Türkiye

A) Region-Specific Programs
-Armenia:We implement a number of large-scale projects aiming to support the rapprochement process between Turkey and Armenia on the political and grass-roots levels by establishing and deepening contacts between the two countries’ civil societies, experts, youth and media.
-Cyprus: In addition to conducting research, we regularly organize second-track diplomacy meetings, known as the “Heybeliada Talks,” for opinion leaders from both sides of Cyprus, Greece and Turkey to discuss issues pertaining to the solution of the Cyprus question. Our efforts on this issue have been commended by the Secretary General of the UN.
-Europe: We have organized a variety of roundtable meetings aiming to open public debate on topics concerning Europe, including EU-Turkey relations, the Visegrad Four, the EU economic crisis and the Euro-Mediterranean region, among others.
-Israel: In addition to research on Israel-Turkey relations, activities conducted under this program are intended to shed light on the regional and political dynamics of the Arab-Israeli conflict and Israel’s bilateral relations with other countries.
-Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Our activities within this program aim to contribute to the establishment of a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone and to support democratization, women’s rights and stability in the region. We also regularly hold Policy Talks on current MENA issues with the participation of the GPoT High Advisory Board, whose members include former ambassadors and state officials.
-Transatlantic Relations: GPoT Center organizes lectures, commissions research and hosts study groups in order to support Transatlantic relations, particularly between Turkey, the United States and NATO.
B) Ad-hoc Events
In addition to its region-specific programs, GPoT Center serves as a platform for the exchange of creative ideas, organizing expert roundtables on pressing issues in international politics, book launches, academic visits for international students, and informed debates with the participation of media.
Our Publications:
Our publications, which can be downloaded for free from our website and found in several online libraries worldwide, feature academic and coffee-table books on issues in international relations; insightful Policy Briefs by global experts; concise Briefs and Op-Eds; Policy Updates providing general background to specific IR-topics; and Meeting Reports with recommendations generated from selected GPoT Center-organized roundtables and conferences.
Our Partners and Networks:
We have a successful history of cooperation on short-term as well as long-term projects with international partner organizations based in Europe, North America, the broader Middle East and North Africa region, and the Caucasus.

Children’s rights violations and field work reports are the main tasks of the foundation. One of our project is the „Education Support for Children Influenced by Migration“. The foundation gives with the financial support of “The Netherlands Free Women Foundation” 100 children scholarships. There are regularly social activities and work-shops for these children. The aim of the foundation is to construct children-wellness-centres, where the children can transform to free, independent and self-sufficient individuals.

Goncu Tourism offers the following services with respect to congress organizations; tracking of participant records and booking procedures (hotel, flight, car rental etc.) / pre - and post meeting city tours, shopping tours or expeditions for entertainment - culture purposes / transfers between airport - hotel - congress / fair venue during arrival and departure / procurement of technical services / preparation and following up of printed materials / procurement of temporary staff.Goncu Tourism Incoming department organizes private and business meetings, tour programs, flight tickets and daily excursions of individuals and/or groups who come from abroad, with experienced and professional guides.

- Seminar on Ecology every year
- Publishing regular books (three issues) each year.
- Youth exchanges and camps with FYEG and CDN network
- Environment projects and campaigns with NGO’s
- Green dialogue conferences in the end of every year
- ‘Green Summer Festival’
-Local Conferences in 5 cities each year about the ecological problems.
- Climate change campaign

Our projects :

● Thousand and One Spacious Nature Houses
● Development of Green Engineering Skills
● Water Defenders "Thousand and One Spacious Nature House" project, a garden where we will "get our own oil and we will consume our own eggs" for our members and donor supporters. In this garden located in The Turkoglu District of Kahramanmaraş, which has a unique nature, intellectual conversations and member comfort and prosperity are intertwined. There are 40 olives and 80 chickens for our 20 members and a rural relaxation area has been established where they can go at any time.

The "Development of Green Engineering Skills" project is another of the projects that we will implement by sharing the details in the coming months that we have developed using our own resources. With this project, it is aimed that engineers gain green skills as one of the qualified elements of human capital and one of the main elements that will enable transformation in the industry due to human resources.

The milestone point for our Association is to get first fund from February of 2022 approx. Using Toplum Gonulluleri Vakfı sub-grant from European Commission(YHB-TOG-12), before 1 year ended.

