GPoT Center organized an activity on Human Security Challenge, which was facilitated by Human Security Collective’s Jeanne Abdulla under the auspices of Istanbul Kültür University (IKU). The event, which was attended by students of International Relations in IKU, consisted of an interactive game and was followed by a briefing session discussing the lessons learned and the challenges faced during the activity.
Students from Lund University and the Association of Foreign Affairs in Lund, Sweden, visited Global Political Trends (GPoT) Center on March 31, 2015. GPoT Center's staff presented to the students selected issues in Turkish foreign policy and the Center's activities in these areas.
Within the framework of the ongoing policy dialogue between GPoT Center and Mitvim Institute, and with the support of Friedrich Ebert Foundation, the Center for Middle East Policy (CMEP) at Brookings hosted a discussion examining the relationship between Israel and Turkey.
The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) hosted Mitvim - The Israel Institute for Regional Foreign Policies and the Global Political Trends Center (GPoT) on Monday, March 23, 2015 for an, off the record roundtable discussion on the current state of Israeli-Turkish relations. This event which took place in Washington, D.C. was the 5th round of the Mitvim-GPoT Center Israel-Turkey policy dialogue, launched in 2012 and held in cooperation with FES.
Within the framework of the ongoing policy dialogue between GPoT Center and Mitvim Institute, and with the support of Friedrich Ebert Foundation, the Center for Middle East Policy (CMEP) at Brookings hosted a discussion examining the relationship between Israel and Turkey.
GPoT Center’s Dr. Sylvia Tiryaki and Mitvim Institute’s Dr. Nimrod Goren discussed the development and current state of Turkey-Israel relations. Additionally, they explored future opportunities and ways for normalizing the relations, while debating the role of the US in this process.
Prof. Dr. Mensur Akgün and Dr. Sylvia Tiryaki of Global Political Trends (GPoT) Center attended the fifty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women, which took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 9 to 20 March 2015. Representatives of Member States , UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world attend the session.