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Projects: 9-10 October 2004: Hijab conference : ISTANBUL/ TURKEY

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CONFERENCE PROGRAM

 

 09th October 2004: Conference Program

 Morning Session:  THE PLACE OF HEADSCARF IN ISLAM, IN THE OTHER RELIGIONS AND CIVILIZATIONS

10.00 am: Opening Speech by “Freedom For Headscarf” group

10.30 am: The beginning of the first session

Speakers:  (Renowned writers and scholars)

>> Abdullah Yıldız  - “Headscarf in human nature”


>> Mustafa İSLAMOGLU “ The place and essence of headscarf in the Islamic community and the changing process in Muslim perception”
 

11.30 am: BREAK



11.45 am :  Second session:    THE PLACE OF HEADSCARF IN HISTORY AND SOCIAL LIFE
 

Speakers:

 

(Renowned for their knowledge in social sciences and modernism)

>> Ali Bulaç - "Headscarf, Public Place, Freedom of Religion and Conscience"

>> Sibel Cantemir - "The change of women’s clothes in later Ottoman Period"

>> Nazife Şişman - "Modernism and Headscarf"

>> Hasibe Turan- "The rise of Islam and Headscarf"

12.45 pm: BREAK
 


01.00 pm:  Third Session:  THE HEADSCARF BAN DURING THE REPUBLICAN HISTORY OF TURKEY

Speakers:

>> Cihan AKTAŞ ( renowned writer ) - The first ban applications till 1997

>> Gülden Sönmez (a lawyer and ex- president assistant of MAZLUMDER ) - The applications after 1997 till today

02.00 pm: LUNCH BREAK


03.00pm:  Fourth Session: THE METHODS APPLIED AGAINST HEADSCARF BAN TO GET THE RIGHTS BACK

Speakers:

 

Speakers include members from organisations founded after headscarf ban (1997), working for those whose rights have been violated by the ban in Turkey.

Freedom For Headscarf Group

>> AKDER : Organisation against Women Discrimination

>>  OZGURDER : Organisation for Free Education and Thought

>> MAZLUMDER : Organisation of Human Rights and solidarity for oppressed people

>> ÖNDER : Organisation founded by and for the students of Religious High Schools in Turkey

>> Muharrem BALCI : (lawyer) - The Legal Processes

>>  Fatma BENLİ :  (lawyer) - Applications to the European Human Rights Court


05.00 pm: THE END OF THE FIRST DAY
 


 10th October 2004: Conference Program

 

 

10.00 am:  First session:  TITLE: THE STORIES AND EXPERIENCES OF THOSE WHO SUFFERED UNDER THE HEADSCARF BAN

 

Speakers include:

>> Students From the Universities of - Marmara, Istanbul and Vienna

>> Students from (Imam-Khatip High Schools)

>> Teachers

>> Lawyers

>> Doctors

>> Merva KAVAKÇI (an ex- member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey- She wanted to enter the assembly with her headscarf but was driven away from the assembly)

13.00pm: LUNCH BREAK

02.00pm:  Second session: :  THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION OF HEADSCARF BAN 

Speakers:

>> Rıdvan KAYA: (From OZGURDER) - The Hijab ban in Tunisia, Europe and other parts of the world


>> Yusra Khreegi - The Headscarf Ban in Tunisia and Recent Situation in Europe

02.45pm: BREAK

03.00pm:  second session:   SOLUTION SUGGESTIONS AND WISHES

Speakers:

 

Speakers include; writers, presidents and representatives of Islamic newspapers and magazines.

>> Kenan ALPAY - from HAKSÖZ (Islamic magazine)

>> Muharrem Balcı- (lawyer)

>> Şemsettin ÖZDEMİR - from UMRAN (Islamic magazine)

>> Şeref Malkoç- Ex-Deputy of Saadet Party

>> Gürsoy Erol - Member of Parliament --- AK party


04.10: BREAK


>> Sibel ERASLAN : VAKİT newspaper

>> Kazim GÜLEÇYÜZ : YENİ ASYA newspaper

>> Abdurrahman DiLiPAK : renowned writer from VAKİT newspaper

>> Ekrem Kiziltaş: Milli Gazete newspaper
 

06.00pm : CLOSING SPEECH (by Freedom For Headscarf Group)


 

 

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