"Will Turkey Ever Become a Member of the European Union?"

Georgetown University Law Center

Hart Auditorium - McDonough Hall

600 New Jersey Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C.  20001

Ali Tekin, Visiting Scholar, Harvard University and Jean Monnet Chair of European Studies, Bilkent University, Ankara (on leave)

Tekin will speak and answer questions about the legal and political dimensions of Turkey's European Union candidacy, including his experience as one of two Turkish representatives to the E.U. Constitutional Convention in 2002.  He is a former member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (1999-2002).

This event is sponsored by the Georgetown Law International Law Society

A Webcast will be available at http://www.law.georgetown.edu/webcast/.

Media interested in attending should e-mail mediarelations@law.georgetown.edu.