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.

GPoT Center’s Sofia Hafdell attended the 2012 Ørecomm Festival “Reclaiming the Public Sphere: Communication, Power and Social Change”, organized by the Ørecomm Centre for Communication and Glocal Change.

The Ørecomm research centre, originated by Malmö University, Sweden and Roskilde University, Denmark, invited researchers, students, and practitioners to its four-day seminar that started in Roskilde (1 day), moved on to Malmö (2 days) and closed in Copenhagen (1 day).

GPoT Center, in collaboration with the Center for Strategic Research of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, hosted Amb. Hüseyin Diriöz on the premises of Istanbul Kültür University on September 17th, 2012.

GPoT Center, in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung’s Istanbul office and the Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies(MITVIM), organized an interactive policy discussion entitled “Turkish-Israeli relations and the Paradigm Shift in the Middle East” with the participation of leading Israeli and Turkish experts on September 13th, 2012.

Lenka Peťková, together with 46 other young professionals and students from twelve different countries, participated in the 11th edition of the Visegrad Summer School hosted by the Villa Decius Association in Cracow between July 1st and 14th, 2012.