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Today's second #VIADUCT_EU Guest Lecture is about to begin!

@FundaTekin17 (@IEP_Berlin), Wolfgang Wessels (@UniCologne), @Ozgehansenyuva (@METU_ODTU), and Silvia von Steinsdorff (@HumboldtUni) will discuss 🇪🇺/🇩🇪/🇹🇷 relations @Blickwechsel_TR

Here are the highlights💪

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.@IEP_Berlin's @FundaTekin17, who is also #VIADUCT_EU Project Director, is introducing us to the terms of today's discussion: 'Blickwechsel', meaning a change of view

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"Five years on from the EU-Turkey Statament, we are facing stagnation, and increasingly difficult relations with Turkey"

- @FundaTekin17, #VIADUCT_EU Project Director, from @IEP_Berlin

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"Historically, EU-Turkey relations have always had ups and downs: our current difficulties are in this sense nothing new. Relations are a rollercoaster, but are resilient"

- @FundaTekin17, #VIADUCT_EU Project Director, from @IEP_Berlin

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"We are at a crossroads: we need to identify our tensions, and pursue forms of cooperation which avoid conflict"

- @FundaTekin17, #VIADUCT_EU Project Director, from @IEP_Berlin

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"Turkey is spoken about a lot in Germany, and vice versa, but the content and level of deliberation is actually rather low. We have done a lot of research into mapping this"

- @Ozgehansenyuva from @METU_ODTU

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"We looked at Turkish public opinion towards Germany: in Turkish public opinion, Germany is the most popular unpopular European state"

- @Ozgehansenyuva from @METU_ODTU

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"The Western States are unpopular in Turkish public opinion. That's the bad news. On the other hand, every foreign country except Azerbaijan is unpopular - or at least - untrusted"

- @Ozgehansenyuva from @METU_ODTU

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"Relations between Turkey and Germany are important. Whatever the political climate might be, we have common interests on both sides"

- Silvia von Steinsdorff from @HumboldtUni

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"Somehow, therefore, the two (and of course Germany as part of the EU), must get along. We can create a new dimension of cooperation and exchange, and even if this failed, that wouldn't mean there is no substance there"

- Silvia von Steinsdorff from @HumboldtUni

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On that note, we move to a Q&A session on the topic "Final 'Blickwechsel' in EU-German-Turkish Relations: From Strained Accession to Challenging Strategic Partnership?"

Get your questions in while you can!!

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After a dynamic Q&A session and some final remarks from the #VIADUCT_EU project leaders @FundaTekin17 and Wolfgang Wessels (Project Director & Project Coordinator respectively), our Guest Lecture for this evening comes to an end

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Many thanks to our panellists @FundaTekin17 (@IEP_Berlin), Wolfgang Wessels (@UniCologne), @Ozgehansenyuva (@METU_ODTU), and Silvia Von Steinsdorff (@HumboldtUni). Thanks also to @Blickwechsel_TR

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