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Towards Regional Peace - 2013

We, as the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly - Turkey, have been working on a civic platform which will contribute to the transformation and resolution of ethno-political conflicts. The program has been running since 2010 within the Blacksea Peace Network supported by Crisis Management Initiatives (CMI). 

hCa has been organising meetings among academics, activists, students and local government representatives within the framework of the Black Sea Regional Peace Project. Our meetings which we hope will contribute to the democratisation process of Turkey had two main targets; opening channels of dialogue to conflicting opinions and contributing to the argument of living together… We published booklets under the heading “Towards Regional Peace” comprising of meeting minutes and articles at the end of every year.

The main focus of our 2013 meetings were debates on how civil society initiatives can have a say in peace-conflict processes. This publication includes articles by Emine Uçak, Nil Mutluer, Cafer Solgun, Yetvart Danzikyan, Kuban Kural and Yiğit Aksakoğlu.

This international project supported by the Crisis Management Initiatives / CMI since 2010 came to an end in 2013. We know that every single encounter and acquaintance made through these meetings is extremely valuable. We hope to continue the cooperation in the coming years and create new ways of sharing our experience.

You can download the booklet through the link below.