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Relations between Germany, Israel and the Arab World

Smart Defense: Can a Lean NATO Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century?

Diplomats from the MFA of the Republic of Indonesia Visit GPoT Center

EU-Turkey Relations and the Denmark Presidency

Turkey - Armenia Journalism Award Ceremony

FEATURED: Op-Ed Series

GPoT Center introduced its Op-Ed Series on current topics in international relations at the beginning of 2012. We continue to publish new Op-Eds periodically on our website. To see the most updated list, please click on the title of this webnote.

28 Feb 2012 | Istanbul

Istanbul Screening of Turkey-Armenia Short Documentaries

GPoT Center organized the screening of a selection of films made by Turkish and Armenian students in their neighboring countries at Istanbul Kültür University on December 23, 2011.

23 Dec 2011 | Istanbul

The 11th Round of the Heybeliada Talks

GPoT Center organized the 11th Round of the Heybeliada Talks with the support of Friedrich Naumann Foundation on the 17th of December, 2011.

17 Dec 2011 | Nicosia

Emerging Security Challenges: What Role for NATO?

It has been a great pleasure for GPoT Center to host Dr. Knut Kirste, a senior officer from NATO’s Public Policy Divison on December 15, 2011 at a roundtable meeting on the topic of “Emerging Security Challenges: What role for NATO?”.

15 Dec 2011 | Istanbul

Turkish Journalists in Armenia

GPoT Center in collaboration with Internews Armenia brought 4 Turkish journalists to Yerevan between November 20-24, 2011. The journalism exchange was part of "Dialogue-Building Between Turkey and Armenia" Project.

20.-24.11.2011 | Yerevan

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Armenia - Turkey Policy and Media Discussions

GPoT Center in collaboration with the Yerevan Press Club and Eurasia Partnership Foundation organized a 3-day long roundtable meeting with the participation of about 30 prominent Turkish and Armenian experts, academics, and journalists on the island of Heybeliada in Istanbul. The event took place between July 11-13, 2011.

July 11-13, 2011 | Istanbul

Turkish-Israeli Relations (1949-2010)

by Alon Liel & Can Yirik

The Album, entitled Turkish-Israeli Relations, depicts six decades of diplomatic relations between the State of Israel and the Republic of Turkey by historical pictures which gathers the most important and many unpublished pictures together, from the days of the first contacts between the Zionist leaders and the Turkish authorities to the present.

This unique study, which divides the bilateral relations into four different chapters, enables the reader to assess the Turkish-Israeli relations in their historical context.

The book can be ordered online or by telephone. Tel: (+90) 212.498.44.76

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Dr. Akgün at "The Arab Spring, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Cyprus Problem" Conference

On May 12, 2012, the Director of GPoT Center Dr. Mensur Akgün moderated a panel at the conference entitled "Arab Spring, Eastern Mediterranean and the Cyprus Problem" organized by Insight Turkey in cooperation with the Academy Cyprus at the Yakın Doğu University in Nicosia.

Governance for a Changing World

From 26 – 28 April 2012, Dr. Mensur Akgün attended the workshop entitled Governance for a Changing World that was organized by the The Hague Institute for Global Justice (THIGJ), in close cooperation with the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and The Netherlands Institute for International Relations ‘Clingendael’.

Second Screening of Turkey-Armenia Short Documentaries in Istanbul

On the 18th of April 2012, GPoT Center in collaboration with Boğaziçi University's Mithat Alam Film Center organized a screening of films made by Turkish and Armenian students.

Women's Day Celebrated at the British Consulate General in Istanbul

Dr. Tiryaki together with other representatives from the NGO and media sectors in Turkey participated in a meeting organized by Jessica Hand, the British Consul General in Istanbul, to commemorate the International Women's Day.

Turkey's Strategic Role in NATO | by Sofia Hafdell

Sofia Hafdell's article entitled "Turkey's Strategic Role in NATO" was published on the blog FUF-korrespondenterna, which is bound to the Swedish Development Forum. To read the article of GPoT Center intern - Sofia Hafdell - in Swedish, visit FUF-korrespondenterna or continue reading below.

Prospective Scenarios in Cyprus: If a Solution Is Not Found | by Mensur Akgün

Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation published Dr. Akgün's article in which he foresees what could possibly happen if no solution to the Cyprus problem is found.