Overseas Military Presence and Its Impact on Foreign Policy

An online panel was held by DIPAM on 03.12.2020 (Thursday) at 19.00 about “Overseas Military Presence and Its Impact on Foreign Policy”. The panel hosted DIPAM Advisory Board Member Prof. Mesut Hakkı CAŞIN, Chairman of EPAM and GÜVSAM in Istinye University Brig. Gen. (R) Assoc. Prof. Fahri ERENEL and Istanbul Aydın University Lecturer Brig. Gen. (R) Dr. Naim BABÜROĞLU, moderated by DIPAM Chairman Tolga SAKMAN.

Moderator Tolga SAKMAN introduced the guests, listed the issues that will be discussed in the panel and indicated that they will be discussing the legal framework for establishing military bases and making military deployments overseas and in which conditions and reasons this could be achieved. He stated that military presence overseas will be discussed based on instances and gave the floor to the guests.