Activities

Oct 3, 2011: CFT hosts fringe event at the Party Conference in Manchester - "Turkey-UK Strategic Partnership in a Changing World", with Europe Minister Rt Hon David Lidington MP, HE Turkish Ambassador Unal Cevikoz and Dr Gulnur Aybet, University of Kent. (Details)

May 10, 2011: CFT and the Young Conservative Europe Group (YCEG) hold a panel to discuss the developments in British & European cooperation with Turkey.  Panellists were John Peet, Europe Editor of the Economist, Maurice Fraser, Senior Fellow in European Politics at the LSE and Richard Balfe, former MEP. (Details)

Oct 3-6, 2010: CFT hosts exhibition stand at the Party Conference in Birmingham.

Jan 27, 2010: CFT and the European Azerbaijan Society hold roundtable with Azerbaijani Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev, Rt Hon Lord Howell of Guildford, energy experts and investors. (Press release)

Nov 30, 2009: CFT and Conservative Friends of Israel jointly organise a panel on Turkish-Israeli relations at the House of Commons, with HE Turkish Ambassador Alpogan, HE Israeli Ambassador Prosor, Shadow Foreign Minister Keith Simpson MP and Chairman of the Defence Select Committee Rt Hon James Arbuthnot MP (Details) (Press release) 

Oct 5-8, 2009: CFT hosts exhibition stand, holds fringe meeting with Conservative Friends of Poland, signs 150 members at crucial Conservative Party Conference. (Press release)

Aug 28, 2009: CFT members join Rt Hon William Hague MP, Baroness Warsi, Lord Ashcroft and Tobias Ellwood MP for a Social Action project in Srebrenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina). (Conservative Party website, The Herald)

June 23, 2009: CFT and Westminster North Conservative Association host drinks reception; Shadow Defence Minister Dr Liam Fox MP and Westminster North parliamentary candidate Joanne Cash give speeches (Press release)

March 9, 2009: Cities of London and Westminster Conservative Association and CFT jointly host Turkish dinner; former ambassador to Iraq Sir Harold Walker, Turkish Embassy Minister Counsellor Atilay Ersan and CFT Istanbul representative Dr Riza Kadilar give speeches. (Details)

Jan 7, 2009: CFT Brussels is officially launched with a seminar and reception
at the European Parliament; Daniel Hannan MEP, Murat Mercan, Umut Oran and Geoffrey van Orden MBE MEP take part in the panel (Press release)

Oct 28, 2008: Conservative Friends of Turkey is officially launched; Rt Hon William Hague MP, Richard Spring MP, Mark Francois MP and Baroness Warsi give speeches, 150 guests attend the cocktail reception. (Press release)

Oct 7, 2008: Conservative Friends of Turkey attends Party Conference, signs 150 members, parliamentary group now 20-strong. (Press release)

June 17, 2008: Conservative Friends of Turkey hosts pre-launch cocktail;  David Burrowes MP, Dominic Grieve MP and Fadi Hakura of Chatham House give speeches. (Details) (Press release)