The impact of the latest Greek Cypriot (May 22, 2011) and Turkish parliamentary elections (June 12, 2011) on the official Cyprus talks was discussed by Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot civil society activists, academics and opinion leaders together with participants from Turkey during the 10th round of the Heybeliada Talks on June 13, 2011.

GPoT Center hosted 5 Armenian media experts in Istanbul between 6-12 June, 2011 within the scope of the Pre-election Exchange of Journalists component of the “Support to Armenia-Turkey Rapprochement” Project.

On Wednesday, June 8, 2011 a group of 17 Turkish and American young professionals participating in the US State Department funded "Young Turkey / Young America" program visited GPoT Center.

On Friday, June 3, 2011, Global Political Trends Center in partnership with New York University's Center on International Cooperation and the Institute of Strategic Thinking (Stratejik Düşünce Enstitüsü) and with the support of the Turkish and Norwegian Ministries of Foreign Affairs.

International Political Science Association (IPSA) has chosen one of the latest GPoT Center books to feature in the May issue of the IPSA Newsletter.

The publication entitled "The Heybeliada Talks: Two Years of Public Diplomacy on Cyprus" prepared by Lenka Peťková and edited by Drs. Sylvia Tiryaki and Mensur Akgün was presented in the "Books by Members" section of the IPSA Newsletter in May 2011.