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<a title="Roundtable meeting: On the way to the G-20 London Summit" href="/conferences/155"><img alt="Roundtable meeting: On the way to the G-20 London Summit" src="/resimler/g20londonsummit.jpg" /></a>
<h2><a title="Roundtable meeting: On the way to the G-20 London Summit" href="/conferences/155">Roundtable meeting: On the way to the G-20 London Summit</a></h2>
<p><a title="" href="/conferences/155">In collaboration with the British Embassy in Ankara, Global Political Trends Center (GPoT) has organized a roundtable meeting on the global economic crisis and the G20 London Summit that will be held in April 2009.</a></p>
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<a title="Alliance of civilizations and Union for Mediterranean region: Two compatibles or concurrent proces" href="/conferences/244"><img alt="Alliance of civilizations and Union for Mediterranean region: Two compatibles or concurrent proces" src="/resimler/baharbigg.jpg" /></a>
<h2><a title="Alliance of civilizations and Union for Mediterranean region: Two compatibles or concurrent proces" href="/conferences/244">Alliance of civilizations and Union for Mediterranean region: Two compatibles or</a></h2>
<p><a title="" href="/conferences/244">On 11 July 2009, the Global Political Trends Center (GPoT) organized in collaboration with Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) the first conference within the Turkish Season in France.</a></p>
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<a title="International Seminar: EU-Turkey Relations and the Swedish Presidency" href="/conferences/189"><img alt="International Seminar: EU-Turkey Relations and the Swedish Presidency" src="/resimler/stockholmb.jpg" /></a>
<h2><a title="International Seminar: EU-Turkey Relations and the Swedish Presidency" href="/conferences/189">International Seminar: EU-Turkey Relations and the Swedish Presidency</a></h2>
<p><a title="" href="/conferences/189">In collaboration with the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI), Global Political Trends Center organized an international conference in Stockholm, Sweden on 25 May 2009.</a></p>
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<a title="Book launch event by GPoT Center" href="/conferences/208"><img alt="Book launch event by GPoT Center" src="/resimler/cyplaunchbig.jpg" /></a>
<h2><a title="Book launch event by GPoT Center" href="/conferences/208">Book launch event by GPoT Center</a></h2>
<p><a title="" href="/conferences/208">On 17 June 2009, GPoT Center launched two of its publications on the Cyprus question at Dome Hotel, Girne. First one, titled &#8220;Cyprus: Unity and Difference&#8221; is a collection of letters exchanged between the former Turkish Cypriot President...</a></p>
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<a title="GPoT- LSE: Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy" href="/conferences/395"><img alt="GPoT- LSE: Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy" src="/resimler/gla0.jpg" /></a>
<h2><a title="GPoT- LSE: Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy" href="/conferences/395">GPoT- LSE: Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy</a></h2>
<p><a title="" href="/conferences/395">GPoT and the Contemporary Turkish Studies Chair at LSE organized a joint conference on the &#8220;Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy&#8221;.</a></p>
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<h2><a title="Roundtable meeting on Turkey&#8217;s EU Vision in 2010" href="/conferences/432">Roundtable meeting on Turkey&#8217;s EU Vision in 2010</a></h2>
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<b>11.01.2010, Istanbul</b>
<p>Roundtable meeting on Turkey&#8217;s EU Vision in 2010
with the participation of Mr. Egemen Bağış, Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator. 
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<h2><a title="&#8220;Mutual Bias and Objectivity in the Media of Armenia and Turkey&#8221;" href="/conferences/410">&#8220;Mutual Bias and Objectivity in the Media of Armenia and Turkey&#8221;</a></h2>
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<b>21.12.2009, Yerevan, Armenia</b>
<p>The second meeting of the &#8220;Mutual Bias and Objectivity in the Media of Armenia and Turkey&#8221; project...</p>
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<h2><a title="GPoT- LSE: Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy" href="/conferences/395">GPoT- LSE: Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy</a></h2>
