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 SCIENCE MADE POPULAR WITH LORD WINSTON
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 Renowned British scientist and TV personality Lord Robert Winston met a capacity audience in Istanbul to speak about the importance of reinforcing public ownership of science, and focusing on science education for children.
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| THE BEAUTY OF SCIENCE CAPTURED IN ISTANBUL
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 The British performance company Science Made Simple recreates their unique visual spectacle, Visualise – the Beauty of Science, at Istanbul’s hip performance venue, Garaj Istanbul
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| REFLECTIONS ON A WEEK OF SCIENCE IN ISTANBUL
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 After two days of work and play at the Science Communication Networking Event in Istanbul, we were left with an International Declaration, a future in networking, and many, many fond memories. Below we present a range of comments and reflections from those who took part in the activities.
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| BOSPHORUS CONFERENCE DEBATES TURKEY-EU RELATIONS IN ITS FIFTH YEAR
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 Celebrating its fifth year, the British Council’s annual Bosphorus Conference once again brought together high-level politicians, academicians, independent thinkers and journalists from Turkey and Europe in Istanbul on 10–11 October for discussions on Turkey’s EU accession. This year’s Bosphorus Conference, which is following closely Turkey’s EU negotiation process, became also a platform for discussion on the affect of the global economic crisis and the rise in tension in the Caucasus on Turkey’s EU aspirations.
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| YOUNG PEOPLE BUILD THE ROAD TOWARDS THE BOSPHORUS CONFERENCE
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 Sinem Kocamaz, a research assistant from Ege University, stepped up to voice the perspective of young people during the recent Bosphorus Conference on Turkey-EU relations. Sinem’s selection as the voice of young people during the conference was the result of a six-month process earlier this year in which the views of young people from three Turkish cities, Izmir, Kayseri and Antalya, were heard in three workshops.
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| JOURNALIST OBSERVES TRANSITION TO OPTIMISM IN TURKEY-EU RELATIONS
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 Fulya Özerkan, diplomatic correspondent from English-language newspaper Hürriyet Daily News joined a group of university students in Antalya as they discussed Turkey’s bid for EU accession. The meeting took place prior to the British Council’s high-level Bosphorus Conference, being held for the fifth time this year.
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| PEP TURKEY, BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
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 Teachers throughout Turkey reflect on the British Council’s Peacekeeping English Project (PEP) following two years of fun and hard work in the training courses. Read on to see what the teachers had to say about the PEP events that brought them together for two years.
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| REFLECTIONS OF A TURKISH FELLOW: MY SCOTTISH EXPERIENCES
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 Özgehan Senyuva, an academician, a youth worker and a trainer in various British Council projects, reflects on his three months at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. Özgehan writes about his research on ‘Understanding similarities and differences in British and Turkish attitudes toward expanding the European Union`s role’; the diversity he has experienced; Scottish hospitality, which bears a remarkable similarity to that of Turkey; and the white nights in Aberdeen.
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When over 120 young Science Communicators from ten countries came together in Istanbul to form a stronger network, they signed their names under the International Declaration, pledging their dedication to the Beautiful Science approach.
