From October 8th to 10th, 2012, GPoT Deputy Director Dr. Sylvia Tiryaki attended the Istanbul Forum 2012, an initiative launched by the Center for Strategic Communication (STRATİM). This year, the Istanbul Forum focused on the Middle East and regional issues.

Following the workshop entitled “The Multilateral Track of Euro-Mediterranean Relations: The Role of the Union for the Mediterranean", which was organized by the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission (EuroMeSCo) in Barcelona on October 3, 2012, the directors of GPoT Center, Prof. Dr. Akgün and Dr. Tiryaki, participated in the EuroMeSCo Annual Conference.

The Danish VL20 group– a network group of top executives, former top executives and board members, and members of the national organization of top executives, the Danish Management Society – visited GPoT Center on September 28th, 2012.

Following the study visits to Turkey and Cyprus in June 2012, international experts from Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Greece, United States of America, Cyprus, and Turkey visited Moldova between September 23-27, 2012 to learn about the Transnistrian conflict and gain first-hand knowledge to be utilized when writing a comparative analysis of the existing division in Cyprus and Moldova.

GPoT Center, in collaboration with Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF), brought four journalists to Armenia between the 20th and 24th of September, 2012 under the "TV Talk Shows" activity, which is a part of "Support to Armenia-Turkey Rapprochement" Project.

GPoT Center hosted approximately 30 students from the Nordfyn Gymnasium based in the Danish city of Sonderso. The group, together with their teachers, visited GPoT Center on September 20th, 2012 in order to learn about selected issues in Turkish foreign policy and the institute's activities in these areas.

After welcoming remarks delivered by Can Yirik, Sofia Hafdell made a presentation in which she addressed the role of Turkey in NATO and the region. Lenka Peťková briefed the group about the Cyprus problem and its linkage to EU-Turkey relations.