Fuat Keyman, Vice President of Sabancı University and Professor of International Relations, who passed away last October, was commemorated with an event held at Sabancı University Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) Minerva Han.
The event entitled “Prof. Dr. Fuat Keyman: A Life in Pursuit of Science” featured speeches from many valuable academics and civil society representatives who crossed paths with Keyman in their academic careers and private lives. The commemoration event, which was strongly attended on May 15-16, began with the opening speeches of Sabancı University President Yusuf Leblebici, Sabancı University IPC Director Senem Aydın-Düzgit, and Middlebury College Faculty Member Şebnem Gümüşçü. In the panels held over two days, speakers addressed Fuat Keyman’s intellectual side as well as his vision and mindset in contexts such as democracy, social equality, equal citizenship, international collaborations, and Turkish foreign policy. The closing ceremony of the first day of the commemoration event was carried out by Sabancı University Founding Chair of the Board of Trustees Güler Sabancı.
Academics and Civil Society Representatives from Turkey and Abroad Gathered
The panelists included many prominent figures from Turkey and abroad: Feyzi Baban, Atila Eralp, Engin Işın, Ayşe Kadıoğlu, Galip Yalman, Kamil Yılmaz, Vural Çakır, Delal Dink, Mert Fırat, Hüsamettin Koçan, Çiğdem Nas, Hakan Yavuzyılmaz, Galip Dalay, Mustafa Kutlay, Ziya Öniş, Nigün Arısan Eralp, Alper Kaliber, Meltem Müftüler-Baç, Nora Fisher-Onar, Anne Duncker, Magdalena Kirchner, Michael Schwarz, Wolfgang Rohe, Yılmaz Büyükerşen, Fırat Genç, Çağlar Keyder, Berrin Koyuncu-Lorasdağı, Ahmet İçduygu, Ayşe Köse Badur, Bahar Rumelili, Fikret Adaman, Zeynep Gülru Göker, Nebi Sümer, Ümit Şahin, and Zafer Yenal.
Berk Esen, Şuhnaz Yılmaz, Ahmet Evin, Pelin Oğuz, Cana Tülüş Türk, and Nebi Sümer acted as moderators in the panels.
