Another great Cultural Conversation event was held on March 13, 2010. The speaker was Professor Abdullah Yavaş of UW-Madison who is also a consultant for the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey.

Abdullay Yavaş presented a slide show about Turkey’s Economy and Monetary Policy. He also mentioned various topics including the history of Turkey’s Economy, Turkey’s Economy current situation, global economy crisis, etc.

At the end of his presentation, he answered attendee’s questions. One of the attendees is Kemal Karpat, Turkish historian and professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, asked …

TACC-Madison held the another cultural conversation on February 13, 2010. This spectacular event drew more than thirty people to TACC-Madison. Most of the audience were distinguished graduate students from UW-Madison.

The theme of the program was “Road to Success in Academic Life”. The distinguished speaker was Assistant Professor Oğuzhan Alagöz from UW-Madison Engineering School.  Prof. Alagöz  gave an inspiring presentation about  key issues in academic life such as; how to maintain motivation, what the key points are in selecting dissertation topic and advisor,  how to keep good relationship with the advisor, …

Assistant Professor Mehmet Ö. Alkan at Istanbul University - Political Science.[Show as slideshow]

Professor Mustafa Özel teaches international economics and management at Fatih University in İstanbul, Turkey. Chairman of the Foundation for Sciences and Arts of İstanbul (Bilim ve Sanat Vakfi: www.bisav.org.tr) and vice-chairman of the National Culture Foundation of Turkey (Turkiye Milli Kültür Vakfi: www.tmkv.com), Dr. Özel also writes for the Turkish daily Yeni Şafak (www.yenisafak.com) and serves as the editor-in-chief for the monthly Anlayış (www.anlayis.net).
Professor Gökhan Çetinsaya is the President of the İstanbul Şehir University. His PhD dissertation, completed at the University of Manchester, England, received both the Malcolm H. …

The third Cultural Conversation was held at TACC-Madison on May 3, 2009. The speaker was Uli Schamiloglu (Yulay Şamiloğlu), a prominent Tatar-American professor of Languages and Cultures of Asia and the director of Middle East Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Professor Schamiloglu has received his BS in Middle East Languages and Cultures and his PhD in History from Columbia University. He has been on the faculty at UW-Madison since 1989. He has founded the Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia at UW-Madison. He knows many languages including Kazan …