The first conference organized by the Research Center of Global Education and Culture of
Yeditepe University will be conducted on the theme "International Migration in the XXIst
century" with the participation of academicians and international migration specialists. The
conference will take place on the 10-11 October 2016, in the Yeditepe University in Istanbul.
The topics of the conferences will be: international migration, the refugee problem, international
migration and the security problem, illegal migration, smuggling of migrants, migration policies
(at state and institutional level), brain drain, forced migration, labor migration, migration and
culture, the integration of migrants, women migrant, diasporas and minorities, migration and
development, etc. These topics are provided as an indication, any work falling under the theme
"International Migration in XXIst century” will be welcome.


Organization Committee:
The Research Center of Global Education and Culture
(Küresel Eğitim ve Kültür Araştırmaları Uygulama ve
Araştırma Merkezi–KEKAM)
Guest Speakers :
International Organization for Migration( IOM), Ankara
Office
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights (OHCHR), Ankara Office
Prof. Dr. Catherine Wihtol de Wenden, SciencePo Paris
Prof. Dr. Nuray Ekşi, Yeditepe University
Prof. Dr. Ahmet İçduygu, Koç University
Associate professor : Didem Danış, Galatasaray
University

Important Dates and Informations
Deadline for abstract submission: 15 july 2016
Decision of the committee: 20 july 2016
Full texts should be sent (in English or in Turkish) in
Word format until 1st September 2016.
Conference languages : English and Turkish
Paper Proposals should include an abstracts of no longer
than 300 words and a brief author biography. Please
send your Paper and Panel Proposal to:
Assistant professor : Gökçe Bayındır Goularas
(kekam@yeditepe.edu.tr)
Assistant: Ayşe Betül Nuhoğlu
(betul.nuhoglu@yeditepe.edu.tr)
Participation fee : 100 euro (Students : 50 euro)
Place: Yeditepe Üniversitesi, İnönü Mah. Kayışdağı
Cad. 26 Ağustos Yerleşimi 34755 Ataşehir –
Istanbul/Turkey