Annex
Committee visit to Turkey, 30 October-3 November
2011
Participating Members: Richard Ottaway (Chair),
Mike Gapes, Andrew Rosindell,
Frank Roy, Rory Stewart, Dave Watts
ANKARA
Monday 31 October
Embassy briefing led by HMA David Reddaway
Meetings with:
- Mr Hasip Kaplan MP, Acting
Deputy Chairman, Peace and Democracy Party (BDP)
- Mr Egemen Bai, Minister
of EU Affairs
Lunch with third-country Ambassadors and other diplomats,
hosted by HMA David Reddaway
Meetings with:
- Mr Metin Kilci, Under-Secretary,
Energy Ministry
- Dr Faruk Loolu MP, Deputy
Chairman, Republican People's Party (CHP)
Dinner with academics, journalists and officials
Tuesday 1 November
Meetings with:
- Parliamentary Foreign Affairs
Committee
- Mr Turul Trkeþ MP,
member of the Board of Directors, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)
Tour of Anitkabir (Atatürk Mausoleum)
Meeting with Margaret Jack, Turkey Director, British
Council, and British Council staff
ISTANBUL
Wednesday 2 November
Consulate-General briefing, led by Jessica Hand,
Consul-General and Turkey Director, UKTI
Meeting with Turkish Industry and Business Association
(TUSIAD)
Lunch with business representatives, hosted by UKTI
Meetings with:
- Turkish Economic and Social
Studies Foundation (TESEV)
- His All Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch
Dinner with academics, journalists and NGO/civil
society representatives
Thursday 3 November
Meetings with:
- Gerald Knaus, Chairman, European
Stability Initiative
- Global Relations Forum
- Staff and students at Bahçeºehir
University
Concluding lunch at with staff at Consulate-General
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