Civil society sector eager to play role in Turkey-Israel rapprochement | SES Türkiye | Menekse Tokyay

While officials from Turkey and Israel have indicated that the countries are moving closer to normalising relations, there have been a series of second-track diplomacy initiatives among civil society groups intended to support the rapprochement process.

Since late 2012, the Global Political Trends Centre (GPoT) of Istanbul 
Kultur University and the Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign 
Policies (Mitvim) have been conducting regular meetings to analyse 
regional developments and generate policy ideas to improve relations, 
the latest of which was held on May 8th.