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 BOSPHORUS CONFERENCE DEBATES THE NEW MOMENTUM IN EU-TURKEY RELATIONS
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 Celebrating its sixth year in 2009, the British Council’s annual Bosphorus Conference once again brought together senior politicians, diplomats, academicians and the leading minds behind influential think tanks in both Turkey and Europe. Heated debates were the order of the day as high-level guests discussed the new momentum in EU-Turkey relations, with focus being on the urgent need for a change in perception, a focus on integration and the need to speak with a single voice.
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| THE INDEPENDENT WRITES ON NEW ATTITUDES IN EU-TURKEY RELATIONS
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 Attending the Bosphorus Conference for the second time, Mary Dejevsky, chief editorial writer and columnist at The Independent, gave her impressions of the conference, the changing attitudes on both sides in the EU-Turkey relationship and the new orientation of Turkey’s foreign policy. Read on for the full article, published originally in The Independent.
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| SIGNS OF A CYPRUS INITIATIVE AT THE BOSPHORUS CONFERENCE
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 Mensur Akgün, Director of the Foreign Policy Programme at the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV), writes about a possible initiative on Cyprus coming from the Turkish side, and how it was hinted by the Turkish Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis in his opening speech at the Bosphorus Conference, the annual powerhouse event of the British Council
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| DEBATING CLIMATE CHANGE AHEAD OF THE COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE
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 Climate Advocates from 17 countries, the volunteer ambassadors of the British Council’s global Climate Change programme Challenge Europe, came together in Ankara to share the current practices in their own countries and to jointly develop practical messages for more environmentally accountable behaviour. Read on to hear what’s in store for the meeting, and learn how your voice can be heard at the environmental conference in Copenhagen this December
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| CLIMATE ADVOCATES MOVE AHEAD WITH AWARENESS PROJECTS
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 Turkey’s Climate Advocates are moving ahead at full throttle with the launch of three distinctive projects: a Climate Education Module, a website to bring companies and customers together on environmental consciousness, and a photo competition that aims to capture the perfect image linking Climate Change and Turkey.
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| DARWIN NOW EXHIBITION TRAVELS TO IZMIR
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The Darwin Now exhibition, part of the British Council’s international activities to commemorate the bicentenary of one of the United Kingdom’s most famous scientists, has opened Izmir. Enthusiasts of science and history will have the opportunity to view the exhibition in the Aegean city throughout November. ‘While Darwin’s works still continue to influence biology and other branches of science, his books offer us a different perspective on some of the more important questions we face today in the 21st century’ said Izmir Konak Mayor Hakan Tartan at the official opening of the exhibition.
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| PRESTIGIOUS HR AWARD GOES TO BRITISH COUNCIL TURKEY
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 Sibel Çelebi Bostanci, British Council Turkey and Black Sea Human Resources Manager, has received recognition of her labours with the winning of the PERYON Human Resources Award in the category of Recruitment. PERYON (Turkish Association for People Management) is the first and foremost non-governmental organisation devoted to people management in Turkey.
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| YOUNG LEADERS TO ‘NAVIGATE’ BETWEEN CULTURES
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 The British Council has launched a new project aimed at developing an international network of young people to act as ‘Intercultural Navigators’. Launched following a recent study among young people that indicated growing concerns related to intercultural issues, the project will inspire young people from many different cultures to come together for discussion, says Governance and Society Projects Coordinator Ozan Dinçer
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