The Istanbul Seminars is a week long meeting organized by Reset-Dialogues and takes place every spring.
The conference takes place at Istanbul Bilgi University and attracts a considerable audience of scholars and students from all over the world.
The Goal of the Istanbul Seminars 2013 is to throw light upon The Sources of Political Legitimacy in philosophical, sociological and legal terms.
The relevant questions are: How can democracy secure social cohesion in a time of recession? Can religion be a source of political legitimacy? How a democratic legitimacy can be assured at the heart of the European integration process? Turkey, the new soft power in the Muslim World?