Turkish Academic Delegation Visits Canada

Directors of GPoT Center, Prof. Dr. Mensur Akgün and Dr. Sylvia Tiryaki, together with Dr. Mesut Özcan, Deputy Chairman of the Centre for Strategic Research of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, and Doc. Dr. Şaban Kardaş of the TOBB University, were part of the Turkish academic delegation visiting various institutes and governmental bodies in Ottawa and Toronto between October 7-8, 2013.

During the visit, the delegation participated in a panel discussion entitled “Turkey Facing Regional System in Flux: Between Political Transformation in the Middle East and Economic Crisis in Europe & Turkey: International Trade and Demographic Issues”, organized at the University of Ottawa with the participation of approximately 60 academics, diplomats, bureaucrats, and students. Following the panel, the delegation visited the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, and the Mozaik Institute in Toronto.