GPoT Center's deputy director Sylvia Tiryaki participated as a speaker during the Young Diplomats Forum, organized by the Global Diplomatic Forum from the 2nd to the 6th of September, at the Delegation of the European Union to Turkey, Ankara.

Sylvia Tiryaki delivered a speech in the panel 'EU-Turkey Relations: Opportunities and Challenges', addressing questions of Turkey's role in the EU enlargement process and Turkey's EU-accession.

Spojené státy zvažují útok na syrské cíle. Oslovili jsme s několika otázkami arabisty a blízkovýchodní specialisty. Přehled jejich názorů na situaci v současné dění v Sýrii budeme postupně níže zveřejňovat. V článku najdete i odkazy na další komentáře - české i zahraniční.

The Munathara Initiative, alongside the Global Political Trends Center (GPoT) and IREX, are calling on young Syrians to make their voices heard by submitting a short video detailing their visions for Syria’s future.

Ten winners will be determined through an online vote and will be 

brought to Istanbul Kultur University to participate in a workshop and 

debate on September 16 through 18.

GPoT Center is partnering with the Munathara Initiative (Munathara) to implement Musabaqat Munathara #DD9, a debate competition dedicated to the youth of Syria. Syrian youth may take part by submitting a video of up to 99 seconds, detailing their vision for Syria and a proposal for a way forward.

The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted the recommendation of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations to grant special consultative status to GPoT Center at its July 2013 session.

There are currently approximately 3,500 international, national and regional non-governmental organizations which enjoy consultative status with ECOSOC and GPoT Center is proud to be one of them.