The conference tackled issues concerning the Palestinian cause, Turkey's policy towards foreign and Middle Eastern countries, the Turkish-Palestinian relations and the current situation of the Palestinian cause in the Arab, regional and international contexts. Other papers also shed light on media, religious and philosophical aspects of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Dr. Ayoub presented his research paper titled: "Palestinian Cause and the Question of Internalization: Boycott as a Strategy".

The paper discusses the obvious contradiction between the fact that the Palestinian cause is an international issue and the absence of its internationality in the International Will to provide a compromise for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

The paper shows that the Palestinian cause didn't result in an effective international agreement for compromise as in the case of South Africa and Northern Ireland.

Dr. Ayoub also discussed with the Turkey's Ambassador to Palestine possible means of academic and research cooperation between An-Najah with the Turkish institutions.

Notes:

• The conference was initiated by the Necmettin Erbakan University of Konya in collaboration with Al-Quds Open University in Palestine.
• The conference included 90 research papers for participants from Turkey and a number of Arab countries including Palestine, Lebanon, Morocco, Algeria, Sudan, Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Diaspora.
• The conference was also attended by a large number of notable guests and attendees from Turkey.
• Dr. Ayoub also met with a number of Palestinian university students in Konya.
• Konya is a city south of Ankara in Turkey’s Central Anatolia region. It’s a pilgrimage destination for Sufis, focused on the tomb of the founder of the Mevlana order, Jelaleddin Rumi, in the Mevlana Museum.