Sylvia Tiryaki

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Sylvia Tiryaki is a scholar, political analyst and civil society activist of Slovak origin, who founded the Global Political Trends Center (GPoT), a policy oriented research institution under the auspices of Istanbul Kültür University with her colleague Mensur Akgün in 2008.[1]

She also holds position of Vice-Chair of the International Relations Department of Istanbul Kültür University where she teaches courses on international law, introduction to law, human rights and history of political thoughts.

Tiryaki was a regular columnist at the Turkish Daily News and writes occasionally for various Turkish newspapers and journals. She worked as a Cyprus project coordinator and a senior research fellow at the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV).[2][3]

Tiryaki completed her Master's and doctoral studies at the Faculty of Law of the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. Previously, she worked as a lawyer and became a member of the Slovak Bar Association in 2002. She has co-authored number of books, wrote analytical reports and articles. She has traveled extensively and participated in various workshops and international conferences as a representative of both the civil society and academia.

Her areas of interest include human rights, international law, Cyprus, Middle East, European Union, Israel-Palestine, and Armenia.

Publications

  • Finding Common Grounds - Rediscovering the Common Narrative of Turkey and Europe. Bratislava: RC SFPA, 2009. (Edited book)
  • A Promise to Keep: Time to end the international isolation of the Turkish Cypriots. Istanbul: TESEV Publications, June 2008. (Edited book)
  • EU Accession Prospects for Turkey and Ukraine: Debates in New Member States. Warsaw: Institute of Public Affairs, 2006. (Edited book)
  • Quo Vadis Cyprus?. Istanbul: TESEV Publications, April 2005. (Edited book)
  • Freedom Flotila: Before and Aftermath in Middle East Observer. Anhens: Security and Defence Analysis Institute, Vol. 1, issue 3, August 2010.
  • Ending the Isolation of Turkish Cypriots in Insight Turkey. Istanbul: SETA Foundation, Vol. 12, No. 1/2010, February 2010.
  • European Identity 2006 in International Issues & Slovak Foreign Policy Affairs. Bratislava: RC SFPA, Vol. 1, 2006.
  • The Annan Plan: A Missed Opportunity. World Security Network, 14 May 2004.

References

  1. ↑ (26 April 2010). Tiryaki: Direct trade regulation key to move forward in Cyprus, Today's Zaman
  2. ↑ (21 July 2007). Turci teď o EU nechtějí ani slyšet, říká analytička, Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech)
  3. ↑ (4 November 2008). Slovenka, ktorá dáva Cypru mier, hnonline.sk (in Slovak)

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