The first Socialist Economics Congress in Turkey convenes in Istanbul, on December 17 and 18

PROGRAM/TIMETABLE 

The Socialist Economics Congress in Turkey (SEC) convenes on December 17 and 18 at the headquarters of Petrol-Is (Petroleum Chemical Rubber Worker's Trade Union of Turkey) in Istanbul.

DECEMBER 17, SATURDAY

10:00-11:00: FIRST SESSION (Moderator: Erkin Özalp)
OPENING SPEECHES
• Opening speech on behalf of the Left Council / Mesut Odman
• Opening speech on behalf of the University Councils Association / İzzettin Önder
FIRST PRESENTATIONS
• On the Fundamental Line of Economic Thought in Turkey / Tevfik Çavdar
• Economic Policy Debates in Turkey: Moving Forward by Defending the Past / Korkut Boratav

11:30-13:00: WORLD CAPITALISM: QUO VADIS? (Moderator: Mesut Odman)
• The Pattern of Crisis in World Capitalism as a Relationship between State and Capital / Ahmet Haşim Köse-Ahmet Öncü
• Limits of Cooperation and Competition Among Imperialist Powers / Nail Satlıgan
• Changes in the Production Process and the Working Class / İlker Belek

14:30-16:00: WORKING GROUPS PANEL (Moderator: Nihat Falay)
European Union (Barış Karaağaç, Erkin Özalp, İlhami Alkan), Foreign Economic Relations (Burak Gürbüz, Erkin Özalp, Ömer Emirkadı), The Relationship between Economics and Politics (Deniz Alca, Türkan Hançer, Yasemin Dildar), Unemployment and Health (Alp Ergör, Belgin Ünal, Bülent Kılıç, Yücel Demiral). With the participation of one member from each working group.

16:30-18:00: THE SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC POLICIES (Moderator: İlker Belek) 
• Ideological and Economic Meanings of the Concept of "Globalization" / E. Ahmet Tonak
• Limits of the Search for Alternatives with an Unsound Class Basis / İzzettin Önder
• Is the EU an Alternative? Is it Possible to Create Alternatives within the EU? / Nikos Papaconstantinou (Greece - Member of the Direction of the Center for Marxist Research)
• Economics Education and the Search for Alternatives / Nihat Falay

DECEMBER 18, SUNDAY

10:00-11:30: TURKISH CAPITALISM: QUO VADIS? (Moderator: İzzettin Önder)
• What has Changed and has not Changed in the Turkish Economy after the 2001 Crisis? / Erinç Yeldan
• Economic and Social Aspects of the EU Accession Process / Özgür Müftüoğlu
• Industrialization and Deindustrialization Dynamics in Turkey / Ayfer Eğilmez
• The Role of Foreign Capital in the Financial Sector / Öztin Akgüç

13:00-14:30: WORKING GROUPS PANEL (Moderator: Ayfer Eğilmez)
Science and Technology Policies (Beyza Üstün, Çiçek Çavdar, Helin Dutağacı, Koray Çiftçi), State-Economy Relationships (Attila Güney, H. Yasemin Özuğurlu, Metin Altıok, Yüksel Akkaya), Intellectual Property in the Pharmaceuticals Industry (Ahmet Alpay Dikmen, Nurettin Abacıoğlu), Socialist Labor Process (Ali Murat Özdemir, Burçak Özoğlu, Gamze Yücesan-Özdemir), Industrial Policies of Turkey (Ali Somel, Alper Birdal, Aytek Soner Alpan). With the participation of one member from each working group.

15:00-16:30: SOCIALIST STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT (Moderator: Burçak Özoğlu)
• Contributions of the Cuban Economy to Socialist Perspectives / Ernesto Gomez Abascal (Cuban Ambassador to Turkey)
• Capitalism as the Barrier to Industrialization in Turkey and Socialism as the Only Alternative / Aziz Hatman
• Underground Resources of Turkey and Socialism / Tahir Öngür
• New Opportunities for Socialist Planning in Light of Technological Innovations / Erkin Özalp

17:00-18:00: Forum and Declaration of the Final Report

Small concerts and slide shows will also take place during the congress.

Auditing the congress is free.

ADDRESS: Petrol-İş Sendikası Genel Merkez Binası (Altunizade Mah. Kuşbakışı Cad., No:25, ÜSKÜDAR/İSTANBUL)

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