Istanbul Policy Center and Asulis Discourse, Dialogue, Democracy Laboratory held a panel with the participation of Timothy Garton Ash, Ayşe Kadıoğlu, Yaman Akdeniz and Zeynep Arslan.

In the panel moderated by Ömer Madra, climate crisis, environmental injustice and the effects of environmental impairment on socioeconomically disadvantaged groups are discussed with Bengi Akbulut, Cemil Aksu and Güven Eken.

In the panel moderated by Melda Akbaş, discrimination on education and alternative methods had been discussed with the participation of Emrah Kırımsoy, Mehmet Onur Yılmaz, Ada Ümmühan Köse and Ali Koç. 

In the panel moderated by Nurcan Akad, peace journalism in Turkey and the role of media in the periods of conflict had been discussed with the participation of Sevda Alankuş, Mete Çubukçu and Murat Çelikkan.

In the panel moderated by Itır Erhart, the experiences of women and LGBTIs and gender inequality in sports had been discussed with the participation of İlknur Hacısoftaoğlu, Pınar Öztürk and Nazlı Cabadağ.

With the participation of Aycan Demirel from Kreuzberg Initiative against Anti-Semitism (KIgA) and Johannes Baldauf from Amadeu Antonio Foundation (AAS), neo-Nazi racism, hate speech and anti-Semitism in Germany were discussed.

In the panel, the issues of language politics, identity and discrimination in Turkey’s education system were discussed under the moderation of Ayşe Gül Altınay with the participation of Şerif Derince, Elmas Arus and Melisa Soran.

With the contribution of Zafer Kıraç, Mustafa Eren and Seçil Doğuç, the panel on the history of prisons and the discriminatory practices of the prison system in Turkey was held under the moderation of İdil Işıl Gül.

The discussion on popular culture, TV series sector, discrimination and representation was held with the participation of Tomris Giritlioglu, Gaye Boralıoğlu and Nilgün Öneş, who have accomplished many works in the sector.

The panel was held with the participation of Jonathon Lee, Communication Coordinator of European Roma Rights Center, and Turkey Coordinator of the Global Media Monitoring Project Prof. Dr. Nezih Orhon.

The panel on the ways in which literature forms a new language took place under the moderation of Karin Karakaşlı and with the participation of authors Ayfer Tunç and Kemal Varol.

In the first event of the ASULIS, with the contribution of Ebru Nihan Celkan, Melek Özman and Ahmet Sami Özbudak, how theatre and cinema can be used as a tool for combatting against discrimination was discussed.

With the contribution of Istanbul Bilgi University Children’s Studies Unit and Hayat Sende Youth Academy Association, the media-children relation and the representation of children under legal protection in the media were discussed.

Based on the prominent findings of the Media Watch on Hate Speech project, discriminatory discourse and hate speech in the media directed against religious and ethnic identities were discussed.

In the panel 'Combating Discriminatory Discourse: Theoretical Discussions & European Experience regarding Hate Speech Laws', the boundaries between freedom of expression and hate speech and European hate speech laws were discussed.

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