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Welcome to the official page of #VIADUCT_EU, an ERASMUS+/Jean Monnet project that promotes research, teaching and policy dialogue on EU-Turkey relations.
Jan 5, 2021 17 tweets 5 min read
Our project is first and foremost a research project:

🧑‍🎓Student Papers
🧑‍🏫Teaching Papers
✍️Policy Papers

Discover the #VIADUCT_EU research papers!

/THREAD "Turkish Language in the European Union post-Brexit", by Mirko Savkovic

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Jan 4, 2021 15 tweets 11 min read
As we continue to recap our work for the #VIADUCT_EU project over the years, take a look below at our thirteen VIADUCT Newsletters!

These are where we kept our network and you up to date of all our activities

/THREAD Image Our first newsletter kicked off the #VIADUCT_EU project with an editorial from our project leaders @FundaTekin17 of @IEP_Berlin and Wolfgang Wessels of @UniCologne

➡️ us16.campaign-archive.com/?u=007fd0aa91a…

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Jan 1, 2021 7 tweets 3 min read
Check out the main outputs of the #VIADUCT_EU project!

/THREAD First up, our series of Webcasts on how to write a policy brief, a masters thesis, and how to plan and implement an EU-Turkey simulation game 📺

viaduct.uni-koeln.de/de/publication…

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Dec 31, 2020 44 tweets 29 min read
Discover the #VIADUCT_EU Network!

As we reach the close of our project, check out all the members of our consortium!

More info can always be found on our website: viaduct.uni-koeln.de/de/about/conso…

/THREAD First up, CETEUS, a 2016-founded centre and Jean Monnet Chair for Turkey and European Union Studies (MONTEUS) at @UniCologne

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Dec 17, 2020 14 tweets 10 min read
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💪

/THREAD .@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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Dec 17, 2020 14 tweets 7 min read
Our #VIADUCT_EU Guest Lecture: "EU-Turkey-Russia Energy Security Realm" is starting now!

With @MarcoSiddi (@FIIA_fi), Suhnaz Yilmaz from @kocuniversity

Follow the highlights here!

/THREAD "Energy security is traditionally defined as a government's efforts to ensure energy supply at a good price"

- Suhnaz Yilmaz from @kocuniversity

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Dec 14, 2020 13 tweets 9 min read
🔴STARTING NOW!!!

Join the #VIADUCT_EU Guest Lecture on the results of the December European Council, with @UniCologne's Wolfgang Wessels and @SenemAydnDzgit from
@sabanciu 💪

Join in on #Zoom now or otherwise follow along here for some highlights!

/THREAD On Dec. 10-11, the European Council met, discussing among other topic, EU-Turkey relations in light of recent developments and the October conclusions.

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Dec 11, 2020 12 tweets 8 min read
Our #VIADUCT_EU Guest Lecture: "The EU-Turkey Statement: how its policy formulation informs the future prospects of the deal" is now 🔴LIVE!

Join us on #Zoom or alternatively you can follow some highlights here!

/THREAD Ieva Koreivaite from @VU_LT is currently welcoming us to the #VIADUCT_EU Guest Lecture and presenting today's speaker: @MCVinciguerra from @Cambridge_Uni

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Nov 20, 2020 21 tweets 9 min read
"Different Challenges and Changed Realities: EU-Turkey Relations Five Years After The EU-Turkey Statement On Migration" is about to start!

Follow along for some great highlights from our contributors!

/THREAD "Bridges is what we currently need in EU-Turkey relations: we have always witnessed ups and downs, but have until now always been resilient"

- @FundaTekin17 from @IEP_Berlin

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Oct 23, 2020 24 tweets 15 min read
The #VIADUCT_EU Policy Debate is about to start!

Join us to discuss the topic "Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters: Bridge-Building in EU-Turkey Relations" with Bernard Brunet, Fuat Keyman, @FundaTekin17, and @ilketoygur

#Zoom in or stay tuned here for the highlights!

/THREAD Our moderator @ilketoygur from @rielcano begins the debate by setting the scene of EU-Turkey relations in the context of current crises in the Mediterranean, recent developments demonstrating an unsustainable scenario, and the current "watershed moment"

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Oct 23, 2020 5 tweets 4 min read
This morning #VIADUCT_EU had its Award Ceremony at the #VIADUCT_EU Online Conference!

Here are the headlines!

/THREAD Ebru Turhan from @tauedutrde receives the Teaching Award for her Jean Monnet Module INSISTER “Inside the Turkey-EU Relations (2016-2019)” at the Turkish-German University in Istanbul

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Oct 22, 2020 27 tweets 14 min read
The #VIADUCT_EU Online Conference is starting NOW!!

Our first panel is the Keynote Speech by @aneichhorst from the @eu_eeas, welcomed by @UniCologne's Wolfgang Wessels and @IEP_Berlin's @FundaTekin17

We'll be highlighting key moments here

/THREAD .@FundaTekin17 welcomes our broad audience to the conference: "The VIADUCT Network consists of 40 partner institutes and deals with EU-Turkey relations. Today we take stock of our activities over the last three years"

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Oct 5, 2020 15 tweets 8 min read
Our discussion of the latest developments on EU-Turkey relations coming from the recent @EUCouncil summit has just started

Here are some key takeaways⤵️

/THREAD After our moderator gives us an overview of developments, @SenemAydnDzgit from @ipc_ipm/@sabanciu gives her initial analysis

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Sep 11, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
Today we have a trio of @eliamepgr articles to present to you, linked together by a common theme: the tensions between 🇬🇷 and 🇹🇷

/THREAD First up is an interview on the current situation with George Tzogopoulos, a research fellow at @eliamepgr

eliamep.gr/en/media/%cf%8…

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Sep 4, 2020 9 tweets 3 min read
How do I write my Master's thesis ⁉️

Wolfgang Wessels from @UniCologne explains in this webcast

/THREAD 1⃣ FINDING YOUR TOPIC

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Aug 4, 2020 4 tweets 4 min read
To prepare for our Virtual Final Conference, check out this video contribution to what would have been the final conference back in March

@selcenoner from @bahcesehiruniv breaks down the intricacies of EU-Turkey Migration Cooperation

tepsa.eu/save-the-date-…

/THREAD #RefugeeCrisis impacted the EU's relations with #Turkey?

@selcenoner has the answer

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Aug 3, 2020 4 tweets 4 min read
Check out our Online Final Conference this October!

In March we hosted video contributions to the #VIADUCT_EU project, so take the opportunity to check out @digdemsoyaltin's contribution on "Teaching EU-Turkey Relations"💪

CONFERENCE➡️tepsa.eu/save-the-date-…

/THREAD .@digdemsoyaltin from @AltinbasUniv is the winner of the 2020 #VIADUCT_EU Teaching Paper Competition

We're also hosting a Teaching Award!

Find out more and make your nominations by September 15!👉tepsa.eu/call-for-nomin…

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Jul 22, 2020 4 tweets 4 min read
🗓️In October, we're going to have our delayed Final Conference🗣️

If you missed the action from the cancelled March event, check out these #VIADUCT_EU video submissions!📺

October event➡️➡️➡️tepsa.eu/save-the-date-…

/THREAD First, check out @tomas_weiss's submission from @CharlesUniPRG on the topic of the #FutureOfEurope⤵️

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