Narod Maraşlıyan from GPoT Center attended the three-day Public Writing and Analysis Training from the 26th to the 28th of January, 2012. Part of the "Support to Armenia-Turkey Rapprochement" project, the event was organized by the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) and the Yerevan-based International Center for Human Development (ICHD) with the support of USAID.

Dr. Mensur Akgün and Dr. Sylvia Tiryaki from GPoT Center attended the “Global Movement of Moderates” Conference, organized in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on January 17-19, 2012. The theme of the Conference was “In Pursuit of an Enduring and Just Peace.” The attendants of the Conference varied from top echelons of the Government to academia, civil society and media.

The second piece in our Op-Ed series is devoted to the figure of the former President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Rauf Denktaş, who passed away on January 13th, 2012. The Op-Ed features two articles. The first one is entitled "Instead of Farewell / Veda Yerine" and is written by Dr. Sylvia Tiryaki. The second one entitled "Denktaş No More / Denktaş Artık Yok" is written by Dr. Mensur Akgün.

The Op-Ed no. 2 is bilingual (English and Turkish) and can be downloaded from here.

In June 2009, GPoT Center published a book by the former Turkish Cypriot President, Rauf Denktaş, and Professor Michael Moran. The publication, entitled “Cyprus: Unity and Difference,” is a collection of letters exchanged between President Denktaş and Professor Moran.

"Cyprus: Unity and Difference" is available for your download here. GPoT Center believes and hopes that the study can positively contribute to the just and viable settlement of the Cyprus problem.

GPoT Center organized the screening of a selection of films made by Turkish and Armenian students in their neighboring countries at Istanbul Kültür University on December 23rd, 2011.
The six Turkish and Armenian students made the films in 2011 as part of the "Dialogue-Building between Armenia and Turkey" project, funded by the United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Rights and Labor. The films were co-produced by Internews Armenia and CAM Film (based in Istanbul), with the support of GPoT Center. They were screened in Armenia between December 5th and 7th, 2011.