The Center for Strategic Communication (stratim) launched the Çengelhan dinner series at Swissotel Ankara on February 10, 2009. The Çengelhan dinner series aim to facilitate high-level debates on current issues with the participation of politicians, think-tankers and businessmen. The first Çengelhan dinner, moderated by the Director of Stratim Mr. Suat Kiniklioglu, featured Mr. Cengiz Çandar on the topic of the Middle East after Gaza War.
Emin Önen (AK Party Sanliurfa MP, Member of Stratim Executive Board), Hasan Alsancak (Energy Security Director of BTC Co. Turkey, Member of Stratim Executive Board), Serkan Kumdakci (Member of Stratim Executive Board ), Taner Yildiz (AK Party Kayseri MP), Nihat Ergün (AK Party Kocaeli MP), Ersel Aydinli (Chair of Department of International Relations, Bilkent University), Meliha Altunisik (Chairperson of Department of International Relations, METU) and Hasan Kanbolat (Director of ORSAM) were among the participants.
