Assist. Prof. Sylvia Tiryaki, Deputy Director of Global Political Trends (GPoT) Center, delivered a speech entitled “Rethinking Cyprus in the Light of Recent Developments” at Yildiz Technical University. The speech took place within the framework of the Roundtable Discussions on International Politics on March 16, 2015.

Tiryaki’s speech was held with the participation of students and academicians, and followed by a vivid discussion regarding the past and the present of the years-long Cyprus question.

GPoT Center staff attended the panel discussion titled “Armenian Diaspora-Turkey Relations”, which was jointly organized by the International Relations Department of Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) and the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV). 

The event took place on March 5, 2015 on the premises of Istanbul Kültür University and was attended by academicians, researchers, civil society activists, and IKU students.

It was our great pleasure to host Mr. George Papandreou, former Prime Minister of Greece and current President of Socialist International, for a roundtable meeting. The event was attended by a distinguished group of academicians, journalists, diplomats, as well as students, and took place on the premises of Istanbul Kültür University on February 27. 

The discussions assessed current Turkish-Greek relations, EU-Greek relations, the future of the Cyprus question, and Greek politics after the recent general elections in Greece.
 

It was our pleasure to organise a roundtable meeting on women rights and violation against women on the premises of Istanbul Kültür University on February 24, 2015. The meeting was held with the participation of academicians, students, and civil society activists. 

GPoT Direktörü Mensur Akgün konuşmasında, Türkiye'nin AB ile ilişkilerine ve Kıbrıs sorunundaki gelişmelere değinerek, 2014'de Türkiye-AB ilişkilerinde kurumsal anlamda hiçbirşey olmadığını belirtti.

The wave of extremism which has engulfed Iraq, Syria and more broadly, the Middle East is characterized by military, political, social, and religious dimensions. And while all these factors coincide, none of them solely accounts for the ongoing crisis. 

The article was published in the Umeå Association of International Affairs' Utpost #2.

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