The meeting focused on the current state and future course of US-Turkish relations. The panel featured three members of Turkish Parliament: Egemen Bagis, Vice Chairman of Foreign Affairs for the Justice and Development Party; Fatma Nur Serter, of the Republican and People's Party; Mithat Melen, of the Nationalist Movement Party, and Representative Christopher Shays (R-CT). The meeting was opened by Lindsay Lloyd, IRI Europe Director and moderated by CSIS Turkey Project Director, Bulent Aliriza.
