II. International Congress of Liberal Economists
20-23 April 2001, Cappadoccia

20.04.2001, Friday

• Meeting at ALT and Departure to Cappadoccia  
• Check-in  
• Reception – Dinner  
• Keynote speaker: Sami Selçuk “Freedom of Speech”  
• Side event: Video Show: “F.A. Hayek: Freedom Philosopher”  

21.04.2001, Saturday

Opening Addresses

• Yusuf Erbay, Governor of Nevşehir
• Wilhelm Hummen, FNF
• Atilla Yayla, ALT

“The Philosophical Origins of Liberalism and Economics”

Chair: Dr, Cüneyt Ülsever, Hurriyet Newspaper

• Professor Norman P. Barry, Buckingham University
• Professor Atilla Yayla, Gazi University

Discussion  

“Liberal Schools of Economics: Classical and Modern”

Chair: Professor Ahmet Güner Sayar, Istanbul University

• Professor Turan Yay, Yıldız Technical University
• Professor Gülsüm Yay, Yıldız Technical Universty
• Dr. Muhlis Bağdigen, Zonguldak University

Discussion  

“Market Process Theory”

Chair: Professor Cevat Gerni, Atatürk University

• Dr. Fuat Oğuz, Zonguldak University
• Assoc. Prof. Ömer Demir, Kırıkkale University

Discussion  

Dinner  

• Side event:“Countries in Perpetual  Economic Crisis: Turkish and Argentinian Cases”, Valeriano Garcia and Asaf Savaş Akat
• Side event 2:Visit to Local “Sazevi”                                                                                                                                         

22.04.2001, Sunday

• Side event 1:Norman Barry, “Hayek’s Social and Economic Philosophy”
• Side event 2:Tahir Büyükakın: “A Debate on the Microsoft Case”

“Aspects of Market Economy”

Chair: Professor Ahmet Fazıl Özsoylu, Cukurova University

• Assoc. Prof. Enver Alper Güvel, Cukurova University 
• Professor Martin Ricketts, Buckingham University

Discussion  

“Problems of Transition Economies”

Chair: Professor Kürşat Aydoğan, Bilkent University

• Professor Güneri Akalın, Hacettepe University
• Professor Erdal Türkkan, Akdeniz University
• Professor Valeriano Garcia, ex-Priciple Economist/ex-Executive Director, World Bank 

Discussion  

Panel Discussion: “Logic of Market Economy: Does It Really Exist in Turkey?”

Chair: Atilla Yayla

• Rıfat Ortaç
• Kazım Berzeg
• Murat Özçelik
• İsmail Köksal
• Bülent Pirler
• Closing Remarks  
• Side event 1: Martin Ricketts: “Competition and the Regulation of the Public Utilities”
• Side event 2: “The development of Economic Thought in Ottoman Empire”                    

23.4.2001, Monday

• Sight-seeing tour                                                                    
• Lunch  
• Departure to Ankara