Dr. Mensur Akgün
Director ~ mensur.akgun/gpotcenter.org
Dr. Mensur Akgün is the director of the Global Political Trends Center (GPoT) and the former chair of the Department of International Relations at Istanbul Kültür University, where he is a faculty member. He received his first bachelor's degree from Middle East Technical University in Ankara in international relations. He later earned another bachelor's degree in social anthropology, as well as a master's in political science, at the University of Oslo in Norway. He completed his doctoral studies at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. In addition to his work at GPoT, from 2002 to 2009 he served as the director of the Foreign Policy Program at the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV), to which he is currently an adviser. Previously a columnist at the daily Referans, Dr. Akgün currently writes for the daily Star. He has numerous published works in the fields of international relations and Turkish foreign policy. Since 2011, Dr. Akgün has been serving as an Adviser to the World Handicapped Foundation.
Articles & News
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- The Heybeliada Talks: Series of Second Track Diplomacy Meetings on Cyprus
- The Perception of Turkey in the Middle East
- Global Movement of Moderates
- Denktaş denince | Star | Mensur Akgün
- Instead of Farewell / Denktaş No More | Veda Yerine / Denktaş Artık Yok
- Mensur Akgün in the Show of TRT News
- Op-Ed Series: Looking Ahead: Turkish Foreign Policy at the Start of 2012
- Dr. Akgün on Sky Turk
- Dr. Akgün Comments on Ahmet Davutoğlu's Visit to Iran | Sky Turk
- Mensur Akgün: Türkiye’nin güney kapıları kapanıyor | Neşe Düzel | Taraf
- Dr. Akgün on CNN Türk
- The 11th Round of the Heybeliada Talks
- Series of Meetings at the UN DPA Policy and Mediation Division
- Mensur Akgün Visits NATO-HQ
- Türkiye'nin Dış Politikası: Ters Giden Bir Şeyler Mi Var? | Mensur Akgün | Görüş Dergisi
- The Recent Developments in the Middle East, Mediterranean and the Role of Turkey
- EuroMeSCo Annual Conference 2011
- Turkey's Middle East Policy | CRIenglish.com
- Resignations Herald the Demilitarisation of Politics | IPS | Jay Cassano
- Turks’ Military Chiefs Depart | Los Angeles Times | Borzou Daragahi, Paul Richter
- ‘Cyprus Is Heading Toward Separation,’ Says Academic | Hürriyet Daily News | Barçın Yinanç
- Rumlar çözüm istemiyor, Erdoğan yumuşak bile konuştu | Euronews | Bora Bayraktar
- A shift in Turkey’s Cyprus policy? | Euronews | Bora Bayraktar
- Armenia-Turkey Policy and Media Discussions
- Bir ödül ve teşekkür | Milliyet | Kadri Gürsel
- 60 some years of the Turkish-Israeli Relations | Star | Mensur Akgün
- El boicot de la oposición al Parlamento provoca una crisis institucional en Turquía | El Mundo | Ilya U. Topper
- Book Launch: Turkish-Israeli Relations (1949-2010)
- Young Turkey / Young America
- GPoT Publication Featuring in the IPSA Newsletter
- Turkey-Israel Ties Still Poor a Year After Flotilla | Vanessa H Larson | Monsters and Critics
- Dağın Gölgesinde Kalan Ülke | Muhsin Öztürk | Aksiyon
- Turkey's Foreign Policy: A Twofold Perspective
- Erivan: Kayıp zamanın izinde... | Fatih Vural | Zaman
- Turquía se atribuye el éxito de la reconciliación entre Fatah y Hamás | El Mundo | Ilya U. Topper
- Euro-Mediterranean Forum for Young Researchers
- Değişimi yönetmek | Mensur Akgün | Star
- Visit of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
- Dr. Mensur Akgün Kozmik Oda'da
- Türkler Obama'ya sıcak ABD'ye kuşkuyla bakıyor | Ali H. Aslan | Zaman
- Ortadoğu'da Türkiye Hakkında Olumlu Görüşler Yoğun | Barış Ornarlı | VOA
- Dr. Mensur Akgün CNN Türk'te
- GPoT Is a Proud Member of the "Middle East and North Africa Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict" Network
- Dr. Akgün at a Conference in Singapore: China - Middle East Political and Energy Relations
- World Handicapped Symposium
- Dr. Akgün at the Wilton Park Conference
- Dr. Tiryaki and Dr. Akgün Present a Paper at IPSA Conference in Sao Paulo
- Arapların isteği İran değil Türkiye olmak | Murat Aksoy | Yeni Şafak
- The Perceptions of Turkey in the Middle East
- 9th Round of the Heybeliada Talks
- 7th Forum for the Future: Civil Society Forum
- Dr. Mensur Akgün Interviewed by NTV (MSNBC)
- Visit of Armenian Students to GPoT Center
