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mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB">CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT</span></p>

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normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">You are
cordially invited to the following public lecture organized the Middle East
Research Institute, Marmara University.</span></p>

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mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></b></p>

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mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">Public
Lecture</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:19.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">“Turkish Foreign Policy and The Future of Turkish-Arab Relations&quot;</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">by Gamal
Abdel Gawad Soltan</span></b></p>

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mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">Date: </span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">1 February,
2011. Tuesday</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB">Time: </span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">14.00-16.00<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"></b></span></p>

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mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">Venue:</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">Middle
East Research Institute,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">Marmara
Üniversitesi Rektörlük Binası,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">Sultanahmet,
İstanbul</span></p>

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mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">Moderator: </span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">Talip
Kucukcan, Director of Middle East Research Institute</span></p>

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font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">PS.</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> Conference
language will be English. Translation is not available.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
Verdana;color:#000834;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Gaml Soltan is the director of
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS), Cairo, Egypt. He
received a Ph. D. in political science from Northern Illinois University His
recent publications include: Contending Political Forces in Post Saddam Iraq;
The U.S. Policy in Iraq; Arab Politics and the Palestinian Intifada; Political Culture
and Political Participation in Egypt; Security Perceptions in the Arab World
and Euro-Med Relations. </span></p>

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mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"><a href="http://oae.marmara.edu.tr/">http://oae.marmara.edu.tr/</a></span></p>

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font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></p>