizal Usman Achehnese Civil Society Task Force

Project Development Manager Indonesia

Taufik Hidayat Dewan Dakwah Vice General Secretary IndonesiaBramastyo Bontas Prastowo

Institute For Sustainable Reform (Insure) Executive Director Indonesia

Dr. Husain HeriyantoInternational Center For Thoughts on Human Sciences İn Islam (Ic-Thusı)

Chairman Indonesia

Dr. Muhammad Alfan Alfian Mahyudin

Wisdom And Public Policy (Lhkp) Muhammadiyah Member Indonesia

Fitriah Abdul Aziz Persaudaraan Muslimin Indone-sia Vice Secretary Indonesia

Firghana Alya Pt Integratium Kontinental Kon-sultan Consultant Indonesia

Thayeb Loh Angen Pukat Aceh Turk Culture Centre General Secretary Indonesia

Seyed Javad Miri Institute of Humanities and Cul-tural Studies

Director Of International Relations And Scientific Cooperation

Iran

Kholoud Eqab Mah-moud Alnaımı Dar Aleghwan Researcher Jordan

Hussein Mahmoud Mohammed Alsh-gairat

Dar Aleghwan for Studies & Re-search Manager Jordan

Dukagjin Gorani (Phd)

Periskopi News Portal / Liberal Democrat Centre Ngo

Director / Head Of Re-search Kosovo

Vedat Memedalija Assocıatıon of Journalısts of Macedonıa Deputy President Macedonia

Xhelal Neziri Balkan Institute for Regional Cooperation (Bırc) President Macedonia

Arben Ratkoceri Daily Albanian Newspaper Koha Editor Macedonia

Numan Aruch Manu-Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts Professor Macedonia

Kastriot Rexhepi Nun Kultura Project Coordinator Macedonia

Ismail Sınanı Shenja TV Chief Editor Macedonia

Muhamer Beqırı Shenja TV General Menager Macedonia

Erkan Ballazhi University of Tourism and Man-agement Skopje Student Affairs Office Macedonia

Mohammad Fazril Bin Mohd Saleh Abım State Representative Malaysia

Mukhriz Mat Rus Islamic Renaissance Front (Ma-laysia) Secretary General Malaysia

Maryam Lee Projek Dialog Program Curator (Execu-tive) Malaysia

Prof . Dr. Mohammad Redzuan Othman

University Selangor (Unısel) Selangor Malaysia (Representing Abım, Malaysia)

President & Vice Chan-cellor, Universiti Selangor (Unısel)

Malaysia

Ambassador ( R ) Dato M Redzuan Kushairi

Unıversıtı Utara Malaysıa ( Uum ) Adjunct Professor Malaysia

Noureddine Miftah Alayam ( Weekly Newspaper ) Publisher Marocco

Taoufik Bouachrine Journal Akhbar Alyaoum Rédacteur En Chef Morocco

Atif Iqbal Al-Huda International Welfare Foundation Director Pakistan

Zain Khan Aobm (Activist/Filmmaker) Media Relations Director PakistanMufti Abu Bakar Mohiuddin

Unıte (Universal Nexus for Inter-faith Trust & Engagement) Vice Chairman Pakistan

Mufti Abu Zar Mohi-uddin

Unıte (Universal Nexus for Inter-faith Trust & Engagement)

Director, Program & Plan-ning Pakistan

Mufti Abu Huraira Mohiuddin

Unıte, Universal Nexus for Inter-faith Trust & Engagement Chairman Pakistan

Azzam Tamimi Alhiwar TV Chairman UKMohammed Man-sha-Abbasi

Aobm - Association of British Muslims Co Director & Gv UK

Dr. Khurshid Ahmed Cbe Association of British Muslims Director Of International

Affairs UK

Hifsa Haroon-Iqbal Mbe Dl Association of British Muslims Director UK

Fahd Tayyab Association of British Muslims London Advisor UK

Mohamed Mire Care Solution Bureau Director UKMustafa Field Faiths Forum for London Director UKAdam Bashir Football for Peace Global Head Of Brand UKJayraj Jadeja Football for Peace Global Ceo UKKashif Siddiqi Football for Peace Global Co-Founder UKKalsoom Bashir Inspire C0-Director UKYasmin Weaver Inspire Project Manager UK

Rubab Mehdi International Imam Hussain Council Chair UK

Professor Dr Abd Al-Fattah El-Awaisi

Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim Univer-sity

Professor Of International Relations UK

Shafiur Rahman Jibreel Institute Director UKAreeb Ullah Middle East Eye Journalist UK

Nasim Ahmed Middle East Monitor Political Analyst And Staff Writer UK

Suhaib Saqib Movement for Peace Founder UKMunir Ravalia Muslim Association of Britain Health Advisor UKMuhammad Hussain Muslim Community of Essex Director UKPaul Salahuddin Armstrong

The Association of British Mus-lims Co-Director UK

Dr Abdullah Faliq The Cordoba Foundation Head Of Research UKFarooq Murad The Islamic Foundation Director General UKDr Muhammad Ab-dul Bari The Islamic Foundation Trustee UK

Ahmed Versi The Muslim News Editor UKMohammad Jawad Amin Human Rights Lawyer Lawyer UK

Mohammad Sajjad Amin Human Rights Lawyer Lawyer UK

Ibrahim Hooper Council on American-Islamic Re-lations (Caır)

National Communications Director USA

Local Participants• TUGVA – Turkish Youth Foundation • NUN Foundation• Birlik Foundation• 15 Temmuz Derneği (15 July Society)• IGETEV (Foundation for Human Development and Social Education)• UHİM (Center for Observing Violation of Rights)• Ilım Yayma Waqf• TURGEV (Foundation for Turkish Youth and Educational Services)• SETA (Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research)• KADEM (Foundation for Women and Democracy)

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