Following the EuroMeSCo General Assembly, GPoT Center’s Project Officer Duygu Alpan participated in the EuroMeSCo Annual Conference 2014 in Barcelona between October 2nd and 3rd, 2014. The conference was jointly organised by the Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission - EuroMeSCo and European Institute of the Mediterranean - IEMed.
The theme of this year’s conference was “Increasing Diversity in the Euro-Mediterranean Region?”. The discussions during the two-day event covered the following topics:
GPoT Center’s Project Officer Duygu Alpan participated in the 5th Young Talks organised by Koç University Social Impact Forum on 24 September 2014 in Istanbul. She presented on the social aspects of Turkish-Armenian relations. Her presentation featured dialogue building activities between Turkish and Armenian societies as well as media’s role in the normalisation process.
Turkey secured the release of 49 hostages who had been held for more than three months in Iraq by the jihadists of the Islamic State on Saturday, marking a moment of joy for Turkey while raising questions about how it had managed to set them free.
Turkey said its intelligence agency had led a covert operation to bring home the hostages, who included diplomats and their families, but insisted that no military actions had been taken and that no ransoms were paid.
The UNAOC-EF Summer School organized by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and Education First (EF) hosted 75 young leaders from 70 different countries in Tarrytown, NY, USA between 16-23 August, 2014. The 75 participants were selected from over 15,000 submitted applications. The annual weeklong program is based on the idea that young people are a driving force for positive social change.
Životný príbeh Sylvie Tiryaki (41) má ďaleko od tých, ktoré sa často spájajú s odchodom Sloveniek do zahraničia.
Po skončení práva totiž nesadla do prvého lietadla, aby opatrovala zaneprázdneným rodičom ich maloleté deti. Naopak, Sylvia hneď po škole začala pracovať ako advokátsky koncipient a nič nenasvedčovalo tomu, že jej druhým domovom sa stane turecký Istanbul.
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Türkiye âşığı Slovakyalı Lenka Peťková Uluslararası Yaz Okulu’nda Türkiye’yi Temsil Edecek
Birleşmiş Milletler Medeniyetler İttifakı ve EF’in Uluslararası Yaz Okuluna katılacak 75 genç belli oldu.
In der Türkei wird klar Stellung gegen die israelische Angriffsoffensive im Gaza-Streifen bezogen. Gleichzeitig wird die jüdische Gemeinde im Land Opfer rassistischer Hetze. Die Beziehung scheint beschädigt.
Türkiye-Ermenistan arasındaki yakınlaşma sürecini Radikal gazetesindeki köşe yazılarında teşvik eden bir gazeteci, Türkiye-Ermenistan Gazetecilik Ödülü'nün son sahibi oldu.
İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi bünyesindeki Küresel Siyasi Eğilimler Merkezi (GPoT), Oral Çalışlar'ı 3 Haziran günü İstanbul'da İsveç Konsolosluğu'nda düzenlenen bir törenle ödüllendirdi. Çalışlar, Türkiye ile Ermenistan arasındaki yakınlaşmasının önemini vurgulayan gazetecilerin çalışmalarını öne çıkarmayı amaçlayan ödülü alan altıncı kişi oldu.