Marshall Center Graduates Hold First Alumni Event in Turkey
May 15, 2007
On 15 May 2007, the Marshall Center graduates of Turkey held their first alumni event in Ankara. The event began with an overall update on Marshall Center changes by Marshall Center Director Dr. John Rose, which was followed with a graduate support briefing by COL (Ret) Rick Steinke, Chief, Graduate Support Office. The highlight was a security roundtable with a series of briefings presented by Marshall Center professors Lt Col David Kirkham, USAF (“Religious Liberty and Extremism”); Dr. Jay LeBeau (“Salafist Terrorist Recruitment”) and James Wither (“Negotiation with Terrorists: Pragmatism or Appeasement?”). The event was immediately followed by a networking opportunity for the more than 35 Marshall Center graduates and security professionals from Turkey, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Macedonia, Romania, Russia and the United States.
(l to r) Mrs. Elcin Tezcan and Ms. Jennifer Richards, classmates from LPASS 2007-1; Ms. Bennur Iz, PTSS 2007-2; Dr. Sharyl Cross, Marshall Center Professor; and Ms. Canan Uslu, LPASS 2006-7, meet after the security roundtable.
(1to r) Marshall Center Graduate Support Chief, COL (Ret) Rick Steinke, Mr. Attila Gorgulu, Brigadier General Haluk Cetinkoya, SES 2006-3, and BG Ali Er, SES 2007-3.
Mr. Hikmat Hajiyev(left), LC 2001-3, 3rd Secretary, Political-Military Issues, Mission of Azerbaijan to NATO, Brussels, in discussion with Mr. Yuri Gorlatch, SES 2005-5, Deputy Director, Department of European Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russia.
Dr. John Rose and Mr. Attila Gorgulu, Security Assistance Administrator, U.S. Embassy Ankara, who is proudly displaying a memento presented by Dr. Rose for Mr. Gorgulu’s exceptional initiative and organization of the first event held in Turkey for Marshall Center graduates.
