The International Relations Council Association (IRCT) organized the fifth edition of the Security Academy. It was held at Ilgaz on 16-20 December 2010 with the theme of “International Security in the 21st Century”. The training program, which will be organized with the contributions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NATO Public Diplomacy Unit and TUBITAK, aims to provide its participants with the opportunity to discuss the meaning of the concept of security and its changing face in the 21st century in a comprehensive way with the actors who are influential in security policy making in Turkey and those who research the subject at academic level.
The first of the training program, which has been held twice a year in six-month periods since 2008, was held at Ankara University Ilgaz Mountain ÖRSEM facilities on 20-24 December 2008, the second at the Ürgüp Dinler Hotel on 12-15 June 2009, and the third on 18-22 December 2009. It was held in Ilgaz Mountain Resort Hotel in , and the last one was held on 18-21 June 2010 at Işık University’s Şile campus. The Security Academy covered the presentations, panels and film screenings of the experts in the field and the representatives of the influential institutions in the formation of Turkey’s security policy within the framework of the visual education method. As a result of the training program in which MPs, bureaucrats, diplomats, academics, researchers, representatives of civil society, media and military institutions and graduate and doctorate students can participate, the “21st Century A report titled “Turkey’s Security Problems in the 21st Century and Suggestions for Solutions” has been prepared.
As a result of the application determined for the program, 35 people were entitled to attend the Security Academy.
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