{"id":7405,"date":"2024-10-08T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T09:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=7405"},"modified":"2024-10-10T13:57:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T10:57:06","slug":"h-e-mr-alexander-stubb-president-of-the-republic-of-finland-meets-bilkenters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=7405","title":{"rendered":"H.E. Mr. Alexander Stubb, President of the Republic of Finland, Meets Bilkenters\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The \u201cMartti Ahtisaari Legacy Peace Seminar 2024,\u201d organized by the Department of Political Science and Public Administration in cooperation with the Embassy of Finland in T\u00fcrkiye and Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation (CMI), was held on Tuesday, October 1, at the Mithat \u00c7oruh Auditorium.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seminar, which aims to stimulate discussion on the future of peace mediation around the world, began with opening remarks by H.E. Mr. Alexander Stubb, President of the Republic of Finland. President Stubb emphasized the necessity of multilateralism and the pivotal role of the United Nations in maintaining global order, stressing the importance of adherence to international law.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Stubb\u2019s opening remarks were followed by a discussion on trends in international mediation featuring H.E. Ms. Elina Valtonen, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Finland and H.E. Prof. Burhanettin Duran, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of T\u00fcrkiye.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seminar continued with an expert panel on navigating multilevel peace mediation amid global shifts, focusing on the Horn of Africa. At the panel, Prof. P\u0131nar Bilgin, of the Departments of International Relations and Political Science and Public Administration, hosted Ambassador Timur S\u00f6ylemez, Director General for International Mediation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, T\u00fcrkiye; Assoc. Prof. Esra \u00c7uhadar of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration; Mr. Oskari Eronen, Chief Program Officer at CMI; and Mr. Suldaan Said Ahmed, Finnish Foreign Minister\u2019s Special Envoy on Peace Mediation in the Horn of Africa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seminar honored Martti Ahtisaari (1937-2023), former UN diplomat, Finnish statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (2008), recognized as one of the world&#8217;s leading peace mediators. The President Martti Ahtisaari Legacy Event series fosters discussions on the future of peace mediation, building on his global legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1565ca05-b05f-42bc-8ca0-b570aebeaa27-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1565ca05-b05f-42bc-8ca0-b570aebeaa27-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1565ca05-b05f-42bc-8ca0-b570aebeaa27-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1565ca05-b05f-42bc-8ca0-b570aebeaa27-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1565ca05-b05f-42bc-8ca0-b570aebeaa27-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1565ca05-b05f-42bc-8ca0-b570aebeaa27-165x109.jpg 165w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1565ca05-b05f-42bc-8ca0-b570aebeaa27.jpg 1984w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cMartti Ahtisaari Legacy Peace Seminar 2024,\u201d organized by the Department of Political Science and Public Administration in cooperation with the Embassy of Finland in T\u00fcrkiye and Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation (CMI), was held on Tuesday, October 1, at the Mithat \u00c7oruh Auditorium.\u00a0\u00a0 The seminar, which aims to stimulate discussion<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=7405\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,80,168,164],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7405"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7405"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7458,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7405\/revisions\/7458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}