Former Minister Of Turkish Foreign Affairs To Speak
WILLIAMSTOWN - Hikmet Cetin, Turkish politician and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, will present a lecture titled "Turkey, the EU, and Islam" on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 8 p.m. in the Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall at Williams College.Cetin has played an active role in the Turkish Parliament since the late 1970s. He was elected to Parliament in 1977, and served as the Minister of State and later as the Deputy Prime Minister.
In 1987, he joined the Social Democratic Populist Party after his former party, the Republican People's Party, was banned. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and in 1995 he was elected the Speaker of the Parliament.
From 2003 to 2006, Cetin served as NATO Secretary General's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, a high-level position that includes management of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
He received his B.A. from the University of Ankara in 1960 and after joining the State Planning Organization (SPO), he received his M.A. from Williams College in economic development. Cetin also did work on planning models at Stanford University.
