Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF), in partnership with the Global Political Trends Center (GPoT), its primary partner in Turkey, organized a two-day conference with the support of USAID.

Dr. Mensur Akgün, with his colleague Dr. Sylvia Tiryaki, attended the Subministerial Meeting of the Forum for the Future 2010, which was held on November 8th, 2010 in Ottawa, Canada.

Mensur Akgün visited China, together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Davutoğlu, who was invited for an official visit by his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi.

The 7-day long visit involved meetings with Chinese officials, a round-table talk with researchers at the China International Research Institute, visits of many cultural sights in the country as well as the closing ceremony of the EXPO fair.

Mensur Akgün and Sylvia Tiryaki attended a conference on Security and the Middle East, which took place in Istanbul on October 14th, 2010.

Mensur Akgun, together with Sylvia Tiryaki and other international civil society activists, attended the Gender Institute Consultation Meeting which took place in Abu Dhabi on October 13th, 2010.

The meeting was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the United Arab Emirates.