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“DERSIM 1937-38, ALEVITES AND THE ROLE OF THE STATES”- European Parliament / Brussels, 19th November 2009 / Hall: ASP A1G2, 09.00 - 18.30 . Translation of texts and documents(EN – DE - FR – TR) Programme
Welcome and opening remarks 09.00 - 09.20
Opening and Presentation
• Lothar BISKY, Chairman of the Party of the European Left
• Mustafa ŞEN, Deputy of the Association for Reconstruction of Dersim
Session I 09.25 - 11.30
Dersim in the history, Alevi-Kizilbas policy of the state and events in history
Moderator: Mehmet Ali Doğan, Akademiker
• The Alevi politics and slaughtered during the period of the Ottoman Empire
Mehmet BAYRAK, Historian / Author
• The Alevi politics in the period of the Republic
Erdoğan AYDIN, Historian / Author
• The differences and faith politics in Turkey
Prof. Dogu ERGIL, Academics / Researchers
• The awakening of the majority in the period of the Ottoman Empire
Prof. Dr. Daniel BARTEMENT, Faculty Member of the University of Montpellier
Questions, Answers and Comments / Concluding Speech
Session II 11.30 - 13.25
Dersim 1937-38 / Deportation and Assimilation
Moderator: Erdal Er, Journalist
• State Report Dersim in 1938 and the Tunceli Law
Mete KALMAN, Author
• Dersim 1930-1938 in the documents from the Turkish General Staff
Faik BULUT, Author / Researchers
• Dersim in 1938 and the deportation to the West
Sema KAYGUSUZ, Author
• Issues and the confrontation with Dersim 1938
Şerafettin HALIS, MP for the Democratic Society Party-DTP / Turkey
Lunch 14:00 - 14:50
From Maraş to Gazi - The role of the state during the massacres
• The massacre in Çorum (1980)
Muharrem ERDEM, Educator / Witness
• The massacre in Sivas and Madımak (1993)
Yeter GÜLTEKIN, Educator / Wife of famous Alevi singer Hasret Gültekin (Killed during the events in Sivas / Madimak.)
• Alevi massacres, the perpetrators and the legal process
Kazim GENC, Lawyer / Secretary General of the Federation of Alevi-Bektashi
• Differences in Turkey and the confrontation with the history
Derya SAZAK, Journalist / Author
• The policy of assimilation, separatism, the state and constitutional citizenship
Oral ÇALIŞLAR, Journalist / Author
Questions, Answers and Comments / Concluding Speech
• Turkish-Islamic synthesis as a state policy and the Alevis
Esat KORKMAZ, Researcher / Author
• The questions of the Alevis and the obstacles to organizing
Pir RIZA YAĞMUR, Democratic Federation of Alevis
• The Alevi identity, continuous problems, the sight of the state and the solutions
Kemal BÜLBÜL, Secretary General of the Associations Pir Sultan Abdal
• Alevis and the nomination process for the European Union / Differences and freedom of expression
Barbara LOCHBIHLER, Member of European Parliament / European United Left-Nordic Green Left Confederal Group EUL-NGL
• Confrontation with the Past and Future
Nazım ALPMAN, Journalist / Author
• The democratization and the role of the Left and Alevis
Ufuk URAS, Independent MP / Turkey
Closing Speech
Aysel TUGLUK, MP for the Democratic Society Party-DTP / Turkey
Jürgen KLUTE, Member of European Parliament / European United Left-Nordic Green Left Confederal Group EUL-NGL
Closing Session 18.00 - 18.30
Questions, answers and comments / concluding speech of the moderator
The presentation of the final resolution