Get Information Go In Action To Europe: (Contract No: 29.06.2007/DELTUR/2007/141374): The aim of the project is with the title of representation of Turkish young people; to reveal young people’s needs, expectations and also thoughts and prejudices about European Union with the supports of information systems. By means of the peer education Turkish young people will have the chance to know better about EU and action plans of EU for young people.(In partnership with Lunaria from Italy.)
“Youth Post” Youth Information and Youth Media Portal: YouthPost is a new youth portal that includes various subjects related to youth in Turkey, such as youth policy, youth work etc. The basic objective of YouthPost is to create a framework in order to integrate youth policy in Turkey and develop a virtual network that would enable young people reach all sorts of information about youth issues in a compact and accessible format. (In partnership with British Council and UNDP)
YIB - YOUTH INFO BRIDGE (www.yib.gen.tr)
YIB is a youth project designed and implemented by British Council-Ankara and GSM-Youth Services Centre. The project, which the pilot phase has started in September 2003 and continued until April 2004, is composed of a web page serving for young people and the youth organisations and the other NGOs organising projects for young people in Turkey. The web site was visited by 2 million people in a year.
INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTARY WORKCAMPS
These small scale thematic youth projects have been organizing since 1989 in cooperation with municipalities, universities, governmental institutions and other NGOs. The workcamps enable young people from different countries to come together and exchange ideas while engaging in a public beneficiary projects.
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS REALIZED BY EU AND/OR COE FUNDING:
Training Courses, Seminars, Study Visits and Youth Exchanges. Since 1995, GSM actively follows and participates in the developments in youth work under Euro-Mediterranean cooperation and GSM has been organizing and participating several youth projects supported by Council of Europe and European Commission through the Euro-Med Youth Action Program.
THE EUROPEAN YOUTH FESTIVAL (1999-2002, Ankara / TURKEY)
The project was financially supported by European Commission. The European Youth Festival that has been organized for the 4th and the last time in 2002 was a unique and probably the biggest annual youth gathering in Europe. The Festival has been launched in the year 1999 and organized annually until the year 2002.

The organisation of the Gümüşlük International Classical Music Festival. The festival has been running for 7 years and is widely accepted as Bodrums most important cultural activity. The festival is also nationally and internationally respected as a meeting point for some of the world s best internationally renowned artists. The festival encompasses a summer music shcool in which students from around the world, and from within Turkey get the opportunity to work with these world-class artists.

Digital Transformation in Turkey's Music Industry: Cultural Producers and Platformization This research project examines the phenomenon of platformization in the music industry and the effects of platforms on the Turkish music industry in the context of digitalization. The recent history of the music industry has witnessed a change ranging from recording technologies to sharing opportunities provided by the internet. Today, digital technologies transform the music industry into a complex structure where global giants and independent or local actors coexist. While technological change brings new opportunities to music production, it also changes the creative labor with the components of the industry and entails unequal competition around the world. In this context, while keeping in mind the trans-industrial characteristics of music; the project aims to learn the perspectives, solution strategies and future projections of the actors in Turkey's music industry about digitalization and platforms, and we aim to transform the information we have gained into evaluations that will shed light on cultural policies. This project, supported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's General Directorate of Copyrights within the scope of developing creative culture industries, aims to contribute to the development of the music industry in Turkey and to open Turkey's music culture to the world. The fieldwork of the project consists of three phases: An online survey that determines the use of platforms with cultural producers, followed by SWOT analysis and in-depth interviews. We would be very pleased if you participate in our online survey, SWOT analysis and the online meeting where we will conduct in-depth interviews. We would also like to state that we will share and discuss the findings of the fieldwork with the stakeholders of the research through an online and offline conference. We look forward to your interest and support for the project and its goals. Regards Project Coordinator: Prof.Dr. Mutlu Binark, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Communication Project Researchers: Dr. Erman Demir, Başkent University. YAKEM, Dr. Serra Sezgin, Ankara Science University. Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Project Field Coordinator: Gökçe Özsu, Ph.d Candidate, Hacettepe University, Communication Sciences,

We organize panels and make courses on human rights, investigate human rights violations and make reports on them, use social media channel for giving information and raising awareness on human rights also.