FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 29, 2009

Contact: Felisa Neuringer Klubes 202.663.5626
fklubes@jhu.edu

Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan to Speak at JHU SAIS

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, prime minister of Turkey, will speak at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) on Monday, December 7 at 4 p.m.

Erdoğan will speak about “Turkey in the 21st Century: Building Peace Through Diplomacy.”

SAIS Dean Jessica Einhorn will provide welcoming remarks, and Daniel Hamilton, director of the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations (CTR), will moderate the session.

The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in Kenney Auditorium located on the first floor of the school’s Nitze Building, 1740 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Members of the public should RSVP to CTR at
http://transatlantic.sais-jhu.edu/events/2009/erdogan.htm.

A live Webcast of the event can be viewed at 4 p.m. ET by clicking here.

Members of the media who plan to cover the event must respond to Felisa Neuringer Klubes at the SAIS Communications Office at 202.663.5626 or fklubes@jhu.edu.