Turkish and Armenian NGOs and civil society groups continue to pursue "second track diplomacy" to maintain momentum. Following official attempts at rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia in 2008 with so-called "Football diplomacy", civil society groups on both sides of the border began to engage more each other more actively.
A final effort is being made to unite the divided island, but many believe that the stalemate will continue. With just months remaining before Cyprus is expected to assume the rotating EU presidency this summer, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon made a final effort to bring Turkish Cypriot President Dervish Eroglu and his Greek Cypriot counterpart Dimitris Christofias closer to a solution in a two-day meeting that ended Wednesday (January 25th) at Greentree, near New York City.
Denktaş denince insanların aklına siyasi duruşlarına bağlı olarak iki şey gelir. Ya çözüm karşıtı bir lider olarak tanınır ya da büyük bir vatansever. Yani o ya siyahtır ya beyaz. Çok azımız onun bırakın renkli yanlarını, gri tonlarını bilir. Çok azımız onun insani özelliklerini önemser.
The Director of GPoT Center Dr. Mensur Akgün took part in the show of İnci Ertuğrul of the TRT News (TRT Haber) on January 7, 2012 and commented on the democratisation process in Turkey.
In a show of Sky Turk TV on January 4, 2012, Dr. Mensur Akgün commented on the Armenian genocide bill in the French parliament and its implications.
On January 4, 2012, Director of GPoT Center Dr. Mensur Akgün participated in a show of Sky Turk TV, in which he commented on the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey - Mr. Ahmet Davutoğlu's visit to Iran.
2011 did not signal there is a light at the end of Turkey's EU tunnel, and 2012 looks to be even more problematic. As Turkey enters 2012, its EU accession process remains on the brink of paralysis. On the political front there has not been any significant progress, while the eurozone crisis has shifted European and Turkish policy makers' attention away from further expansion and integration.
“PKK için Kürdistan kapanıyor. Esad’ın gitmesi ve Baas’ın sarsılmasıyla, PKK’nın Suriye desteği de bitiyor. PKK’nın bütün o eski Bekaa kontakları yıkılacak, o insanlar belki Suriye’den kaçacaklar.”
On the 26th of December, 2011 participants of the film-making activity took part in the show Gamurç/Köprü, which is hosted by Aris Nalcı.
Participants of the Documentary Film-making Activity appeared in Jamanak Newspaper.
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