The Perception of Turkey in the Middle East, a research conducted by Mensur Akgün and Sabiha Senyücel Gündoğar and published by the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV), was launched on February 2, 2012.
Narod Maraşlıyan from GPoT Center attended the three-day Public Writing and Analysis Training on January 26-28, 2012. Part of the "Support to Armenia-Turkey Rapprochement" project, the event was organized by the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) and the Yerevan-based International Center for Human Development (ICHD) with the support of USAID.
Dr. Mensur Akgün and Dr. Sylvia Tiryaki from GPoT Center attended the “Global Movement of Moderates” Conference, organized in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on January 17-19, 2012. The theme of the Conference was “In Pursuit of an Enduring and Just Peace.” The attendants of the Conference varied from top echelons of the Government to academia, civil society and media.
The second piece in our Op-Ed series is devoted to the figure of the former President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Rauf Denktaş, who passed away on January 13, 2012. The Op-Ed features two articles. The first one is entitled "Instead of Farewell / Veda Yerine" and is from the pen of Dr. Sylvia Tiryaki. The second one entitled "Denktaş No More / Denktaş Artık Yok" is written by Dr. Mensur Akgün.
In June 2009, GPoT Center published a book by the former Turkish Cypriot President Rauf Denktaş and Professor Michael Moran. The publication entitled “Cyprus: Unity and Difference” is a collection of letters exchanged between President Denktaş and Professor Moran.
GPoT Center introduces its Op-Ed Series on current topics in international relations with a piece written by GPoT Center Director, Dr. Mensur Akgün, entitled "Looking Ahead: Turkish Foreign Policy at the Start of 2012".
Dr. Akgün participated in the panel discussion "Evaluation of the Turkish Foreign Policy" organized by the Bilim ve Sanat Vakfı (Foundation for Science and Art - BISAV) on December 21, 2011 in Istanbul.
GPoT Center Director Dr. Mensur Akgün and Deputy Director Dr. Sylvia Tiryaki attended a series of meetings at the United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Policy and Mediation Division, directed by Ambassador Levent Bilman, between December 10-15, 2011 in New York City.
Lenka Peťková received Honorable Mention from the jury in the poetry contest held in the name of the Slovak avant-garde writer Rudolf Fabry, who is known for his surrealistic work.
With the aim to increase the cooperation between Turkey and Indonesia on the issue of democratic movements in the MENA region, a group of diplomats from Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited GPoT Center on December 8, 2011.
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