On 13 May 2013 Sylvia Tiryaki moderated a panel entitled “Energy and Improvements in Turkey-Israel Relations” which was part of the larger conference "Energy in the Eastern Mediterranean: Can it Facilitate Dispute Resolution?".

The conference, organized by the Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), covered topics such as energy, Turkish-Israeli relations, the Cyprus problem, and the way forward for the region.

Recognizing the significance of the recent developments in Cyprus, GPoT Center resumed meetings aiming to provide a communication platform for representatives of both sides of Cyprus, Turkey, and Greece under the banner of the Heybeliada Talks. The 12th round in the series of second-track diplomacy meetings, which have been organized by GPoT Center since 2008, took place in Nicosia’s Buffer Zone on May 11, 2013.

In partnership with the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Israel, GPoT Center organized the second part of the International Workshop for Turkish and Israeli Journalists in Jerusalem, Israel. The workshop hosted 13 participants, including journalists from well-known Turkish and Israeli newspapers, and academicians, from the 29th of April to the 1st of May, 2013.

GPoT Center hosted approximately 40 participants for the 2013 cycle of the High Strategic Studies of the Mediterranean Sea. 9-month long study programs of this kind have been organized by the Mediterranean Foundation of Strategic Studies in partnership with the Institute of High Studies of National Defense for almost two decades.

GPoT Center's project officer Sofia Hafdell participated in the Citizens for Dialogue Convention organized by the Anna Lindh Foundation and the Tunisian, Algerian and Moroccan Networks between the 24th and the 28th of March, 2013 in Tunisia.