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<b>07.12.2009, London, 04 December 2009</b>
<p>GPoT and the Contemporary Turkish Studies Chair at LSE organized a joint conference on the &#8220;Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy&#8221;.</p>
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<h2><a title="Arab &#8211; Turkish Dialogue Forum" href="/conferences/381">Arab &#8211; Turkish Dialogue Forum</a></h2>
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<b>24.11.2009, Istanbul, 21-22 November 2009</b>
<p>Arab &#8211; Turkish Dialogue Forum, held between 21-22 November 2009, in Istanbul, was a joint initiative of Istanbul Kultur University &#8211; Global Political Trends Center (IKU/GPoT), Centre for Arab Unity Studies (CAUS) and Arab Democracy Foundation.</p>
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<h2><a title="Turkish foreign policy today, with special  reference to the Middle East and Arab World" href="/conferences/360">Turkish foreign policy today, with special  reference to the Middle East and Arab World</a></h2>
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<b>22.10.2009, Istanbul</b>
<p>On 22 October 2009, Istanbul Kultur University- Global Political Trends Center (IKU/GPoT) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Foundation&#8217;s office in Turkey jointly organized a roundtable meeting... </p>
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<h2><a title="Mutual Bias and Objectivity in the Media of Armenia and Turkey	" href="/conferences/353">Mutual Bias and Objectivity in the Media of Armenia and Turkey	</a></h2>
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<b>13.10.2009, Bursa</b>
<p>In the wake of the historic football match between Turkey and Armenia in Bursa, Global Political Trends Center (GPoT) organized a panel attended by Turkish and Armenian journalists as part of the Mutual Bias and Objectivity in the Media project.</p>
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<img alt="The Kurdish Question: The process and the grave mistakes by the Governments" src="/resimler/kurdishByYalime.jpg" />
<h3>Yalım Eralp</h3><b class="kahve">The Kurdish Question: The process and the grave mistakes by the Governments</b><br /><a href="/dosyalar/kurdish_questionYalim.pdf" title="">Download</a>
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<h3>Yalım Eralp</h3><b class="kahve">Iran the Bomb and Turkey</b><br /><a href="/dosyalar/iran_the_bomb.pdf" title="">Download</a>
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<img alt="Britain and the 1960 Cyprus Accords: A Study in Pragmatism" src="/resimler/AstudyInPragmatism.jpg" />
<h3>Michael Moran</h3><b class="kahve">Britain and the 1960 Cyprus Accords: A Study in Pragmatism</b><br /><a href="/dosyalar/Britain.pdf" title="">Download</a>
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<h2 class="events">Upcoming Events</h2>
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<li><p><b>Washington, March 2010</b><br /><a title="" href="/events/411">Turkey-Israel at Sixty, March 2010</a></p></li>

<li><p><b>Istanbul, February 9, 2010</b><br /><a title="" href="/events/446">&#8220;The Non-Copenhagen Criteria that are applied to Turkey&#8221;</a></p></li>

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<h2 class="news">Latest News</h2>
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<li><a title="" href="/media/444">Brave government or brave media? | Abdülhamit Bilici | Today's Zaman</a></li>

<li><a title="" href="/news/438">Press Coverage of Meeting of the Armenian and Turkish media professionals in Yerevan</a></li>

<li><a title="" href="/media/435">Süreç sonuçtan daha önemli | Sami Kohen | Milliyet</a></li>

<li><a title="" href="/media/434">Üyelik cazibesini yitirirse | Mensur Akgün | Referans</a></li>

<li><a title="" href="/media/433">Kafkaslar'ın en "hip" caz kulübü  İpek Yezdani | Milliyet</a></li>

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<a target="blank" href="http://www.isn.ethz.ch" title="International Relations and Security Network"><img src="/resimler/isn.jpg" alt="International Relations and Security Network" /></a>
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<h2 class="files"><a title="Daily Press Scan" href="/scan/">Daily Press Scan</a></h2>
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<li><a title="" href="/scan/445">EU-TURKEY Relations</a> | <b>02.02.2010</b></li>

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