Government Representative,
Deputy Government Representative,
Rector of the University of Cyprus,
Chairman of the Department of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies,
Friends and friends,
I welcome you to the Press and Information Office on the occasion of the Workshop co-organized by the Department of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies of the University of Cyprus and the Turkish Section of the Press and Information Office on the topic: "Elections 2023 - Turkey at the Ballot Box - Dilemma: Change or Continuity?"
Developments in Turkey and within the Turkish Cypriot community have always been one of the areas of interest of the GTI, hence the Turkish Issues Branch, which keeps itself informed and updated on what is happening in Turkey and in the occupied area of Cyprus. At the same time, it serves Turkish Cypriot and Turkish journalists who wish to cover issues of journalistic interest or meet with government or state officials in the Republic-controlled areas.
Today's conference is the second organized by the Turkish Affairs Branch of the CTI and the first co-organized with the Department of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies of the University of Cyprus. It will be followed by other topics that fall within the sphere of the Branch and are of interest to society in general.
In conclusion, I would be remiss if I did not thank the speakers at today's Workshop, Lecturers Nikos Moudouros and Zenon Tziaras, Professor Dimitris Triantafyllou, journalists Anna Andreou, Aissou Basri Akter and Aysemden Akin, as well as our colleague in the Department of Turkish Affairs Constantia Sotiriou, but also our interpreters and, of course, all those who contributed to the organization of the event.
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