On December 11th 2008, a meeting at CSI was led by a young expert from the Political Development Research Center, Sergey Harutyunyan. In his presentation the speaker talked about Kemal's doctrine, foreign policies of Turkey at different time periods, Turkey's relations with neighbours and European Union. The discussion was held around the current internal and foreign policies and public opinions in Turkey.

The meeting was organized in the frame of Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation program.