- Report Launch: Reconciliation Through a Common Purpose: Third Party Human Rights in Cyprus
- Dr. Mensur Akgün Interviewed by TRT 1
- Türkiye Ermenistan ilişkilerinde Pechakucha | Doğan Ertuğrul | Star
- Armenia - Turkey Policy Discussions
- Subministerial Meeting of the Forum for the Future
- Mensur Akgün's visit to China
- Security and Middle East
- From Aspiration to Reality: Nuclear Disarmament After the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review
- Her alanda normalleşmek eksen kayması mı oldu? | Star
- Asıl Avrupa’nın ekseni değişti | Taraf
- Türkiye, artık her istenileni yapmayacak | Yeni Şafak
- Turkey: What Axis Shift? | by Mensur Akgün | Le Monde Diplomatique
- Rockefeller Conference on Armenia-Turkey relations
- Uzlaşmayız biz... | Ali Bayramoǧlu | Yeni Şafak
- Manşet üstü Erdoğan resmi | Mensur Akgün | Referans
- Experts: Sanctions vote won’t strain Turkish-US relations | Mahir Zeynalov | Today's Zaman
- Armenia-Turkey Policy Discussions Held in Yerevan
- US meetings reinvigorate Turkish-Armenian reconciliation | Today's Zaman | MAHİR ZEYNALOV
- Sarkisyan'ı anlamak | Mensur Akgün | Referans
- Dr. Mensur Akgün Interviewed by CNN Türk
- Ending the Isolation of Turkish Cypriots | Mensur Akgün and Sylvia Tiryaki | Insight Turkey
- ANKARA- Turks are now puzzling over the EU's back-handed compliment | Mensur Akgün | Europe's World
- Üyelik cazibesini yitirirse | Mensur Akgün | Referans
- Cyprus conflict could interrupt Turkey’s EU accession | Yonca Poyraz Doğan | Today's Zaman
- Hassasiyetler yarışırken Erivan'da empati | Mensur Akgün | Referans
- Dış politika etkileyici | Erdinç Akkoyunlu | Star
- Türkiye AB sürecinde İngiltere’yi örnek almalı | Gila Benmayor | Hürriyet
- AKP seçkinlerine makul tavsiyeler | Kadri Gürsel | Milliyet
- Fazla naz âşık usandırır | Mensur Akgün | Referans
- Türkiye artık kendi kaderini tayin ediyor | Star
- Mensur Akgün's article published at Atlantic-Community
- GPoT Center participated at the Forum for the Future Conference
- Bursa'da anormal olmayan neydi? | Kadri Gürsel | Milliyet
- Sarkisyan iyi ki geliyor | Mensur Akgün | Referans
- Türk ve Ermeni gazeteciler basının rolünü tartıştı
- Türk ve Ermeni gazeteciler, iki ülke arasındaki ilişkiler açısından basının rolünü tartıştı
- GPoT Center’s recent visit to the United States
- Medeniyetler İttifakı başarıya ulaşırsa | Mensur Akgün | Referans
- Denktaş: “Tanınma istenebilmesi için görüşmelerin durması lazım”
- Denktaş ve Moran'ın kitabı tanıtıldı | Demokrat Bakış
- Denktaş: toplu mezarlar zamanına geri döneriz | Hürriyet
- Cyprus: Unity and Difference | Kıbrıs Gazetesi
- Denktaş: “Tanınma istenebilmesi için görüşmelerin durması lazım” | euroactiv
- Denktaş'a göre görüşme süreci | 24haber
- Denktaş ve Moran'ın Ortak Kitabı Tanıtıldı | Kıbrıs Genç TV
- GPoT Book Launch in Cyprus | Gazeteport
- AB-Türkiye Kaçırılmaması gereken bir dönem başkanlığı | Mensur Akgün | Referans Gazetesi
- “Umut verip geldiler; ülkeyi tükettiler ” - Taraf Gazetesi - Mensur Akgün
- AKP Yanılsaması Mensur Akgün - Referans Gazetesi
- Hurriyet Daily News - New, fair global order a must to overcome crisis | Taylan Bilgiç
- Mensur Akgün - G-20 Zirvesi yaklaşırken - Referans Gazetesi
- Mensur Akgun on TRT Radio
- Mensur Akgun discussed on Turkey-EU Relations Kanal 24
- Mensur Akgun on Turkish TV Channel Kanal 24
- Mensur Akgun on Turkish TV Channel Haberturk
- Hayatınızda anlamı olan insanlar - Mensur Akgün, Referans Gazetesi
- A talk on Possible Future Projects between ELIAMEP&GPoT with Ekavi Athanassopoulou
- Discussions on the Recent Developmenst in Turkish Foreign Policy with Grenville Byford
- Young Diplomats of Northern Cyprus
- Evaluation and Foreground Discussions on Turkish Foreign Policy with Llewellyn Roberts
- Gelecek İçin Forum - Mensur Akgün, Referans Gazetesi
- Yonca Poyraz Doğan - Today's Zaman, Turkish Cypriot leader underlines time is short for reunification
- GPoT hosted a group of students of London Schools of Economics
- Yavuz Baydar - Today's Zaman
Published Media
Instead of Farewell / Denktaş No More | Veda Yerine / Denktaş Artık Yok
Sylvia Tiryaki & Mensur Akgün, January 2012
Young Minds Rethinking the Mediterranean
Nihan Akıncılar, Anna Alexieva, Jennifer Brindisi, Evinç Doğan, Amanda E. Rogers & Beatrice Schimmang | Mensur Akgün, Lenka Peťková (Eds.), December 2011
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